Showing posts with label Bible Historiale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible Historiale. Show all posts

Friday, 15 September 2017

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)



Friday, 14 July 2017

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)


Friday, 30 June 2017

Bible Historiale (BL Harley 4381 & 4382)

People before a king, Harley 4382, f. 1r.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale, vol. 1 & 2
Official name(s): British Library, Harley 4381 and British Library, Harley 4382

Date: between 1403 & 1404 (source and source)
Origin: Paris, Central France (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts - Harley 4381 and Harley 4382

Friday, 12 May 2017

Roman d'Alexandre en prose (BL Royal MS 19 D I)

Meeting of Alexander and Olympias, f. 14r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman d'Alexandre en prose and other texts
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 D I

Date: 1333-c. 1340 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 21 April 2017

Bible Historiale Complétée (BNF Fr. 5707)

Three men meet a seated king, f. 2r.
Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale Complétée
Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 5707

Date: 1360-65 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)


Monday, 17 April 2017

Bible of John the Good (BL Royal MS 19 D II)

Birth of Jacob and Esau, f. 26r.
Colloquial name(s): Bible of John the Good
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 D II

Date: c. 1350-56 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Saturday, 14 May 2016

La Bible Historiale Complétée (BL Royal MS 1 A XX)

Virgin and Child, f. 23.

Colloquial name(s): La Bible Historiale Complétée, by Guyart des Moulins
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 1 A XX

Date: 1312 (source)
Origin: Paris, France (source)

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


Friday, 1 April 2016

La Bible Historiale Complétée (BL Royal MS 17 E VII)

Esther and Ahasuerus, Part 1, f. 222.
Colloquial name(s): La Bible Historiale Complétée (Genesis - Psalms), by Guyart des Moulins
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 17 E VII

Date: 1357 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

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

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Bible Historiale (The Hague, MMW 10 B 23)

David besieges Jerusalem, f. 144r.

Colloquial name(s): Bible Historiale, History Bible
Official name(s): The Hague, Museum Meermanno Westeenianum, 10 B 23

Date: 1371-1372 (source)
Origin: France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Museum Meermanno Westeenianum (full facsimile, however the link breaks intermittently), Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts (selection of illustrations), Wikimedia Commons (selection of illustrations)