(Partly taken by permission from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Handbook)
CLASSICAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN
--+------------- +-------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Vergil |...... |Vatican Lib.,|3rd or |Doubtful which is the
|(fragment) | |Rome, Cod. |4th cent.|older
| | |Vat. 3225 | |
| | | | |
2|Vergil |...... |Vat. Lib. |4th cent.|"
| | |3867 | |
| | | | |
3|Rom. |...... |Imp. Lib., |" |
|Calend.(f.) | |Vienna | |
| | | | |
4|Genesis (f.) |...... |" |5th cent.|Gold and silver text
| | | | |on purple vellum; 88
| | | | |miniatures.
| | | | |
5|Genesis (f.) |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Much burnt in 1731.
| | |Cott. Oth. B.| |
| | |6 | |
| | | | |
6|Iliad (f.) |...... |Ambros. Lib.,|" |Fine handwriting and
| | |Milan | |clever pictures.
| | | | |
7|Joshua (f. of|...... |Vat. Lib., |...... |15 leaves, 32 ft.
|Roll) | |Rome | |long, 11 in. wide.
| | | | |Contains from ch.
| | | | |222 to 1018, brush
| | | | |outlines to
| | | | |miniatures. Rivers,
| | | | |etc., personified in
| | | | |Byzantine manner.
| | | | |
8|Dioscorides, |...... |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Personifications of
|etc. | |Vienna |500-5 |abstract qualities.
| | | | |
9|Bible of |...... |Laurent. |_c._ 540 |Valuable as a
|Montamiata | |Lib., | |theological document,
| | |Florence | |but poor work, and in
| | | | |bad condition.
| | | | |
10|Syriac |Monastery of|" |_c._ 586 |Brought to Florence
|Gospels |Zagba, in | | |in 1497. Remarkable
| |Mesopotamia | | |Crucifixion, see
| | | | |_Byzantine_, 1.
| | | | |
11|Terence |...... |Nat. Lib., |9th cent.|Copy of a 5th-cent.
| | |Paris | |MS. pen-drawings.
| | | | |
12|Pentateuch |Tours |Nat. Lib., |7th cent.|Called the Ashburnham
| | |Paris, Nouv. | |Pentateuch; 19 large
| | |acq. 2334 | |miniatures.
BYZANTINE
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No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Syriac |Zagba, in |Laur. Lib., |_c._ 586 |Shows Byzantine
|Gospels |Mesopotamia |Florence | |influence.
| | | | |
2|Gospel-book |Byzantium |Brit. Mus., |6th cent.|Lettering, etc., on
|(f.) | |Add. 5111 | |gold ground.
| | | | |
3|Menologium |" |Vat. Lib., |9th cent.|A typical Byzantine
| | |Gr. 1613 | |MS.
| | | | |
4|Gregory of |Byzantium |Nat. Lib., |9th cent.|Fine antique design
|Nazianzum | |Paris, Gr. | |and composition.
| | |510 | |
| | | | |
5|" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Good small figures.
| | |Paris, Gr. | |
| | |543 | |
| | | | |
6|" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Good small figures
| | |Paris, Gr. | |and headings.
| | |550 | |
| | | | |
7|Evangeliary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Arund. 547 | |
| | | | |
8|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Burney 19, | |
| | |20. | |
| | | | |
9|Lectionary |...... |Brit. Mus., |10th |Fine initials.
| | |Harl. 5598 |cent., |
| | | |end |
| | | | |
10|Chrysostom |...... |Nat. Lib., |10th |Remarkable initials.
| | |Paris, Gr. |cent. |
| | |654 | |
| | | | |
11|Simeon |...... |Brit. Mus., |11th |Fine ornaments.
|Metaphrastes | |Add. 11870 |cent. |
| | | | |
12|Evangeliary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Beautiful headings.
| | |Add. 11838 | |
| | | | |
13|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |12th |Executed for
| | |Add. Egert. |cent. |Melisenda, daughter
| | |1139 | |of King of Jerusalem.
IRISH OR CELTIC
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No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Gospels of |...... |Trin. Coll., |7th cent.|
|St. Columba | |Dublin | |
| | | | |
2|Gospels of |St. Arnoul's|Nuremberg |" |
|St. Arnoul, |Abbey, Metz |Museum | |
|of Metz | | | |
| | | | |
3|Book of St. |...... |Roy. Lib., |" |
|Columbanus | |Naples | |
| | | | |
4|Bible of St. |...... |Cath. Lib., |8th cent.|Curious Crucifixion.
|Kilian | |Wurzburg | |
| | | | |
5|Gospels of |Monastery of|Pub. Lib., |" |Signed "Thomas
|"Thomas" |Hanow |Trèves | |scribsit."
| | | | |
6|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Anglo-Irish, with
| | |Cott. Vesp. | |arched frame-border.
| | |a. 1 | |
| | | | |
7|Gospels of |...... |Bodl. Lib., |9th cent.|_See_ Westwood,
|MacRegol | |Oxford | |_Palæographia Sacra
| | | | |Pict._, pl. 16.
| | | | |
8|Book of |...... |Roy. Irish |" |P. 103. Remarkable.
|Armagh | |Acad., Dublin| |
| | | | |
9|St. Chad's |...... |Lichfield |" |Fine Anglo-Irish.
|Gospels | |Cath. Lib. | |
| | | | |
10|Lindisfarne |Lindisfarne |Brit. Mus., |7th cent.|Anglo-Celtic--a very
|Gospels |Monastery |Cott, Nero D.| |fine example.
| | |4 | |
CAROLINGIAN
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No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Sacramentary |Abbey of |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 750 |Symbolism. Given by
| |Gellone |Paris, MS. | |Ct. William of
| | |Lat. 12048 | |Toulouse.
| | | | |
2|Ada-Codex |Abbey of St.|Municip. |_c._ 775 |Written for Ada,
| |Mesmin, of |Lib., Trèves | |sister of
| |Trèves | | |Charlemagne, Abbess
| | | | |of St. Mesmin.
| | | | |
3|Psalter of |..... |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 780 |Written for Queen
|Dagolfus | |Vienna Theol.| |Hildegardis, wife of
| | |Lat. 1861 | |Charlemagne.
