Manuscripts That May Be Consulted as Examples

(Partly Taken by Permission From the Victoria and Albert Museum Handbook)

Classical and Early Christian

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Vergil (fragment)	......	Vatican Lib., Rome, Cod. Vat. 3225	3rd or 4th cent.	Doubtful which is the older.
2	Vergil	......	Vat. Lib. 3867	4th cent.	Doubtful which is the older.
3	Rom. Calend.(f.)	......	Imp. Lib., Vienna	„
4	Genesis (f.)	......	„	5th cent.	Gold and silver text on purple vellum; 88 miniatures.
5	Genesis (f.)	......	Brit. Mus., Cott. Oth. B. 6	„	Much burnt in 1731.
6	Iliad (f.)	......	Ambros. Lib., Milan	„	Fine handwriting and clever pictures.
7	Joshua (f. of Roll)	......	Vat. Lib., Rome	......	15 leaves, 32 ft. long, 11 in. wide. Contains from ch. 2²² to 10¹⁸, brush outlines to miniatures. Rivers, etc., personified in Byzantine manner.
8	Dioscorides, etc.	......	Imp. Lib., Vienna	c. 500-5	Personifications of abstract qualities.
9	Bible of Montamiata	......	Laurent. Lib., Florence	c. 540	Valuable as a theological document, but poor work, and in bad condition.
10	Syriac Gospels	Monastery of Zagfba, in Mesopotamia	„	c. 586	Brought to Florence in 1497. Remarkable Crucifixion, see Byzantine, 1.
11	Terence	......	Nat. Lib., Paris	9th cent.	Copy of a 5th-cent. MS. pen-drawings.
12	Pentateuch	Tours	Nat. Lib., Paris, Nouv. acq. 2334	7th cent.	Called the Ashburnham Pentateuch; 19 large miniatures.

Byzantine

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Syriac Gospels	Zagba, in Mesopotamia	Laur. Lib., Florence	c. 586	Shows Byzantine influence.
2	Gospel-book (f.)	Byzantium	Brit. Mus., Add. 5111	6th cent.	Lettering, etc., on gold ground.
3	Menologium	„	Vat. Lib., Gr. 1613	9th cent.	A typical Byzantine MS.
4	Gregory of Nazianzum	„	Nat. Lib., Paris, Gr. 510	„	Fine antique design and composition.
5	„	„	Nat. Lib., Paris, Gr. 543	„	Good small figures.
6	„	„	Nat. Lib., Paris, Gr. 550	„	Good small figures and headings.
7	Evangeliary	......	Brit. Mus., Arund. 547	„
8	„	......	Brit. Mus., Burney 19, 20.	„
9	Lectionary	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 5598	10th cent., end	Fine initials.
10	Chrysostom	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, Gr. 654	10th cent.	Remarkable initials.
11	Simeon Metaphrastes	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 11870	11th cent	Fine ornaments.
12	Evangeliary	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 11838	„	Beautiful headings.
13	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Add. Egert. 1139	12th cent.	Executed for Melisenda, daughter of King of Jerusalem.

Irish or Celtic

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Gospels of St. Columba	......	Trin. Coll., Dublin	7th cent.
2	Gospels of St. Arnoul, of Metz	St. Arnoul’s Abbey, Metz	Nuremberg Museum	„
3	Book of St. Columbanus	......	Roy. Lib., Naples	„
4	Bible of St. Kilian	......	Cath. Lib., Wurzburg	8th cent.	Curious Crucifixion.
5	Gospels of “Thomas”	Monastery of Hanow	Pub. Lib., Trèves	„	Signed “Thomas scribsit.”
6	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Cott. Vesp. a. 1	„	Anglo-Irish, with arched frame-border.
7	Gospels of MacRegol	......	Bodl. Lib., Oxford	9th cent.	See Westwood, Palæographia Sacra Pict., pl. 16.
8	Book of Armagh	......	Roy. Irish Acad., Dublin	„	P. 103. Remarkable.
9	St. Chad’s Gospels	......	Lichfield Cath. Lib.	„	Fine Anglo-Irish.
10	Lindisfarne Gospels	Lindisfarne Monastery	Brit. Mus., Cott, Nero D. 4	7th cent.	Anglo-Celtic—a very fine example.

