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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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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Roman de la Rose (BL Royal MS 20 A XVII)

'La karole damours', f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A XVII

Date: c. 1340-50 (source)

Origin: Artois or Picardy, N. France (source)

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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)

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Epistre au roi Richart (BL Royal MS 20 B VI)

Philippe de Mézières presents his book to Richard II, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II), by Philippe de Mézières

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 20 B VI

Date: 1395 (source)

Origin: Paris, Central France (source)

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Ab urbe condita (BL Royal MS 15 D VI)

Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II, f. 7r.

Colloquial name(s): Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius), Livy translated by Pierre Bersuire
Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 15 D VI

Date: 1390-1400 (source)
Origin: Paris(?), Central France (source)

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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)

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Libellus geomancie (BL Royal MS 12 C V)

Astrological table illustration, f. 19v

Colloquial name(s): Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 C V

Date: 1391-1400 (source)

Origin: England (source)

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Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms (BL Royal MS 12 F VII)

Ptolemy making a prediction, f. 122r.

Colloquial name(s): Quadripartitum, Centiloquium, medical aphorisms, written by Ptolemy with commentry of Haly Abenrudianus and Johannes filius Mesue

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 12 F VII

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: England (source)

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Psalter fragments (BL Royal MS 13 D I*)

Historiated initial of the biblical King David with a fool, f. 18r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter fragments
Official names(s): British Library, Royal MS 13 D I*

Date: 1350-1375 (source)
Origin: England (source)

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Breviari d'Amor (BL Royal MS 19 C I)

Temptation to sin by fine clothing, f. 203v.

Colloquial name(s): Breviari d'Amor, by Matfre Ermengaud

Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 19 C I

Date: 1300-1325 (source)

Origin: Occitan/Provencal France (source)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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The Welles Apocalypse (BL Royal MS 15 D II)

Historiated initial containing the head of a woman, f. 7.

Colloquial name(s): The Welles Apocalypse
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 15 D II

Date: 1300-1325 (source)
Origin: England (source)

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