| | | | |
4|Evangeliarium|Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Written for
|of Godescale |Sernin, of |Paris, nouv. | |Charlemagne and
| |Toulouse |acq. 1203 | |Hildegardis. Has gold
| | | | |and silver letters on
| | | | |purple vellum.
| | | | |
5|Sacramentary |Abbey of St.|Abb. St. |" |Franco-Saxon.
|of Gelasius |Gall |Gall, No. 348| |
| | | | |
6|Evangeliarium|Abbey of St.|Town Lib., |_c._ 793 |On purple vellum.
|of St. |Riquier |Abbeville | |
|Angilbert | | | |
| | | | |
7|Alcuin Bible |Abbey of |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 800 |Coronation gift to
| |Tours |Add. 10546 | |Charlemagne. Very
| | | | |fine example.
| | | | |
8|Bible |Tours |Cantonal |" |Like 7.
| | |Lib., Zurich | |
| | | | |
9|" |" |Bamberg Roy. |" |Said to be an exact
| | |Lib | |copy of 7.
| | | | |
10|Gospels of |" |Imp. Lib., |" |Found by Emperor Otho
|Charles the | |Vienna | |III. in tomb of
|Great | | | |Charlemagne.
|(Charlemagne)| | | |
| | | | |
11|Sacramentary |Abbey of |Nat. Lib. |_c._ 814 |The gift of
|of Drogo, |Metz, or |Paris, Theol.| |Charlemagne to his
|Abp. of Metz |Tours |Lat. 9428 | |natural son Drogo.
| | | | |
12|Golden |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 835 |A splendid example.
|Gospels of | |Harl. 2788 | |
|Athelstan | | | |
| | | | |
13|Golden |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 850 |Ditto, written in
|Gospels of | |Munich | |gold letters.
|Charles the | | | |
|Bald | | | |
| | | | |
14|Evangeliary |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Remarkably beautiful.
|of Lothaire |Martin's, |Paris, Theol.| |
| |Tours |Lat. 266 | |
| | | | |
15|Golden |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |One of most beautiful
|Gospels |Médard, of |Paris, Theol.| |Carol. MSS. known.
| |Soissons |Lat 8850 | |
| | | | |
16|Bible of |Abbey of St.|Nat. Lib., |" |Presented to Charles
|Count Vivien |Martin, of |Paris, Theol.| |the Bald in 850.
| |Tours |Lat 1 | |Miniature of
| | | | |presentation.
| | | | |
17|Bible of St. |...... |Monastery of |_c._ 860 |Written for Charles
|Paul's | |St. Calixtus,| |the Bald by Ingobert.
| | |Rome | |
| | | | |
18|Prayer-book |...... |Nat Lib., |_c._ 866 |Written by Ingobert
|(or Hours) of| |Paris | |and presented to
|Charles the | | | |Charles the Bald in
|Bald | | | |866.
| | | | |
19|Golden |Abbey of St.|Lib. at St. |_c._ 870 |Written for Abbot
|Gospels of |Gall |Gall, No. 22 | |Grimwold, or Hartmut.
|St. Gall | | | |
| | | | |
20|Psalter of |" |Lib. at St. |" |Written for Abbot
|Folchard | |Gall, No. 23 | |Hartmut. Gold and
| | | | |silver initials.
| | | | |
21|Evangeliarium|St. Gall |Lib., St. |_c._ 920 |Written by Sintramn
|Longum | |Gall | |of the "Wondrous
| | | | |Hand." Profile
22|Evangeliary |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 925 |foliages in gold and
| | |Brussels, No.| |silver.
| | |16383 | |
| | | | |
23|" |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 940 |Large 4°, written
| | |Paris | |entirely in gold
| | | | |letters; 5 miniatures
| | | | |and 12 porticoes.
| | | | |
24|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 995 |Transition to the
| | |Harl. 2904 | |style of the
| | | | |Benedictionals.
WINCHESTER WORK AND SIMILAR
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No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|King Edgar's |Hyde Abbey, |Brit. Mus., |966 |Style of the
|Charter |Winchester |Cott. Vesp. | |Benedictionals of
| | |A. 8 | |Æthelwold and Robert.
| | | | |
2|Breviarium |Monte |Mazarine |...... |Tendency to same
|Cassinense |Cassino? |Lib., Paris, | |style colouring as in
| | |759 | |school of Metz.
| | | | |
3|Æthelwold's |Hyde Abbey, |Lib. of Duke |_c._ 970 |Best example known.
|Benedictional|Winchester |of Devonshire| |
| | | | |
4|Benedictional|" |Pub. Lib., |_c._ 980 |Drawing bold, but
|of Abp. | |Rouen | |colouring unequal to
|Robert | | | |3.
| | | | |
5|Gospels |...... |Trin. Coll., |_c._ 900 |Borders like
| | |Camb | |Winchester work.
| | | | |
6|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Fol. frames similar.
| | |Harl. 2904 | |
| | | | |
7|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1000|Init. D on f. 115.
| | |Tib. C. 7 | |
| | | | |
8|" |Winchester |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Arund. 60 | |
| | | | |
9|" |" |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Arund. 155 | |
| | | | |
10|Cnut's |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1017|Fine example.
|Gospels | |Roy. 1 D. 9 | |
| | | | |
11|Leofric |...... |Bodl. Lib., |10th |Byzantine influence.
|Missal | |Oxford No. |cent. |
| | |579 | |
MONASTIC STYLES
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No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Weissobrun |Weissobrun |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 814 |Netherlandish.
|Prayer-book | |Munich | |
| | | | |
2|Gospels |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 975 |Medallions of
| | |Paris, 8851 | |Emperors Henry I. and
| | | | |Otho I and II.
| | | | |
3|Egbert Codex |Reichenau |Pub. Lib. |977-93 |Beautiful initials.
| | |Trèves, No. | |
| | |24 | |
| | | | |
4|Gospels |Echternach |Gotha Museum |_c._ 990 |Portrait of Otho III.
| | | | |and Theophanu.
| | | | |Jewelled covers.
| | | | |
5|Otho Codex |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 998 |See p. 91.
| | |Munich Cimel.| |
| | |58 | |
| | | | |
6|Gospels |...... |Brit. Mus., |10th |Branch-work initials.