Carolingian

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Sacramentary	Abbey of Gellone	Nat. Lib., Paris, MS. Lat. 12048	c. 750	Symbolism. Given by Ct. William of Toulouse.
2	Ada-Codex	Abbey of St. Mesmin, of Trèves	Municip. Lib., Trèves	c. 775	Written for Ada, sister of Charlemagne, Abbess of St. Mesmin.
3	Psalter of Dagolfus	......	Imp. Lib., Vienna Theol. Lat. 1861	c. 780	Written for Queen Hildegardis, wife of Charlemagne.
4	Evangeliarium of Godescale	Abbey of St. Sernin, of Toulouse	Nat. Lib., Paris, nouv. acq. 1203	„	Written for Charlemagne and Hildegardis. Has gold and silver letters on purple vellum.
5	Sacramentary of Gelasius	Abbey of St. Gall	Abb. St. Gall, No. 348	„	Franco-Saxon.
6	Evangeliarium of St. Angilbert	Abbey of St. Riquier	Town Lib., Abbeville	c. 793	On purple vellum.
7	Alcuin Bible	Abbey of Tours	Brit. Mus., Add. 10546	c. 800	Coronation gift to Charlemagne. Very fine example.
8	Bible	Tours	Cantonal Lib., Zurich	„	Like 7.
9	„	„	Bamberg Roy. Lib	„	Said to be an exact copy of 7.
10	Gospels of Charles the Great (Charlemagne)	„	Imp. Lib., Vienna	„	Found by Emperor Otho III. in tomb of Charlemagne.
11	Sacramentary of Drogo, Abp. of Metz	Abbey of Metz, or Tours	Nat. Lib. Paris, Theol. Lat. 9428	c. 814	The gift of Charlemagne to his natural son Drogo.
12	Golden Gospels of Athelstan	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2788	c. 835	A splendid example.
13	Golden Gospels of Charles the Bald	......	Roy. Lib., Munich	c. 850	Ditto, written in gold letters.
14	Evangeliary of Lothaire	Abbey of St. Martin’s, Tours	Nat. Lib., Paris, Theol. Lat. 266	„	Remarkably beautiful.
15	Golden Gospels	Abbey of St. Médard, of Soissons	Nat. Lib., Paris, Theol. Lat 8850	„	One of most beautiful Carol. MSS. known.
16	Bible of Count Vivien	Abbey of St. Martin, of Tours	Nat. Lib., Paris, Theol. Lat 1	„	Presented to Charles the Bald in 850. Miniature of presentation.
17	Bible of St. Paul’s	......	Monastery of St. Calixtus, Rome	c. 860	Written for Charles the Bald by Ingobert.
18	Prayer-book (or Hours) of Charles the Bald	......	Nat Lib., Paris	c. 866	Written by Ingobert and presented to Charles the Bald in 866.
19	Golden Gospels of St. Gall	Abbey of St. Gall	Lib. at St. Gall, No. 22	c. 870	Written for Abbot Grimwold, or Hartmut.
20	Psalter of Folchard	„	Lib. at St. Gall, No. 23	„	Written for Abbot Hartmut. Gold and silver initials.
21	Evangeliarium Longum	St. Gall	Lib., St. Gall	c. 920	Written by Sintramn of the “Wondrous Hand.” Profile foliages in gold and silver.
22	Evangeliary	......	Roy. Lib., Brussels, No. 16383	c. 925
23	„	......	Nat. Lib., Paris	c. 940	Large 4°, written entirely in gold letters; 5 miniatures and 12 porticoes.
24	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2904	c. 995	Transition to the style of the Benedictionals.

