Miscellany and Tristan Romance (BL Add. MS 11619)

Tristan in the bath, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): Part 1: Miscellany; Part 2: drawings illustrating the Tristan romance
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 11619

Date: Part 1: 2nd half of 13th C or 1st quarter of 14th C; Part 2: 2nd or 3rd quarter of 13th C
Origin: Part 1: England or France; Part 2: London (?), S.E. (?) England

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Französische Bibel (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat 1957)

Ruth gleans wheat in Boaz's field, f. 53v.

Colloquial name(s): Französische Bibel

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 1957

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: N.E. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital

Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 295)

Armoured knights, p. 50.

Colloquial name(s): Faits des Romaines (Fates of the Romans)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 295

Date: 1324-28 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Roman de la Rose (Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577)

Dance in the Garden of Delight, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ham. 577

Date: 14th C (source), early 14th C, judging by costumes

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Roman de la Rose Digital Library

Bible Historiale Complétée (Vol. I, incomplete) (The Hague, KB, 71 A 23)

Samson kills the lion, f. 131r.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale Complétée (Vol. I, incomplete)

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 71 A 23

Date: c. 1320-40 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Ormesby Psalter (Bodl. MS Douce 366)

Courting couple, f. 131r.

Colloquial name(s): Ormesby Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

Date: c. 1310 with donor portraits added c. 1320-30 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, donor portraits added in Norwich (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA

Maastricht Hours (BL Stowe MS 17)

A woman in prayer before a crucifix, f. 157v.

Colloquial name(s): the Maastricht Hours

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 17

Date: 1st quarter of 14th C (source)

Origin: Liège, Netherlands (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose (BL Stowe MS 947)

Avarice, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 947

Date: 2nd quarter of 14th C (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Arthurian romances and other texts (BL Royal MS 20 A II)

King Arthur, f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Peter of Langtoff's Chronicle, the Lament of Edward II, fragments of Arthurian romances and a letter attributed to Joanna, Queen of Sicily

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A II

Date: c. 1307-27 (source)

Origin: N. England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Collection of edifying texts & devotional treatises (BNF NAF 4338)

Christening, f. 43r.

Colloquial name(s): Collection of edifying texts & devotional treatises

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 4338

Date: 1325-50 (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Roman de Brut (BL Egerton MS 3028)

Octa and Eosa ravage Northumberland, f. 36r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de Brut

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 3028

Date: 2nd quarter of the 14th C (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

The Divine Comedy (BL Egerton MS 943)

Dante and Virgil watch wretches in a procession in Hell, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Dante's Divine Comedy

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 943

Date: 1st half of the 14th C (source)

Origin: Emilia or Padua, N. Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Le Roman de la Rose (BL Egerton MS 881)

Dangier warns off Bel Acueil, f. 22v.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 881

Date: 1st half of 14th C, except annotation and pen drawings on f. 172v which are 15th C (source)

Origin: France

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Book of Hours (BL Add. MS 36684 & Morgan MS M.754)

Three monks singing before a coffin, f. 83r.

Colloquial name(s): Book of Hours, use of St Omer

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 36684 and Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS M.754

Date: c. 1320 (source) or between 1320 and 1329 (source)

Origin: Saint-Omer or Therouanne, N. France (source) or Saint-Omer, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts (first half) and Morgan Library & Museum online collection of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts or CORSAIR (second half)

Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 38842)

St Michael and angels arrayed against a dragon and devils, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 38842

Date: early 14th Century (source)

Origin: London(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Apocalypse (BL Add. MS 17333)

Hellbeasts, f. 43r.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse (Revelation) with commentary by Berengaudus

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 17333

Date: c. 1320-30 (source)

Origin: Normandy, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digital Manuscripts

Peterborough Psalter (KBR, ms. 9961-62)

Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt, f. 12v.

Colloquial name(s): Peterborough Psalter

Official name(s): Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, ms. 9961-62

Date: first half of 14th Century (source)

Origin: Peterborough Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: KBR Belgica (click on the link 'Feuilleter le document')

Treatise on Astrology (BL Sloane MS 3983)

A woman and maid encounter three men, f. 30r.

Colloquial name(s): Treatise on Astrology

Official name(s): British Library, Sloane MS 3983

Date: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th Century (source)

Origin: S. Netherlands (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Belleville Breviary, vol. II (BNF Latin 10484)

Delilah cuts Samson's hair, f. 32r.

Colloquial name(s): the Belleville Breviary, vol. II

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 10484

Date: 1323-26 (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Le Roman de Fauvel (BNF Fr. 146)

A king and courtiers, f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): Complainte d'Amour, Le Roman de Fauvel

Official name(s):  Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 146

Date: 14th Century (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque Nationale de France Gallica digital library