| | |Egert. 608 |cent. |
| | | | |
7|Bernward's |Hildesheim |Cath. Lib., |993-1022 |
|Gospels | |Hildesheim | |
| | | | |
8|Ellinger's |Tegernsee |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1056|
|Gospels | |Munich No. 31| |
| | | | |
9|Hortus |Landsberg |Formerly at |_c._ |Burnt in 1670.
|Deliciarum | |Strassburg |1175-80 |
| | | | |
10|Life of |Tegernsee |Roy. Lib., |1173-1200|Written, etc., for
|Virgin | |Berlin | |the Emperor Frederick
| | | | |I. by Werinher.
| | | | |
11|Plenarium |Quedlinburg |Town Lib., |1184-1203|Written for Abbess
| | |Quedlinburg | |Agnes.
| | | | |
12|Passionale |Arnstein, |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1194|
| |near Trèves |Harl. 2800-2 | |
| | | | |
13|Bible |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1190|
| | |Harl. 2803 | |
| | | | |
14|" |Floreffe |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1253|Chronological tables
| | |Add. 17737-8 | |in coloured inks.
| | | | |
15|Missal |St. Bavon of|Brit. Mus., |1150-1175|
| |Ghent |Add. 16949 | |
| | | | |
16|Chronicle of |...... |Roy. Lib., |...... |Fine miniatures--
|Jerusalem | |Brussels, No.| |costumes.
| | |11142 | |
| | | | |
17|Psalter |...... |Brit. Mus., |12th |Transition from
| | |Arund. 157 |cent. |Winchester to
| | | | |Othonian.
18|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Lansd. 420 | |
| | | | |
19|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Lansd. 431 | |
| | | | |
20|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Roy. I D.X. | |
| | | | |
21|Bible |St. |Brit. Mus., |" |Typical 12th cent.
| |Nicholas, of|Harl. 2798 | |MS.
| |Arnstein | | |
| | | | |
22|Vauclere |...... |Pub. Lib., |...... |A perfect type of
|Psalter | |Laon, No. 29 | |12th cent.
| | | | |illumination.
| | | | |
23|Mater |Scheyern |Roy. Lib., |...... |By Conrad of
|Verborum | |Munich | |Scheyern, with all
| | | | |manner of diagrams,
| | | | |etc.
FRENCH AND ANGLO-FRENCH GOTHIC
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Psalter of |..... |Musée Condé, |1193-1236|27 large miniatures
|Queen | |Ghantilly | |Transitional to
|Ingeburga | | | |Gothic
| | | | |
2|Psalter of |..... |Arsenal Lib.,|_c._ 1220|Hieratic, and
|Queen | |Paris, Theol.| |transitional to
|Blanche, | |Lat. 165 B. | |Gothic.
|mother of | | | |
|Louis IX. | | | |
| | | | |
3|Psalter of |..... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1250|Transitional to
|St. Louis | |Paris, No. | |Gothic. 78 delicate
|(IX.) | |10525 | |miniatures.
| | | | |
4|Joinville's |..... |Nat. Lib., |1287 |Gothic portrait of
|Credo | |Paris | |St. Louis.
| | | | |
5|Alfonso |Blackfriar's|Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1284|See article in _Fine
|Psalter |London |Add. 24686 | |Arts Qu. Rev._, i.
|(Tenison) | | | |77, and
| | | | |_Bibliographica_, pt.
| | | | |4.
| | | | |
6|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus., |1225-52 |Richly illuminated.
| | |Burney 3 | |
| | | | |
7|Somme le Roy |..... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1300|9 large
| | |Add. 28162 | |illuminations.
| | | | |
8|Life of St. |..... |Nat. Lib., |1316-22 |Contains view of
|Denis | |Paris, fds. | |Paris, and portrait
| | |fr. 2090-2 | |of Philip V.
| | | | |Drolleries, coloured
| | | | |shading of draperies.
| | | | |
9|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Typical work,
| | |Roy. 1 D. 1 |1310-15 |English.
| | | | |
10|Ormsby |Norwich |Bodl. Lib., |_c._ 1295|English work.
|Psalter | |Oxford, Douce| |
| | |366 | |
| | | | |
11|Bible |..... |Brit. Mus, |Late 13th|A typical MS.
| | |Add. 17341 |cent. |
| | | | |
12|Psalter |..... |Brit. Mus., |Early |Drolleries and
| | |Roy. 2 B. 7 |14th |interesting scenes.
| | | |cent. |
| | | | |
13|Miroir |..... |Arsen. Lib., |_c._ 1356|Large folio richly
|Historiale | |Paris | |illuminated.
| | | | |
14|Louterell |..... |Lulworth |_c._ 1340|Fine diapered
|Psalter | |Castle | |backgrounds.
| | | | |
15|Missal |..... |Westreenen |1366 |"Gouache" painting in
| | |Mus., The | |miniatures.
| | |Hague | |
| | | | |
16|Chronicle of |..... |Nat. Lib., |1375-80 |Miniature in gold and
|St. Denis | |Paris, 8395 | |grey.
| | | | |
17|Hours of |..... |Roy. Lib., |Finished |Illuminated by André
|John, Duke of| |Brussels, |1380 |Beauneveu and
|Berry | |11060 | |Jacquemart de Hesdin.
| | | | |
18|Epistle to |Paris |Brit. Mus., |1370-80 |Fine ivy-branch
|Richard II. | |Roy. 20 B. 6 | |style.
| | | | |
19|Offices |..... |Brit. Mus., |..... |Prayer-book of
|B.M.V. | |Harl. 2897 | |Margaret of Bavaria.
| | | | |A typical MS.
| | | | |
20|Little Hours |..... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1400|113 beautiful
|of Berry | |Paris, 18014 | |miniatures.
| | | | |
21|Psalter of |Paris |Nat. Lib., |1401 |Contains 24 fine
|the Duke of | |Paris, No. | |miniatures by André
|Berry | |13091 | |Beauneveu.
| | | | |
22|Grandes |" |Nat. Lib., |1409 |By Jacquemart de
|Heures de | |Paris, fds. | |Hesdin, André
|Berry | |Lat. 919 | |Beauneveu, and Pol de
| | | | |Limbourg.
| | | | |
23|Heures de |" |Musée Dondé, |1410 |Considered the finest
|Berry | |Chantilly | |example known.
| | | | |
24|Poems of |...... |Brit. Mus., |1400-6 |Fine miniatures--
|Christine de | |Harl. 4431 | |costumes and
|Pisan | | | |portraits.
