Sammelhandschrift (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 927)

Adam, Seth and Enos, f. 18r.

Colloquial name(s): Sammelhandschrift

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 927

Date: 12th Century (source)

Origin: Verona, Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

Biblia: Testamentum vetus (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 3 & 4)

Joshua with a scroll.
 BAV, Pal. lat. 3, f. 68r.

Colloquial name(s): Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars prior) and Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars altera) - in English, the Old Testament (first part) and the Old Testament (second part)

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 3 and Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 4

Date: second half of 11th Century or 1080/1090 (source and source)

Origin: central Italy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4 via HeidICON for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4

Faits des Romains (BNF Fr. 295)

Armoured knights, p. 50.

Colloquial name(s): Faits des Romaines (Fates of the Romans)

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 295

Date: 1324-28 (source)

Origin: Naples, Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

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)

Online facimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

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

St Augustine Gospels (Corpus Christi College, Parker Library, MS 286)

Twelve scenes from the Passion, f. 125r.

Colloquial name(s): St Augustine Gospels, referred to by the Church of England as the Canterbury Gospels (not to be confused with BL Royal I E VI which is sometimes also referred to as the Canterbury Gospels)

Official name(s): Great Britain, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library, MS 286)

Date: 6th or 7th Century (source)

Origin: Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Parker Library on the web (click on the 'Images' link)

Tacuinum sanitatis (NYPL, Spencer collection, Ms. 65)

Embroidery, f. unknown, image ID 1261534.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis

Official name(s): New York Public Library, Spencer collection, Ms. 65

Date: c. 1460 (source), c. 1470 (source)
Origin: Lodi region, Italy, by Giovanni Cadamosto of Lodi's workshop (source), Ferrara(?), Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: The New York Public Library Digital collections

Medical encyclopaedia (ÖNB, Cod. 5264 Han)

Reaping. f. 114r.

Colloquial name(s): none

Official name(s): Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 5264 Han [formerly Med. 2]

Date: c. 1470 (source), third quarter of the 15th C (source)
Origin: Lodi region, Italy, by Giovanni Cadamosto of Lodi's workshop (source)

Online facsimile available via: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Libro de componere herbe et fructi (BNF Italien 1108)

Merchant of beef, f. 60r.

Colloquial name(s): Libro de componere herbe et fructi

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Italien 1108

Date: c. 1470 (source), 1471 (source, Mandragore)
Origin: Lodi region, Italy, by Giovanni Cadamosto of Lodi's workshop (source), N. Italy (source, Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Italien 1108' into the 'Cote' box and select 'Chercher' then select 'Images') and via Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

Historia Plantarum (Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459)

F. unknown (p. 541).

Colloquial name(s): Historia Plantarum

Official name(s): Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 459

Date: 1395-1400 (source), c. 1400 (source)
Origin: Lombardy region, Italy (source), Milan, Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Biblioteca Casanatense MiBACT and World Digital Library

Theatrum sanitatis (Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 4182)

Autumn, folio no. unknown.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Biblioteca Casanatense, Ms. 4182

Date: 1390-1400 (source)
Origin: Lombardy region, N. Italy, by Giovannino de Grassi's workshop (source)

Online facsimile available via: Wikimedia commons - not all folios are currently available online

Tacuinum sanitatis (ÖNB, Cod. Ser. N. 2644 Han)

Linen clothing (vestis linea), f. 105v (p. 214).

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Ser. N. 2644 Han (sometimes referred to by its old name, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, codex Vindobonensis series nova 2644)

Date: 1390-1400 (source, source and source)
Origin: Lombardy region, N. Italy, by Giovannino de Grassi's workshop (source)

Online facsimile available via: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tacuinum sanitatis (Bibliothèque de l'Université de Liège, Ms. 1041)

Fig tree (fichus), f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Bibliothèque de l'Université de Liège, Ms. 1041

Date: 1380-1400 (source and source)
Origin: Italy (source), Veneto region of Italy (source)

Online facsimile available via: Université de Liège DONum (Dépôt d'Objets Numérisés) - only a few folios are currently available online

Tacuinum sanitatis (BNF Nouvelle acquis. lat. 1673)

Silk clothing, f. 95r (p. 189).

Colloquial name(s): Tacuinum sanitatis, by Ibn Butlân

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673

Date: 1390-1400 (source, Mandragore) or 1380-90 (source)
Origin: Pavia or Milan, Lombardy, N. Italy, by Giovannino de Grassi's workshop (source and source, Mandragore)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Mandragore digital library (enter 'Tacuinum sanitatis' into the 'Titre d'usage' box and select 'Chercher', then select 'Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673' and select 'Images').

Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois (BL Add. MS 12228)

Knights and their retinue, f. 157r.

Colloquial name(s): Meliadus or Guiron le Courtois
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 12228

Date: 1352-1362 (source)
Origin: S. Italy (Naples?) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Le Roman de Tristan en prose (BL Add. MS 23929)

Merlin gives the baby Tristan to Gorvernal, f. 39r.

Colloquial name(s): Le Roman de Tristan en prose
Official name(s): British Library Additional MS 23929

Date: 1300-1425 (source)
Origin: N. Italy (Padua or Bologna?) (source)

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