Winchester Work and Similar

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	King Edgar’s Charter	Hyde Abbey, Winchester	Brit. Mus., Cott. Vesp. A. 8	966	Style of the Benedictionals of Æthelwold and Robert.
2	Breviarium Cassinense	Monte Cassino?	Mazarine Lib., Paris, 759	......	Tendency to same style colouring as in school of Metz.
3	Æthelwold’s Benedictional	Hyde Abbey, Winchester	Lib. of Duke of Devonshire	c. 970	Best example known.
4	Benedictional of Abp. Robert	„	Pub. Lib., Rouen	c. 980	Drawing bold, but colouring unequal to 3.
5	Gospels	......	Trin. Coll., Camb	c. 900	Borders like Winchester work.
6	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2904	......	Fol. frames similar.
7	„	......	Brit. Mus., Tib. C. 7	c. 1000	Init. D on f. 115.
8	„	Winchester	Brit. Mus., Arund. 60	„
9	„	„	Brit. Mus., Arund. 155	„
10	Cnut’s Gospels	„	Brit. Mus., Roy. 1 D. 9	c. 1017	Fine example.
11	Leofric Missal	......	Bodl. Lib., Oxford No. 579	10th cent.	Byzantine influence.

Monastic Styles

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Weissobrun Prayer-book	Weissobrun	Roy. Lib., Munich	c. 814	Netherlandish.
2	Gospels	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, 8851	c. 975	Medallions of Emperors Henry I. and Otho I. and II.
3	Egbert Codex	Reichenau	Pub. Lib. Trèves, No. 24	977-93	Beautiful initials.
4	Gospels	Echternach	Gotha Museum	c. 990	Portrait of Otho III. and Theophanu. Jewelled covers.
5	Otho Codex	......	Roy. Lib., Munich Cimel. 58	c. 998	See p. 91.
6	Gospels	......	Brit. Mus., Egert. 608	10th cent.	Branch-work initials.
7	Bernward’s Gospels	Hildesheim	Cath. Lib., Hildesheim	993-1022
8	Ellinger’s Gospels	Tegernsee	Roy. Lib., Munich No. 31	c. 1056
9	Hortus Deliciarum	Landsberg	Formerly at Strassburg	c. 1175-80	Burnt in 1670.
10	Life of Virgin	Tegernsee	Roy. Lib., Berlin	1173-1200	Written, etc., for the Emperor Frederick I. by Werinher.
11	Plenarium	Quedlinburg	Town Lib., Quedlinburg	1184-1203	Written for Abbess Agnes.
12	Passionale	Arnstein, near Trèves	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2800-2	c. 1194
13	Bible	„	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2803	c. 1190
14	„	Floreffe	Brit. Mus., Add. 17737-8	c. 1253	Chronological tables in coloured inks.
15	Missal	St. Bavon of Ghent	Brit. Mus., Add. 16949	1150-1175
16	Chronicle of Jerusalem	......	Roy. Lib., Brussels, No. 11142	......	Fine miniatures—costumes.
17	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Arund. 157	12th cent.	Transition from Winchester to Othonian.
18	„	......	Brit. Mus., Lansd. 420	„
19	„	......	Brit. Mus., Lansd. 431	„
20	„	......	Brit. Mus., Roy. I D.X.	„
21	Bible	St. Nicholas, of Arnstein	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2798	„	Typical 12th cent. MS.
22	Vauclere Psalter	......	Pub. Lib., Laon, No. 29	......	A perfect type of 12th cent. illumination.
23	Mater Verborum	Scheyern	Roy. Lib., Munich	......	By Conrad of Scheyern, with all manner of diagrams, etc.

French and Anglo-French Gothic

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Psalter of Queen Ingeburga	......	Musée Condé, Ghantilly	1193-1236	27 large miniatures Transitional to Gothic
2	Psalter of Queen Blanche, mother of Louis IX.	......	Arsenal Lib., Paris, Theol. Lat. 165 B.	c. 1220	Hieratic, and transitional to Gothic.
3	Psalter of St. Louis (IX.)	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, No. 10525	c. 1250	Transitional to Gothic. 78 delicate miniatures.
4	Joinville’s Credo	......	Nat. Lib., Paris	1287	Gothic portrait of St. Louis.
5	Alfonso Psalter (Tenison)	Blackfriar’s London	Brit. Mus., Add. 24686	c. 1284	See article in Fine Arts Qu. Rev., i. 77, and Bibliographica, pt. 4.
6	Bible	......	Brit. Mus., Burney 3 Add. 28126	1225-52	Richly illuminated.
7	Somme le Roy	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 28162	c. 1300	9 large illuminations.
8	Life of St. Denis	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. fr. 2090-2	1316-22	Contains view of Paris, and portrait of Philip V. Drolleries, coloured shading of draperies.
9	Bible	......	Brit. Mus., Roy. 1 D. 1	c. 1310-15	Typical work, English.
10	Ormsby Psalter	Norwich	Bodl. Lib., Oxford, Douce 366	c. 1295	English work.
11	Bible	......	Brit. Mus, Add. 17341	Late 13th cent.	A typical MS.
12	Psalter	......	Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 7	Early 14th cent.	Drolleries and interesting scenes.
13	Miroir Historiale	......	Arsen. Lib., Paris	c. 1356	Large folio richly illuminated.
14	Louterell Psalter	......	Lulworth Castle	c. 1340	Fine diapered backgrounds.
15	Missal	......	Westreenen Mus., The Hague	1366	“Gouache” painting in miniatures.
16	Chronicle of St. Denis	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, 8395	1375-80	Miniature in gold and grey.
17	Hours of John, Duke of Berry	......	Roy. Lib., Brussels, 11060	Finished 1380	Illuminated by André Beauneveu and Jacquemart de Hesdin.
18	Epistle to Richard II.	Paris	Brit. Mus., Roy. 20 B. 6	1370-80	Fine ivy-branch style.
19	Offices B.M.V.	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 2897	......	Prayer-book of Margaret of Bavaria. A typical MS.
20	Little Hours of Berry	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, 18014	c. 1400	113 beautiful miniatures.
21	Psalter of the Duke of Berry	Paris	Nat. Lib., Paris, No. 13091	1401	Contains 24 fine miniatures by André Beauneveu.
22	Grandes Heures de Berry	„	Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. Lat. 919	1409	By Jacquemart de Hesdin, André Beauneveu, and Pol de Limbourg.
23	Heures de Berry	„	Musée Dondé, Chantilly	1410	Considered the finest example known.
24	Poems of Christine de Pisan	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 4431	1400-6	Fine miniatures—costumes and portraits.
25	Talbot Romances	......	Brit. Mus., Roy. 15 E. 6	1400	Curious miniatures, portraits of Henry VI., etc.
26	Bedford Offices	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 18850	c. 1435	Richly illuminated. Contains French, English, and Netherlandish work.
27	Bedford Breviary	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. Lat. 17294	c. 1430	Contains English and French work.
28	Pontifical	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 16610	c. 1450	Fine borders.
29	Valerius Maximus	......	Brit. Mus., Harl. 4375	„	Northern French and Netherlandish.
30	Girart de Nevers	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. fr. 4092	c. 1470	Netherlandish—costumes, etc.

German and Bohemian

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Minnelieder	......	Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. fr. 7266	c. 1300	Hunting scenes, costumes.
2	Wilhelm von Oranse	......	Pub. Lib., Cassel	1334	Written for Henry Landgrave of Hesse. French influence.
3	Picture Bible	......	Lib. of Prince Lobkowitz, Prag	c. 1300
4	Passionale of Abbess Cunigunda	Prag	Univ. Lib., Prag, xiv. A. 17	1312	Transparent water-colour. No French influence.
5	Weltchronik of Rudolf v. Hohen-Ems	......	Roy. Lib., Stuttgart	c. 1350	Old Cologne school.
6	Liber Viaticus	Prag	Bohem. Mus., Prag	c. 1360	Written for John v. Neumarkt, Bishop of Leitomischl.
7	Mariale	„	„	c. 1345	Written for Arnestus v. Pardubitz, Archbishop of Prag (1344-64). Bohemian school.
8	Orationale	„	„	„	Written for same prelate, in French Gothic style.
9	Bible of Emperor Wenzel	„	Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 2759	......	Executed by order of Martin Rotlöw for presentation to the Emperor.
10	Gospels of John of Oppavia	„	Imp. Lib., Vienna	1368	Beautiful penmanship and ornaments.
11	Wilhelm von Oranse	„	Ambras Museum, Vienna, No. 7	1387	Fine diapered backgrounds, costumes, and armour.
12	Salzburg Missal	......	Roy. Lib., Munich, Lat. 15710	c. 1350	In 5 fol. vols. Splendid colouring.
13	Weltchronik of Rudolf v. Hohen-Ems	......	15710 Pub. Lib., Stuttgart	c. 1383	Large folio. Westphalian school.
14	Durandus	......	Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 2765	1384	Written for Albert III., Duke of Austria. Illuminated in later Bohemian.
15	Golden Bull of Charles IV.	Prag	Imp. Lib., Vienna, jus. c. 338	c. 1399	Rich soft-leaved foliages. Ornament superior to miniatures.
16	Wurzburg Bible	......	Brit. Mus., Arund. 106	After 1400	Large foliages, fine initials, bright colours.
17	Missal of Emperor Frederick III.	......	Imp. Lib., Vienna	1448	German work.
18	Gospels	......	Pub. Lib., Nuremberg	1498	43 miniatures and splendid borders, etc., by Conrad Frankendorfer.
19	Choir-book of SS. Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg	Abbey of St. Ulrich, Augsburg	Lib., Augsburg	1489	Written by L. Wagner, and illuminated by G. Beck.
20	Miniature of presentation of 19	Augsburg	Vict. and Alb. Mus., South Kensington	c. 1489	Taken from 19.
21	Offices B.M.V.	Upper Carinthia	Brit. Mus., Add. 15711	1513
22	Prayer-book of Albert of Brandenburg	Nuremberg	Aschaffenburg Castle Library	1524	Illuminated by A. Glockendon.
23	Prayer-book of William IV. of Bavaria	„	Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 1880	1535	Illuminated by Albert Glockendon.
24	Prayer-book	„	Brit. Mus., Add. 17525	1584	School of Glockendon.
25	Splendor Solis	......	Harl. 3469	Late 16th cent.	Astrological diagrams, etc., scenes.
26	Penitential Psalms	Munich	Roy. Lib., Munich, Cimel. Saal	1570	Painted by Hans Mielich.
27	Horæ	......	Brit. Mus., Egert. 1146	Late 16th cent.	Fine foliages and initials.
28	Prayer-book of William of Baden	Strassburg	Nat. Lib., Paris, Nos. 10567-8	1647	2 vols., 8°. Renaissance by Frederic Brentel.

Sicilian and Italian

No.

Name.

Where Produced.

Where Kept.

Date.

Remarks.

De arte venandi cum avibus

Palermo

Vat. Lib., Rome, palat. 1071

c. 1225

Composed by Emperor Frederick II. (1212-50). Paintings of birds and hunting scenes.

Offices, “ordo offic. Senensis”

Gubbio

Acad. Lib., Siena

Attributed to Oderigi.

Legends

Florence?

Canon. Lib.,

c. 1327-43

Attributed to Giotto.

Vergil

„

Rome Ambros. Lib., Milan

c. 1310

Attributed to Simone Martini.

Durandus

Siena?

Brit. Mus., Add. 31032

c. 1330

Fine work.

Aristotle

Bologna?

Brit. Mus., Harl. 6331

c. 1335

Like the “Avignon” Decretals.

Stefaneschi Missal

Rome?

Canon. Lib., Rome

1327-43

In same vol. with 3, and attributed to Giotto.

Poems of Convenevole da Prato 66

Naples?

Brit. Mus., Roy. 6 E. 9

1309-43

Bold “gouache” painting. Executed for King Robert of Naples.

Breviarium Romanum

Florence?

Brit. Mus., Harl. 2903

c. 1400

Fine initials.

Concordantiæ Canonicæ

Bologna?

Nat. Mus., Naples

c. 1350

Allegorical figures and “gouache” painting.

Statuts de l’Ordre do St. Esprit

Naples

Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. fr. 4274

c. 1354

Executed for Louis I., of House of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem.

Romance of Meliadus

Avignon?

Brit. Mus., Add. 12228

c. 1355

Executed for Louis II. of Naples.

Triumphs of Fr. Petrarch

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3109

c. 1370

Small miniatures and initials in older style.

„

Nat. Lib., Paris

Miniatures of triumphs.

Joannes Andreae, Lib. VI. Decretalium

Abp. of St. Florian

c. 1370

Fine Bolognese miniatures.

Glossa Joannis Andreae in Clementinas

Bologna?

Laon, No. 382

c. 1330-43

Very finely illuminated.

Rubrics on the Decretals

„

Laon, No. 357

1332

Many grotesque figures.

Decretum Gratiani

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 15274, 15275

c. 1375

Exquisitely illuminated.

Missale Romanum

„

Roy. Lib., Munich, Lat. 10072

c. 1374

By Nicolaus de Bononia.

„

St. Mark’s, Venice, cl. iii. xcvii.

c. 1370

„

Florence?

Brit. Mus., Add. 21973

c. 1380-1400

Fine pen work diapers and initials.

Latin Bible

Bologna?

Brit. Mus., Add. 18720

c. 1375-1400

Sweet colouring and fine foliages.

Hymnarium Heremitarum

Sienese?

Brit. Mus., Add. 30014

c. 1400

Fine initials.

Questions on 4 Books of Sentences by Job. Scot, Franciscan

Naples

Brit. Mus., Add. 15270-3

c. 1458-94

Written by Hippolytus Lunensis for Ferdinand I., King of Naples, and finely illuminated.

Platonis Opera

„

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3481

c. 1470

Written for Ferdinand I., King of Naples. Finely illuminated.

Cæsar

Brit. Mus., Add. 16982

1462

White stem-work.

„

Rome?

Brit. Mus., Harl. 2683

c. 1460

Executed for Pius II. Roman Renaissance (1458-64).

Petrarch Sonnets, etc.

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3411

c. 1465

White stem-work. Written by J. And. Mussolini.

Offices

Milan?

Brit. Mus., Add. 19417

c. 1475

A pretty little volume of Milanese work.

Missale Romanum

Brit. Mus., Add. 15260

„

Like MSS. executed for the Dukes of Ferrara. Very fine.

„

Brit. Mus., Harl. 2875

c. 1480

Of Florentine type.

Officium B.M.V.

Florence

Brit. Mus., Add. 15528

c. 1475

A small volume, but rich initials.

Missale Romanum

Bologna

Brit. Mus., Add. 15814

c. 1495

Like 32, but finer. Written by Jo. de Lyvonia for one of the Visconti.

Josephus

Rome

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3699

c. 1490

Roman Renaissance.

Herodean

Florence

Brit. Mus., Add. 23773

1487

Written by Alexander Verazzanus.

Scrapbook of cutting’s

Rome and Florence

Brit. Mus., Add. 21412

1480-1500

A very interesting collection. Roman and Florentine.

Grant of Ludovico Sforza (il Moro)

Milan

Brit. Mus., Add. 21413

1494

Illuminated by Antonio da Monza.

Offices

Naples

Brit. Mus., Add. 21591

1500

Written and illuminated for Frederick of Aragon, King of Naples.

Prayer-book of Alfonso I.

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 28962

c. 1455

Finest Neapolitan work. Portraits (1416-58).

Orations of Cicero

„

Imp. Lib., Vienna

c. 1490

Executed for Ferdinand I., King of Naples (1458-94). Very fine.

Renaissance Illumination

Italian

No.

Name.

Where Produced.

Where Kept.

Date.

Remarks.

Life of Manetti

Florence

Brit. Mus., Add. 9770

1506

Neat in execution.

Life of St. Francis

„

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3229

c. 1505

Very fine illumination.