| | | | |
25|Talbot |...... |Brit. Mus., |1400 |Curious miniatures,
|Romances | |Roy. 15 E. 6 | |portraits of Henry
| | | | |VI., etc.
| | | | |
26|Bedford |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1435|Richly illuminated.
|Offices | |Add. 18850 | |Contains French,
| | | | |English, and
| | | | |Netherlandish work.
| | | | |
27|Bedford |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1430|Contains English and
|Breviary | |Paris, fds. | |French work.
| | |Lat. 17294 | |
| | | | |
28|Pontifical |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1450|Fine borders.
| | |Add. 16610 | |
| | | | |
29|Valerius |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Northern French and
|Maximus | |Harl. 4375 | |Netherlandish.
| | | | |
30|Girart de |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1470|Netherlandish--
|Nevers | |Paris, fds. | |costumes, etc.
| | |fr. 4092 | |
GERMAN AND BOHEMIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Minnelieder |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1300|Hunting scenes,
| | |Paris, fds. | |costumes.
| | |fr. 7266 | |
| | | | |
2|Wilhelm von |...... |Pub. Lib., |1334 |Written for Henry
|Oranse | |Cassel | |Landgrave of Hesse.
| | | | |French influence.
3|Picture Bible|...... |Lib. of |_c._ 1300|
| | |Prince | |
| | |Lobkowitz, | |
| | |Prag | |
| | | | |
4|Passionale of|Prag |Univ. Lib., |1312 |Transparent
|Abbess | |Prag, xiv. A.| |water-colour. No
|Cunigunda | |17 | |French influence.
| | | | |
5|Weltchronik |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1350|Old Cologne school.
|of Rudolf v. | |Stuttgart | |
|Hohen-Ems | | | |
| | | | |
6|Liber |Prag |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1360|Written for John v.
|Viaticus | |Prag | |Neumarkt, Bishop of
| | | | |Leitomischl.
| | | | |
7|Mariale |" |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1345|Written for Arnestus
| | |Prag | |v. Pardubitz,
| | | | |Archbishop of Prag
| | | | |(1344-64). Bohemian
| | | | |school.
| | | | |
8|Orationale |" |Bohem. Mus., |_c._ 1345|Written for same
| | |Prag | |prelate, in French
| | | | |Gothic style.
| | | | |
9|Bible of |" |Imp. Lib., |...... |Executed by order of
|Emperor | |Vienna, No. | |Martin Rotlöw for
|Wenzel | |2759 | |presentation to the
| | | | |Emperor.
| | | | |
10|Gospels of |" |Imp. Lib., |1368 |Beautiful penmanship
|John of | |Vienna | |and ornaments.
|Oppavia | | | |
| | | | |
11|Wilhelm von |" |Ambras |1387 |Fine diapered
|Oranse | |Museum, | |backgrounds,
| | |Vienna, No. 7| |costumes, and armour.
| | | | |
12|Salzburg |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1350|In 5 fol. vols.
|Missal | |Munich, Lat. | |Splendid colouring.
| | |15710 | |
| | | | |
13|Weltchronik |...... |15710 Pub. |_c._ 1383|Large folio.
|of Rudolf v. | |Lib., | |Westphalian school.
|Hohen-Ems | |Stuttgart | |
| | | | |
14|Durandus |...... |Imp. Lib., |1384 |Written for Albert
| | |Vienna, No. | |III., Duke of
| | |2765 | |Austria. Illuminated
| | | | |in later Bohemian.
| | | | |
15|Golden Bull |Prag |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1399|Rich soft-leaved
|of Charles | |Vienna, jus. | |foliages. Ornament
|IV. | |c. 338 | |superior to
| | | | |miniatures.
| | | | |
16|Wurzburg |...... |Brit. Mus., |After |Large foliages, fine
|Bible | |Arund. 106 |1400 |initials, bright
| | | | |colours.
| | | | |
17|Missal of |...... |Imp. Lib., |1448 |German work.
|Emperor | |Vienna | |
|Frederick | | | |
|III. | | | |
| | | | |
18|Gospels |...... |Pub. Lib., |1498 |43 miniatures and
| | |Nuremberg | |splendid borders,
| | | | |etc., by Conrad
| | | | |Frankendorfer.
| | | | |
19|Choir-book of|Abbey of St.|Lib., |1489 |Written by L. Wagner,
|SS. Ulrich |Ulrich, |Augsburg | |and illuminated by G.
|and Afra, |Augsburg | | |Beck.
|Augsburg | | | |
| | | | |
20|Miniature of |Augsburg |Vict. and |_c._ 1489|Taken from 19.
|presentation | |Alb. Mus., | |
|of 19 | |South | |
| | |Kensington | |
| | | | |
21|Offices |Upper |Brit. Mus., |1513 |
|B.M.V. |Carinthia |Add. 15711 | |
| | | | |
22|Prayer-book |Nuremberg |Aschaffenburg|1524 |Illuminated by A.
|of Albert of | |Castle | |Glockendon.
|Brandenburg | |Library | |
| | | | |
23|Prayer-book |" |Imp. Lib., |1535 |Illuminated by Albert
|of William | |Vienna, No. | |Glockendon.
|IV. of | |1880 | |
|Bavaria | | | |
| | | | |
24|Prayer-book |" |Brit. Mus., |1584 |School of Glockendon.
| | |Add. 17525 | |
| | | | |
25|Splendor |...... |Harl. 3469 |Late 16th|Astrological
|Solis | | |cent. |diagrams, etc.,
| | | | |scenes.
| | | | |
26|Penitential |Munich |Roy. Lib., |1570 |Painted by Hans
|Psalms | |Munich, | |Mielich.
| | |Cimel. Saal | |
| | | | |
27|Horæ |...... |Brit. Mus., |Late 16th|Fine foliages and
| | |Egert. 1146 |cent. |initials.
| | | | |
28|Prayer-book |Strassburg |Nat. Lib., |1647 |2 vols., 8°.
|of William of| |Paris, Nos. | |Renaissance by
|Baden | |10567-8 | |Frederic Brentel.
SICILIAN AND ITALIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|De arte |Palermo |Vat. Lib., |_c._ 1225|Composed by Emperor
|venandi cum | |Rome, palat. | |Frederick II.
|avibus | |1071 | |(1212-50). Paintings
| | | | |of birds and hunting
| | | | |scenes.
| | | | |
2|Offices, |Gubbio |Acad. Lib., |...... |Attributed to
|"ordo offic. | |Siena | |Oderigi.
|Senensis" | | | |
| | | | |
3|Legends |Florence? |Canon. Lib., |_c._ |Attributed to Giotto.
| | | |1327-43 |
| | | | |
4|Vergil |Florence? |Rome Ambros. |_c._ 1310|Attributed to Simone
| | |Lib., Milan | |Martini.
| | | | |
5|Durandus |Siena? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1330|Fine work.
| | |Add. 31032 | |
| | | | |
6|Aristotle |Bologna? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1335|Like the "Avignon"
| | |Harl. 6331 | |Decretals.
| | | | |
7|Stefaneschi |Rome? |Canon. Lib., |1327-43 |In same vol. with 3,
|Missal | |Rome | |and attributed to
| | | | |Giotto.
| | | | |
8|Poems of |Naples? |Brit. Mus., |1309-43 |Bold "gouache"
|Convenevole | |Roy. 6 E. 9 | |painting. Executed
|da Prato[66] | | | |for King Robert of
| | | | |Naples.
| | | | |
9|Breviarium |Florence? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Fine initials.
|Romanum | |Harl. 2903 | |
| | | | |
10|Concordantiæ |Bologna? |Nat. Mus., |_c._ 1350|Allegorical figures
|Canonicæ | |Naples | |and "gouache"
| | | | |painting.
| | | | |
11|Statuts de |Naples |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1354|Executed for Louis
|l'Ordre do | |Paris, fds. | |I., of House of
|St. Esprit | |fr. 4274 | |Anjou, King of Sicily
| | | | |and Jerusalem.
| | | | |
12|Romance of |Avignon? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1355|Executed for Louis
|Meliadus | |Add. 12228 | |II. of Naples.
| | | | |
13|Triumphs of |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1370|Small miniatures and
|Fr. Petrarch | |Harl. 3109 | |initials in older
| | | | |style.
| | | | |
14|" |...... |Nat. Lib., |...... |Miniatures of
| | |Paris | |triumphs.
| | | | |
15|Joannes |...... |Abp. of St. |_c._ 1370|Fine Bolognese
|Andreae, Lib.| |Florian | |miniatures.
|VI. | | | |
|Decretalium | | | |
| | | | |
16|Glossa |Bologna? |Laon, No. 382|_c._ |Very finely
|Joannis | | |1330-43 |illuminated.
|Andreae in | | | |
|Clementinas | | | |
| | | | |
17|Rubrics on |" |Laon, No. 357|1332 |Many grotesque
|the Decretals| | | |figures.
| | | | |
18|Decretum |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1375|Exquisitely
|Gratiani | |Add. 15274, | |illuminated.
| | |15275 | |
| | | | |
19|Missale |" |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1374|By Nicolaus de
|Romanum | |Munich, Lat. | |Bononia.
| | |10072 | |
| | | | |
20|" |" |St. Mark's, |_c._ 1370|"
| | |Venice, cl. | |
| | |iii. xcvii. | |
| | | | |
21|" |Florence? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Fine pen work diapers
| | |Add. 21973 |1380-1400|and initials.
| | | | |
22|Latin Bible |Bologna? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Sweet colouring and
| | |Add. 18720 |1375-1400|fine foliages.
| | | | |
23|Hymnarium |Sienese? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Fine initials.
|Heremitarum | |Add. 30014 | |
| | | | |
24|Questions on |Naples |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Written by Hippolytus
|4 Books of | |Add. 15270-3 |1458-94 |Lunensis for
|Sentences by | | | |Ferdinand I., King of
|Job. Scot, | | | |Naples, and finely
|Franciscan | | | |illuminated.
| | | | |
25|Platonis |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1470|Written for Ferdinand
|Opera | |Harl. 3481 | |I., King of Naples.
| | | | |Finely illuminated.
| | | | |
26|Cæsar | |Brit. Mus., |1462 |White stem-work.
| | |Add. 16982 | |
| | | | |
27|" |Rome? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1460|Executed for Pius II.
| | |Harl. 2683 | |Roman Renaissance
| | | | |(1458-64).
| | | | |
28|Petrarch |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1465|White stem-work.
|Sonnets, etc.| |Harl. 3411 | |Written by J. And.
| | | | |Mussolini.
| | | | |
29|Offices |Milan? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1475|A pretty little
| | |Add. 19417 | |volume of Milanese
| | | | |work.
| | | | |
30|Missale |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Like MSS. executed
|Romanum | |Add. 15260 | |for the Dukes of
| | | | |Ferrara. Very fine.
| | | | |
31|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1480|Of Florentine type.
| | |Harl. 2875 | |
| | | | |
32|Officium |Florence |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1475|A small volume, but
|B.M.V. | |Add. 15528 | |rich initials.
| | | | |
33|Missale |Bologna |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1495|Like 32, but finer.
|Romanum | |Add. 15814 | |Written by Jo. de
| | | | |Lyvonia for one of
| | | | |the Visconti.
| | | | |
34|Josephus |Rome |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1490|Roman Renaissance.
| | |Harl. 3699 | |
| | | | |
35|Herodean |Florence |Brit. Mus., |1487 |Written by Alexander
| | |Add. 23773 | |Verazzanus.
| | | | |
36|Scrapbook of |Rome and |Brit. Mus., |1480-1500|A very interesting
|cutting's |Florence |Add. 21412 | |collection. Roman and
| | | | |Florentine.
| | | | |
37|Grant of |Milan |Brit. Mus., |1494 |Illuminated by
|Ludovico | |Add. 21413 | |Antonio da Monza.
|Sforza (il | | | |
|Moro) | | | |
| | | | |
38|Offices |Naples |Brit. Mus., |1500 |Written and
| | |Add. 21591 | |illuminated for
| | | | |Frederick of Aragon,
| | | | |King of Naples.
| | | | |
39|Prayer-book |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1455|Finest Neapolitan
|of Alfonso I.| |Add. 28962 | |work. Portraits
| | | | |(1416-58).
| | | | |
40|Orations of |" |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1490|Executed for
|Cicero | |Vienna | |Ferdinand I., King of
| | | | |Naples (1458-94).
| | | | |Very fine.
