Grandes Chroniques de France (BNF Fr. 73)

Louis II (the Stammerer) receiving the regalia, f. 163r.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes Chroniques de France

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 73

Date: 14th-15th Century (source - Mandragore)

Origin: Paris, France (source - Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Français 73' into the 'Cote' box and select 'Chercher' then select 'Images')

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

Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry (BNF Fr. 20090)

The Hebrews and the Caananites, f. 17v.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale de Jean de Berry

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 20090

Date: 1380-90 (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

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

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

The Coronation Book of Charles V (BL Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2)

The Duke of Bourbon (the Grand Chamberlain) vests the King with the royal shoes, f. 48r.

Colloquial name(s): the Coronation Book of Charles V, king of France

Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII/2

Date: 1365-80 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose (BL Yates Thompson MS 21)

Dance in the Garden of Desire, f. 8v.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson MS 21

Date: c. 1380 (source)

Origin: Paris, central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Grandes Chroniques de France (BNF Fr. 10135)

King Louis receives two couples, f. 152r.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes Chroniques de France

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 10135

Date: 1375-1400 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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

Tacuinum sanitatis (Bibliothèque de l'Université de Liège, Ms. 1041)

Fig tree (fichus), f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de l'Université de Liège, Ms. 1041

Date: 1380-1400 (source and source)
Origin: Italy (source), Veneto region of Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Université de Liège DONum (Dépôt d'Objets Numérisés) - only a few folios are currently available online

Tacuinum sanitatis (BNF Nouvelle acquis. lat. 1673)

Silk clothing, f. 95r (p. 189).

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673

Date: 1390-1400 (source, Mandragore) or 1380-90 (source)
Origin: Pavia or Milan, Lombardy, N. Italy, by Giovannino de Grassi's workshop (source and source, Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Tacuinum sanitatis' into the 'Titre d'usage' box and select 'Chercher', then select 'Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673' and select 'Images').

Apocalypse, in French (BL Yates Thompson MS 10)

The horsemen of the Apocalypse, f. 15v.

Colloquial name(s): Apocalypse, in French
Official name(s): British Library Yates Thompson MS 10

Date: c. 1370 - c. 1390 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Le Roman de Tristan en prose (BL Add. MS 23929)

Merlin gives the baby Tristan to Gorvernal, f. 39r.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de Tristan en prose
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 23929

Date: 1300-1425 (source)
Origin: N. Italy (Padua or Bologna?) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Hardenberg's Codex (GKS 1154 2º)

King and bishop, f. 6r.

Colloquial name(s): Hardenberg's Codex

Official name(s): Det Kongelige Bibliotek GKS 1154 2º

Date: first half of 14th C (ff. 1r-60v), towards end of 14th C (ff. 61r-91v), 16th C (ff. 92r-100v) (source)

Origin: Norway (source)

Online facsimile available via: Det Kongelige Bibliotek e-Manuskripter and Det Kongelige Bibliotek - in both cases, click on the left hand links to see folios.

Lancelot du Lac (BL Royal MS 20 D IV)

Galahad, f. 53.

Colloquial name(s): Lancelot du Lac
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 D IV

Date: 1300-1325 (Part 1); c. 1360-c. 1380 (Part 2) (source)
Origin: NE France (Arras?) (Part 1); Pleshey Castle, S. England (Part 2) (source)

Online fascimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts and British Library full facsimile

Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (BL Royal MS 20 C VII)

Rioters pillage a house in Paris, f. 41v.

Colloquial name(s): Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (Chronicles of France and St. Denis) (from 1270 to 1380)

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 C VII

Date: c. 1381-1399 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Les Anciennes Hystoires Rommaines (BL Royal MS 16 G VII)

Alexander the Great fighting with elephants, f. 133v.

Colloquial name(s): Les anciennes hystoires rommaines (The ancient history of the Romans)

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 16 G VII

Date: 1375-1399 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

The Bohun Psalter (BL Egerton MS 3277)

Four scenes from the life of David, f. 29v.

Colloquial name(s): The Bohun Psalter

Official name(s): British Library Egerton MS 3277

Date: second half of 14th C (source)

Origin: London (?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts