Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts

Monday, 20 November 2017

Book of Hours (Pierpoint Morgan Library M.1001)

Personification of Lust, f. 98r.

Colloquial name(s): Book of Hours
Official name(s): Pierpoint Morgan Library M.1001

Date: c. 1475 (source)
Origin: Poitiers, France (source)



Friday, 26 May 2017

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)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Friday, 17 February 2017

Butler Hours (Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105)

Man and woman kneel whilst priest celebrates Mass, f. 15r.
Colloquial name(s): Butler Hours
Official name(s): Walters Art Museum, Ms. W. 105

Date: mid-14th Century (source), c. 1350 (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The Digital Walters

Saturday, 7 May 2016

The Howard Psalter & The De Lisle Psalter (BL Arundel MS 83)

Lignum vitae (The Tree of Life), based on Bonaventura, f. 13r.

Colloquial name(s): The Howard Psalter (ff. 1r-116v) and The De Lisle Psalter (ff. 117r-135v)
Official name(s): British Library Arundel MS 83

Date: c. 1308-1340 (source)
Origin: East Anglia, England (Howard Psalter) and London(?), England (De Lisle Psalter) (source)



Wednesday, 28 October 2015

The Alphonso Psalter (BL Add. MS 24686)

Saint Andrew and Saint Lawrence, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): The Alphonso Psalter, The Tenison Psalter
Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 24686

Date: c. 1284-1316, depending on illustrations in question (source)
Origin: London or Westminster, England (source)