[66] Petrarch's tutor.
RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATION
ITALIAN
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Life of |Florence |Brit. Mus., |1506 |Neat in execution.
|Manetti | |Add. 9770 | |
| | | | |
2|Life of St. |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1505|Very fine
|Francis | |Harl. 3229 | |illumination.
| | | | |
3|Eusebius |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1515|
| | |Harl. 3308 | |
| | | | |
4|Life of |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1525|
|Manetti | |Lansd. 842 | |
| | | | |
5|Eusebius |Milan |Brit. Mus., |" |
| | |Roy | |
| | | | |
6|Missale |Venice |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1530|Attributed to
| | |Add. 15813 | |Benedetto Bordone.
| | | | |
7|Ethics of |Naples or |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Fine Renaissance
|Aristotle |Calabria |Vienna |1490-1510|work. Elaborately
| | | | |designed frames, and
| | | | |fine miniatures
| | | | |painted in a strong
| | | | |"gouache," by Rinaldo
| | | | |Piramo, for And.
| | | | |Matt. Acquavira, 8th
| | | | |Duke of Atri.
| | | | |
8|St. Jerome on|Florence |Imp. Lib., |_c._ |Illuminated by
|Ezechiel | |Vienna, No. |1490-1520|Attavante for Matt.
| | |654 | |Corvinus, King of
| | | | |Hungary (1443-90).
| | | | |
9|Philostratus |" |Imp. Lib., |" |Illuminated probably
|(Latin) | |Vienna, No. | |by Attavante for
| | |25 | |Matt. Corvinus.
| | | | |
10|Missale |" |Roy. Lib., |" |Illuminated by
|Romanum of | |Brussels | |Attavante for
|Corvinus | | | |Corvinus. Used for
| | | | |admission oaths of
| | | | |Governors of
| | | | |Netherlands.
| | | | |
11|Augustine: |" |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1495|Illuminated by
|Epistles | |Vienna | |Attavante for Matt.
| | | | |Corvinus. Signed
| | | | |"Attavantes pinsit."
| | | | |
12|Martianus |" |Lib. St. |_c._ 1500|Illuminated by
|Capella | |Mark's, | |Attavante for Matt.
| | |Venice | |Corvinus. Signed.
| | | | |Written by Al,
| | | | |Verazzanus
| | | | |
13|Psalter |" |Ducal Lib., |" |Illuminated by
| | |Wolfenbüttel | |Attavante.
| | | | |
14|Diurnale |" |Laurent. |" |Illuminated by
| | |Lib., | |Attavante or
| | |Florence | |Gherardo.
| | | | |
15|Missal of Bp.|" |Pub. Lib., |" |Illuminated by
|of Dôle | |Lyons | |Attavante.
| | | | |
16|St. Gregory |" |Estense Lib.,|" |Illuminated by
|on Ezechiel | |Modena | |Attavante. Signed.
| | | | |
17|Dionysii Opp.|" |Pub. Lib., |" |"
| | |Besançon | |
| | | | |
18|"Gran" |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Probably illuminated
|Breviary | |Paris, MS. | |by Boccardino il
| | |Lat. 8879 | |Vecchio, though
| | | | |attributed to
| | | | |Attavante.
| | | | |
19|Hieronymi |" |Nat. Lib., |1488-1500|Written for Matt.
|Breviar. in | |Paris, MS. | |Corvinus by Anton
|psalmos | |Lat. 16839 | |Sinibaldi, and
| | | | |illuminated by
| | | | |Attavante.
| | | | |
20|Poems of |Rome |Imp. Lib., |_c._ 1536|Illuminated by Giulio
|Eurialo | |Vienna | |Clovio (1498-1578).
|d'Ascoli | | | |
| | | | |
21|"Rothesay" |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1546|Illuminated by
|Offices | |Add. 20927 | |Clovio.
| | | | |
22|Commentary on|" |Soane Mus., |_c._ 1536|Executed for Cardinal
|St. Paul's | |London | |Grimani by Clovio.
|Epistles | | | |
| | | | |
23|Psalter of |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1542|Illuminated by
|Paul III. | |Paris, MS. | |Vincenzio Raimondi.
| | |Lat. 702. | |
| | | | |
24|Papal |" |Lenox Lib., |_c._ 1546|By Clovio and his
|Lectionary | |New York | |assistants.
|(Towneley | | | |
|Clovio) | | | |
| | | | |
25|Dante |" |Vat. Lib., |_c._ 1555|Illuminated in part
| | |No. 365 | |by Clovio.
| | | | |
26|Investiture |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1560|Very fine ornament.
|from Duke of | |Add. 22660 | |
|Urbino | | | |
| | | | |
27|Triumphs of |" |Lib. of Capt.|_c._ 1550|Fine miniatures.
|Petrarch | |Holford, | |
| | |London | |
| | | | |
28|Missal of |" |Rylands Lib.,|_c._ 1520|Fine miniatures.
|Card. Colonna| |Manchester | |Attributed, but
| | | | |without authority, to
| | | | |Raffaelle.
| | | | |
29|Prayer-book |Rome, or |Barberini |_c._ 1500|Many fine miniatures.
| |Florence |Lib., Rome, | |
| | |No. 324 | |
| | | | |
30|Missal of |Rome |Chigi Lib., |_c._ |Executed for Pius II.
|Pius II. | |Rome |1460-70 |
| | | | |
31|Missal of |" |Corsini Lib.,|_c._ 1530|Fine framed
|Card. Corsini| |Rome, No. | |miniatures.
| | |1015 | |
| | | | |
32|Missal of |" |Minerva Lib.,|_c._ 1520|Fine miniatures.
|Card. Cornaro| |Rome | |
| | | | |
33|"Pavia" |Milan |Brera Lib., |1530-80 |By several artists,
|Graduals | |Milan | |especially G.
| | | | |Berretta. Enormous
| | | | |folios.
| | | | |
34|Prayer-book |...... |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1574|Finest Roman
|of Albert IV.| |Munich, Cim. | |Renaissance, but
|of Bavaria | |Saal. 42 | |written by Hans
| | | | |Lenker, of Munich
| | | | |(not a Clovio).
| | | | |
35|Apologia di |Rome |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1510|Executed for Henry
|Colenuccio | |Roy. 12, c. | |VIII. of England.
| | |viii. | |
| | | | |
36|Prayer-book |Milan |Roy. Lib., |_c._ 1450|Illuminated by
|Bianca Maria | |Munich, No. | |Giovanni da Como.
|of Milan | |99A | |Contains Visconti and
| | | | |Sforza arms.
| | | | |
37|Hours of Bona|" |Brit Mus., |_c._ 1490|Finest Milanese
|Sforza of | |Add. 34294 | |Renaissance, with
|Milan | | | |some Flemish
| | | | |additions.
