Showing posts with label Canterbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canterbury. Show all posts

Friday, 6 October 2017

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)



Friday, 9 December 2016

The Cædmon manuscript (Bodl. MS Junius 11)

An angel guards the gate of Paradise as Adam and Eve leave, p. 46.

Colloquial name(s): The Cædmon manuscript, the Junius manuscript, the Junius manuscript of Oxford
Official name(s): Great Britain, Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Junius 11

Date: c. 1000 (source and source), c. 1000 or c. 930-60 (source)
Origin: Christ Church(?), Canterbury(?), England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high-quality but not all folios) and Early Manuscripts at Oxford University (low-quality full facsimile)