Showing posts with label British Library: Egerton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Library: Egerton. Show all posts

Friday, 7 April 2017

Roman de Brut (BL Egerton MS 3028)

Octa and Eosa ravage Northumberland, f. 36r.
Colloquial name(s): Roman de Brut
Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 3028

Date: 2nd quarter of the 14th C (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Monday, 3 April 2017

The Divine Comedy (BL Egerton MS 943)

Dante and Virgil watch wretches in a procession in Hell, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Dante's Divine Comedy
Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 943

Date: 1st half of the 14th C (source)
Origin: Emilia or Padua, N. Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 31 March 2017

Le Roman de la Rose (BL Egerton MS 881)

Dangier warns off Bel Acueil, f. 22v.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): British Library, Egerton MS 881

Date: 1st half of 14th C, except annotation and pen drawings on f. 172v which are 15th C (source)
Origin: France

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 30 December 2016

The Melisende Psalter (BL Egerton MS 1139)

The Adoration of the Magi, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): The Melisende Psalter
Official name(s): British Library Egerton MS 1139

Date: 1131-43 (source)
Origin: Jerusalem, Eastern Mediterranean (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Egerton Genesis Picture Book (BL Egerton MS 1894)

Scenes from stories from Lamech to Noah, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): The Egerton Genesis Picture Book
Official name(s): British Library Egerton MS 1894

Date: 3rd quarter of the 14th Century (source)
Origin: England (Norfolk?) (source)



Thursday, 29 October 2015

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)