FRENCH
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|The |Tours |Nat. Lib., |...... |Attributed to Jehan
|"Versailles" | |Paris, 6907 | |Fouquet of Tours.
|Livy | | | |
| | | | |
2|The |" |Nat. Lib., |...... |Attributed to Jehan
|"Sorbonne" | |Paris, fds. | |Fouquet of Tours.
|Livy | |Sorb. 297 | |
| | | | |
3|Antiquities |" |Nat. Lib., |...... |Fouquet's
|of the Jews | |Paris, Resew.| |masterpiece.
| | |6891 | |
| | | | |
4|Boccacio |" |Roy. Lib., |...... |Executed for Etienne
| | |Munich | |Chevalier.
| | | | |
5|Trésor des |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1490|Fine aërial
|Histoires | |Cott. Aug. v.| |perspective and
| | | | |landscape.
| | | | |
6|Valerius |Paris |Brit. Mus., |" |A very fine MS.
|Maximus | |Harl. 4374-5 | |
| | | | |
7|Hours of Anne|" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1508|A magnificent
|of Brittany | |Paris | |example, eclectic in
| | | | |style, with natural
| | | | |flowers and insects
| | | | |in borders, and fine
| | | | |figure-painting.
| | | | |
8|Hours of |" |Vicomte de |_c._ 1550|Attributed to Jean
|Claude | |Janzé | |Cousin. Influence of
|Gouffier | | | |glass-painting.
| | | | |
9|Offices |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1530|Probably executed for
| | |Add. 18853 | |Francis I. of France.
| | | | |Excellent work,
| | | | |eclectic in style.
| | | | |
9a|Hours of |" |Libr. of |1549 |Same style as 8 and
|Montmorency | |Count of | |9, and probably by J.
| | |Haussonville | |Cousin,
| | | | |
10|Offices |Tours? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1525|Architectural details
| | |Add. 18854 | |of School of Tours.
| | | | |Written for Fr. de
| | | | |Dinteville, Bp. of
| | | | |Auxerre.
| | | | |
11|" |" |Brit. Mus., |" |Architectural frames
| | |Add. 18855 | |to miniatures as in
| | | | |
12|" |Paris |Nat. Lib., |1531 |10, but larger and
| | |Paris, Lat. | |more fanciful
| | |10563 | |details, somewhat
| | | | |like 7 in portions.
| | | | |
13|Epistres |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1500|Executed for Louise
|d'Ovide | |Paris, fds. | |de Savoie, mother of
| | |fr. 875 | |Francis I.
| | | | |
14|Boece |Paris |Nat. Lib., |" |Fine miniatures with
| | |Paris, u. | |Renaissance
| | |fds. Lat. | |architectural
| | |6643 | |details.
| | | | |
15|Epistres |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Translated by
| | |Paris, 6877 | |Octavien de d'Ovide
| | | | |St. Gelay. Beautiful
| | | | |miniatures.
| | | | |
16|Petrarch's |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1520|Very fine miniatures
|Triumphs | |Paris, f. fr.| |of triumphs. Italian
| | |7079 | |influence.
| | | | |
17|Chants royaux|...... |Nat. Lib., |" |Fine miniatures.
| | |Paris, 6987 | |
| | | | |
18|Chants Royaux|Paris |Nat. Lib., |" |Magnificent
| | |Paris, f. fr.| |miniatures under
| | |379 | |Italian influence of
| | | | |Andrea del Sarto.
| | | | |
19|Petrarch |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1503|Miniature of
| | |Paris, f. fr.| |presentation to Louis
| | |225 | |XII. Many full-page
| | | | |miniatures.
| | | | |
20|Fleur des |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1505|Executed for Cardinal
|Histoires | |Paris, f. fr.| |d'Amboise.
| | |54 | |
| | | | |
21|Chron. de |" |Nat. Lib., |" |Three large folio
|Monstrelet | |Paris, | |vols. Vol. i.
| | |20360-2 | |contains five
| | | | |equestrian portraits
| | | | |of Louis XII.
| | | | |
22|Les Echecs |" |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1500|Executed for use of
|amoreux | |Paris, f. fr.| |Francis, d. of
| | |143 | |Angoulème, and his
| | | | |sister Marguerite.
| | | | |
23|Boccace de |" |Nat. Lib., |" |By same illuminator
|claris et | |Paris, f. fr.| |as 22. Executed for
|nobilibus | |599 | |Louise de Savoie.
|mulieribus | | | |
| | | | |
24|Reception de |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1514|"Avec belles
|Marie | |Vesp. B. 2 | |peintures."
|d'Angleterre | | | |
|à Paris | | | |
| | | | |
25|Chants Royaux|" |Nat. Lib., |1515 |Presented in 1515 to
| | |Paris, f. fr.| |Louise de Savoie by
| | |145 | |the City of Amiens.
| | | | |The miniatures
| | | | |painted in grisaille
| | | | |by J. Plastel, and
| | | | |coloured by J.
| | | | |Pinchon. Contains
| | | | |portrait of Louise.
| | | | |
26|Commentaires |" |Brit. Mus. |_c._ 1519|Attributed to
|de César, | | | |Geoffroy Tory. Part
|Vol. i. | | | |grisaille. Written in
| | | | |Roman text. See
| | | | |_Dict. Miniat._ iii.
| | | | |312.
| | | | |
|Commentaires |" |Nat. Lib., |" |"
|de César, | |Paris, 13429 | |
|Vol. ii. | | | |
| | | | |
|Commentaires |" |Lib. of Duc |" |"
|de César, | |d'Aumale | |
|Vol. iii. | | | |
| | | | |
27|Dutillet, |...... |Nat. Lib., |...... |Presented to Charles
|French Kings,| |Paris, 2848 | |IX.
