Medieval Manuscripts Unlocked: 1370s

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Friday, 9 February 2018

Ordo missalis secundum consuetudidem romane curie (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 504)

The Nativity, including a wise man and an angel, f. 24v.

Colloquial name(s): Ordo missalis secundum consuetudidem romane curie

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 504

Date: 14th Century (source), third quarter of 14th Century (judging by costume)

Origin: unknown

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital

Compilation Française D'histoire Ancienne (BNF NAF 3576)

Hannibal and his troops besiege a castle, f. 150r.

Colloquial name(s): Compilation française d'histoire ancienne, depuis la création du monde jusqu'à la mort de Jules César (French compilation of ancient history from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 3576

Date: 14th Century (source), likely c. 1340-70 based on illustrations

Origin: France (source)

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

Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 246)

Discovery of the hanged Oedipus, f. 36r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire Ancienne - Les Faits des Romains

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 246

Date: 1360-1400 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Speculum Historiale (BNF NAF 15939-15944)

A king is crowned, BNF NAF 15943, f. 37r.

Colloquial name(s): Speculum Historiale - Vol. I (Livres I-VII), Vol. II (Livres VII-XI), Vol. III (Livres XI-XIII), Vol. IV (Livres XIV-XVI), Vol. V (Livres XVII-XX) & Vol. VI (Livres XXI-XXIV)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAF 15939, NAF 15940, NAF 15941, NAF 15942, NAF 15943 & NAF 15944

Date: 1370-80 (source, source, source, source, source & source)

Origin: France (source, source, source, source, source & source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library - NAF 15939, NAF 15940, NAF 15941, NAF 15942, NAF 15943 & NAF 15944

Golden Legend (Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1729)

Jesus and the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the symbols of
the Evangelists, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): the Golden Legend / Légende dorée

Official name(s): Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Ms 1729

Date: around 1370 (source), 1365-75 (source)

Origin: France (source and source)

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

Histoire Romaine (Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms 777)

Two armies meet, f. 29v.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire Romaine

Official name(s): Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms 777

Date: around 1370 (source), 1360-80 (source)

Origin: France (source and source)

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

Histoires, décades I à III (BNF Fr. 20315)

The shepherd finds Romulus and Remus with the female wolf, f. 13v.

Colloquial name(s): Histoires, décades I à III

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 20315

Date: 14th C (source), 2nd half of 14th C, based on illustrations

Origin: France (source)

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

Ethique (The Hague, MMW, 10 D 1)

The Virtuous man (left) listens to Reason and ignores Lust; the Vicious man
listens to Lust and ignores Reason, f. 126r.

Colloquial name(s): Ethique

Official name(s): The Hague, Museum Meermanno Westeenianum, 10 D 1

Date: 1376 (source)

Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Traités philosophiques et moraux (Bibliothèque de Besançon, Ms. 434)

Woman and scholar meet, f. 321r.

Colloquial name(s): Traités philosophiques et moraux

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de Besançon, Ms. 434

Date: 1372 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Omne Bonum (BL Royal 6 E VI & 6 E VII)

Adolescence, Royal 6 E VI, f. 58v.

Colloquial name(s): Omne Bonum

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 6 E VI and British Library Royal MS 6 E VII

Date: c. 1360-75 (source & source)

Origin: London, S.E. England (source & source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts - Royal 6 E VI and Royal 6 E VII

Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame (BNF NAL 3093)

Christening, f. 161v.

Colloquial name(s): Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, NAL 3093

Date: 1375-1400 and 1400-25 (source)

Origin: Paris and possibly Bourges (source)

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

Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio (BNF Fr. 12399

Peasantry, f. 157v

Colloquial name(s): Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio (Book of King Modus and Queen Ratio)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12399

Date: 14th C (source), no earlier than 1354 (see below)

Origin: France (source)

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

Hours of Philip the Bold (Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 3-1954 & Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37)

Presentation in the Temple,
Fitzwilliam Museum MS 3-1964, f. 104r.

Colloquial name(s): Hours of Philip the Bold

Official name(s): Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 3-1954 and Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37

Date: 1376-79, 1390, c. 1445-50 and 1451 (source)

Origin: Paris, France then Bruges, Flanders then Brabant, Brussels (source)

Online fascimile available via: select folios available via the Fitzwilliam Museum's Illuminated: Manuscripts in the Making, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 11035-37 not currently online