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

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Thebais (BL Burney 257)

An old man speaks to a king and his armoured men, f. 56r.

Colloquial name(s): Thebais, with the argumenta antiqua; Achilleis; Compendium and summary of Thebais and Achilleis

Official name(s): British Library Burney 257

Date: 1st quarter of 15th Century, possibly c. 1405 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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The Book of the Queen (BL Harley 4431)

Christine de Pizan presents the manuscript to Queen Isabeau, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): the Book of the Queen

Official name(s): British Library, Harley 4431

Date: c. 1410-c. 1414 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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Grandes chroniques de France (BL Sloane 2433)

Queen observes the burning of heretics(?), vol. 1, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Grandes chroniques de France

Official name(s): British Library, Sloane MS 2433

Date: c. 1410-1420 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (BL Stowe MS 54)

The Greeks attack Troy, f. 83r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

Official name(s): British Library, Stowe MS 54

Date:  1st quarter of 15th Century (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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Calendar, tables, Hymnal and Canticles (BL Cotton MS Julius A VI)

Ploughing, f. 3r.

Colloquial name(s): none, it contains a calendar, computistical texts and tables, a Hymnal and Canticles

Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI

Date: predominantly between the 1st half and the middle of the 11th Century (source)

Origin: possibly Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, England (source)

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The Tiberius Psalter (BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI)

Goliath, with Philistines fleeing behind him, f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): the Tiberius Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI

Date: between the 3rd quarter of 11th Century and the 2nd half of the 12th Century (source)

Origin: possibly Old Minster, Winchester, England (source)

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The Eadui Psalter, aka the Arundel Psalter (BL Arundel 155)

David kills Goliath, f. 93r.

Colloquial name(s): the Eadui Psalter, the Arundel Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Arundel 155

Date: between 1012 and 1023 (source)

Origin: Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, England (source)

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The Shaftesbury Psalter (BL Lansdowne MS 383)

Mowing (June), f. 5v.

Colloquial name(s): the Shaftesbury Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Lansdowne MS 383

Date: 2nd quarter of the 12th Century (source)

Origin: England (source)

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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)

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Hours of Yolande of Flanders (BL Yates Thompson 27)

Annunciation to the shepherds, f. 70v.

Colloquial name(s): the Hours of Yolande of Flanders

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson 27

Date: between 1353 and 1363 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (BL Royal MS 20 D I)

Tydeus and Lycurgus' daughter, f. 11r.

Colloquial name(s): Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of second redaction

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 D I

Date: c. 1330-40 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

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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)

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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)

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Grandes Chroniques de France (BL Royal MS 16 G VI)

Priam sends Paris, the rape of Helen, the siege of Troy, f. 4v.

Colloquial name(s): Les Grandes Chroniques de France

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

Date: 1332-50 (source)

Origin: Paris, France (source)

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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)

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