|etc. | | | |
| | | | |
28|Hours of |...... |Nat. Lib., |_c._ 1595|Peculiar style and
|Henry IV. | |Paris, Lat. | |colouring.
| | |1171 | |
| | | | |
29|Gospel of St.|Boisleduc |Brit. Mus., |...... |Finely written, but
|John | |Roy., E. 5 | |not illuminated by
| | | | |Pet. Meghen.
| | | | |
30|"Sol |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1682|Painted by Pierre
|Gallicus" | |Add. 23745 | |Mignard.
| | | | |
31|Psalter |London |Brit. Mus., |1565 |Written by Petrucco
| | |Roy. 2 B. 9 | |Ubaldini, a
| | | | |Florentine.
| | | | |
32|Book of |English? |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1600|Very elegant borders.
|Sentences for|London? |Roy. 17 A. 23| |
|Lady Sumley | | | |
ENGLISH ILLUMINATION
FROM THE THIRTEENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Offices and |Westminster |Brit. Mus., |1240 |Imitation of stained
|Prayers | |Roy. 2 A. 22 | |glass. Typical MS.
| | | | |
2|Bible in |Canterbury |Brit. Mus., |1245 |
|Latin | |Burney 3 | |
| | | | |
3|" |Salisbury |Brit. Mus., |1254 |Written by Will de
| | |Roy. 1 B. 12 | |Hales.
| | | | |
4|Tenison |London |Brit. Mus., |1294 |Written and
|Psalter | |Add. 24686 | |illuminated by order
| | | | |of Edward I.
| | | | |
5|Bible in |...... |Brit. Mus., |13th |Written by Will of
|Latin | |Roy. 1 D 1 |cent. |Devon.
| | | | |
6|Apocalypse in|...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1330|See _Bibliographica_,
|French | |Roy. 19 B. 15| |pt. v. pl. 1.
| | | | |
7|Arundel |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |See _Bibliographica_,
|Psalter | |Arund. 83 | |pt. v. pl. 2
| | | | |
8|Psalter of |...... |Brit. Mus., |1380 |Transition from
|Joan of Kent | |Roy. 2 B. 8 | |French Gothic to
| | | | |Lancastrian.
| | | | |
9|Pontifical |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1400|Early Lancastrian.
| | |Lansd. 451 | |
| | | | |
10|Bible in |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Large folio. See
|Latin | |Roy. 1 E. ix.| |_Bibliographica_, pt.
| | | | |v. pl. 4.
| | | | |
11|Breviary |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Something like 7.
| | |Harl. 2975 | |
| | | | |
12|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |
| | |Add. 16968 |1390-1400|
| | | | |
13|" |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1410|Executed for Anne
| | |Add. 16998 | |Mauleverer.
| | | | |
14|Liber Albus |London |Guildhall |" |Bracket borders.
| | |Lib., London | |
| | | | |
15|Liber de Hyda|Winchester |Shirburn |" |Richly illuminated
| | |Castle Lib. | |borders, some
| | | | |unfinished. See Rolls
| | | | |Series. 1866.
| | | | |
16|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ |Early Lancastrian.
| | |Roy. 2 B. 1 |1400-1410|
| | | | |
17|Grandison |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1410|Fine initials with
|Offices | |Roy. 2 A. 18 | |Lancastrian brackets.
| | | | |See _Bibliographica_,
| | | | |v. pl. 5.
| | | | |
18|Occleve de |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1415|Traceried backgrounds
|Regim. | |Ar. 38 | |in Bohemian manner.
|Principum | | | |Cf. Will. v. Orange
| | | | |MS.
| | | | |
19|Ormonde |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1420|Similar to 17. Called
|Offices | |Roy. 2 B. 15 | |by Humphreys (_Books
| | | | |of Middle Ages_)
| | | | |_Queen Mary's
| | | | |Breviary_.
| | | | |
20|Gower's |...... |Brit. Mus., |" |Lancastrian style.
|Confessio | |Harl. 3490 | |
|Amantis | | | |
| | | | |
21|Psalter of |St. Alban's |Brit. Mus., |1460 |Fine English work.
|Queen Mary | |Roy. 2 B. 7 | |Presented in 1553 to
| | | | |Queen Mary
| | | | |
22|Horæ |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1460|Many mediocre
| | |Harl. 2884 | |illuminations.
| | | | |
23|Gospels and |London |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1508|Given by Stephen and
|Epistles, | |Roy. 2 B. 12,| |Margaret Jenyns to
|etc. | |13 | |the church at
| | | | |Aldermanbury, London.
| | | | |
24|Bourchier |" |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1458|Contains Bourchier
|Psalter | |Roy. 2 B. 14 | |obituaries.
| | | | |
25|Psalter and |...... |Brit. Mus., |_c._ 1470|Good text and many
|Canticles, | |Harl. 1719 | |illuminated letters
|etc. | | | |and borders.
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
--+-------------+--------------------------+---------+---------------------
No| Name. | Where | Where Kept. | Date. | Remarks.
| | Produced. | | |
--+-------------+------------+-------------+---------+---------------------
1|Hours, etc., |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Netherlandish
|Lat. and | |Add. 18193 | |influence.
|Catalan. | | | |
| | | | |
2|Offices |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Italian influence.
|B.M.V. | |Add. 28271 | |
| | | | |
3|Hidalguia |...... |Brit. Mus., |1604 |In Genoese manner.
| | |Add. 12214 | |
| | | | |
4|Diploma of |...... |Brit. Mus., |17th |"
|Philip III. | |Roy. Claud. |cent. |
| | |B. x. | |
| | | | |
5|Patent to |...... |Brit. Mus., |1797 |Allegorical designs.
|Princ. de la | |Add. 1706 | |
|Paz | | | |
| | | | |
6|Ordo Miss. |...... |Brit. Mus., |17th |Roman text, good
|Pontificales | |Add. 30857 |cent. |initials.
| | | | |
7|Portuguese |...... |Brit. Mus., |...... |Written for John
|Missal | |Stowe 597 | |III., King of
| | | | |Portugal.
| | | | |
8|Hidalguia de |Spain |Brit. Mus., |1578 |Granted by Philip
|Gonsalo de | |Add. 22143 | |II., with his
|Castro Cepeda| | | |portrait.
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