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

Collection of poems (Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3142)

King gives a knight a book, f. 72r.

Colloquial name(s): Collection of ancient French poems / Recueil d'anciennes poésies françaises

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 3142

Date: 1275-1300 (source)

Origin: France (source)

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

Bible (The Hague, KB, 132 F 21)

Job on the dunghill is tormented by his wife and comforted
by a friend, f. 256v.

Colloquial name(s): Bible

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 132 F 21

Date: c. 1240-60 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Le Roman de Tristan en prose (BL Add. MS 5475)

Lancelot leaves a lady's chamber in breeches and a chemise, f. 150v.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de Tristan en prose

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 5474

Date: 4th quarter of 13th C (source)

Origin: Cistercian Abbey of Fontfrede, Languedoc, N. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Rutland Psalter (BL Add. MS 62925)

July (reaping), f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Rutland Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 62925

Date: c. 1260

Origin: London(?), England

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Psalter (BL Royal MS I D X)

The Nativity, f. 1v.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 1 D X

Date: c. 1200-20 (source)

Origin: Oxford, central England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Psalter (Bodl. MS Gough Liturg. 2)

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 14r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Gough Liturgy 2

Date: c. 1200 (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high quality facsimiles, but not all folios)

Treatises (BL Yates Thompson MS 11)

Mass, f. 6v.

Colloquial name(s): Treatises

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson MS 11

Date: c. 1290 (source)

Origin: Lorraine, N.E. France or central France (Paris or Maubuisson?) (source)

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

Somme le Roi (BL Add. MS 28162)

'David et Golias' (left), labour (right), f. 8v.

Colloquial name(s): Somme le Roi
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 28162

Date: c. 1290 - c. 1300 (source)
Origin: France (Paris? or North-East) (source)

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

The Map Psalter (BL Add. MS 28681)

A pilgrim with a staff, f. 54v.

Colloquial name(s): The Map Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 28681

Date: 1262-1300 (source)

Origin: England, S.E.(?) (London/Westminster?) (source)

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

Decretals of Gregory IX (BL Royal MS 10 D VII)

Marriage ceremony, f. 233r.

Colloquial name(s): Decretals of Gregory IX, by Raymond of Peñafort, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 10 D VII

Date: after 1281-1300 (Part 1); 1300-1324 (Part 2) (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (Part 1); England (Part 2) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Psalter (J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14)

Man warming himself by a fire, surrounded by provisions, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter
Official name(s): J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 14, also known as object no. 85.MK.239

Date: mid-1200s (source)
Origin: Bruges (?), Belgium (source)

Online facsimile available via: J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Database

The Smithfield Decretals (BL Royal MS 10 E IV)

Man reading a book, f. 4v.

Colloquial name(s): The Smithfield Decretals

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV

Date: Last quarter of the 13th C or first quarter of the 14th C (source) or c. 1300-1340 (source)

Origin: Phase 1: Toulouse (?), S. France, dedicated to the University of Paris (source and source), Phase 2: London, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts (select images) and The British Library Digitised Manuscripts (full facsimile)

The Maciejowski Bible (Morgan MS M.638)

Judges 20:29-35, wherein the people of Israel invaded the city of Gibeah, f. 16v.

Colloquial name(s): The Maciejowski Bible, The Morgan Bible, The Crusader Bible.

Official name(s): Pierpoint Morgan Library, MS M.638 (first 43 folios), Bibliothèque Nationale de France MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294 (2 folios) and J. Paul Getty Museum MS 16 (1 folio).

Date: c. 1240s (source) or c. 1250s (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Morgan Library and Museum (Morgan M. 638), The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (one folio of MS Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2294)