Eusebius

„

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3308

c. 1515

Life of Manetti

„

Brit. Mus., Lansd. 842

c. 1525

Eusebius

Milan

Brit. Mus., Roy

„

Missale

Venice

Brit. Mus., Add. 15813

c. 1530

Attributed to Benedetto Bordone.

Ethics of Aristotle

Naples or Calabria

Imp. Lib., Vienna

c. 1490-1510

Fine Renaissance work. Elaborately designed frames, and fine miniatures painted in a strong “gouache,” by Rinaldo Piramo, for And. Matt. Acquavira, 8th Duke of Atri.

St. Jerome on Ezechiel

Florence

Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 654

c. 1490-1520

Illuminated by Attavante for Matt. Corvinus, King of Hungary (1443-90).

Philostratus (Latin)

„

Imp. Lib., Vienna, No. 25

„

Illuminated probably by Attavante for Matt. Corvinus.

Missale Romanum of Corvinus

„

Roy. Lib., Brussels

„

Illuminated by Attavante for Corvinus. Used for admission oaths of Governors of Netherlands.

Augustine: Epistles

„

Imp. Lib., Vienna

c. 1495

Illuminated by Attavante for Matt. Corvinus. Signed “Attavantes pinsit.”

Martianus Capella

„

Lib. St. Mark’s, Venice

c. 1500

Illuminated by Attavante for Matt. Corvinus. Signed. Written by Al, Verazzanus

Psalter

„

Ducal Lib., Wolfenbüttel

„

Illuminated by Attavante.

Diurnale

„

Laurent. Lib., Florence

„

Illuminated by Attavante or Gherardo.

Missal of Bp. of Dôle

„

Pub. Lib., Lyons

„

Illuminated by Attavante.

St. Gregory on Ezechiel

„

Estense Lib., Modena

„

Illuminated by Attavante. Signed.

Dionysii Opp.

„

Pub. Lib., Besançon

„

“Gran” Breviary

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, MS. Lat. 8879

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Probably illuminated by Boccardino il Vecchio, though attributed to Attavante.

Hieronymi Breviar. in psalmos

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, MS. Lat. 16839

1488-1500

Written for Matt. Corvinus by Anton Sinibaldi, and illuminated by Attavante.

Poems of Eurialo d’Ascoli

Rome

Imp. Lib., Vienna

c. 1536

Illuminated by Giulio Clovio (1498-1578).

“Rothesay” Offices

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 20927

c. 1546

Illuminated by Clovio.

Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistles

„

Soane Mus., London

c. 1536

Executed for Cardinal Grimani by Clovio.

Psalter of Paul III.

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, MS. Lat. 702.

c. 1542

Illuminated by Vincenzio Raimondi.

Papal Lectionary (Towneley Clovio)

„

Lenox Lib., New York

c. 1546

By Clovio and his assistants.

Dante

„

Vat. Lib., No. 365

c. 1555

Illuminated in part by Clovio.

Investiture from Duke of Urbino

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 22660

c. 1560

Very fine ornament.

Triumphs of Petrarch

„

Lib. of Capt. Holford, London

c. 1550

Fine miniatures.

Missal of Card. Colonna

„

Rylands Lib., Manchester

c. 1520

Fine miniatures. Attributed, but without authority, to Raffaelle.

Prayer-book

Rome, or Florence

Barberini Lib., Rome, No. 324

c. 1500

Many fine miniatures.

Missal of Pius II.

Rome

Chigi Lib., Rome

c. 1460-70

Executed for Pius II.

Missal of Card. Corsini

„

Corsini Lib., Rome, No. 1015

c. 1530

Fine framed miniatures.

Missal of Card. Cornaro

„

Minerva Lib., Rome

c. 1520

Fine miniatures.

“Pavia” Graduals

Milan

Brera Lib., Milan

1530-80

By several artists, especially G. Berretta. Enormous folios.

Prayer-book of Albert IV. of Bavaria

Roy. Lib., Munich, Cim. Saal. 42

c. 1574

Finest Roman Renaissance, but written by Hans Lenker, of Munich (not a Clovio).

Apologia di Colenuccio

Rome

Brit. Mus., Roy. 12, c. viii.

c. 1510

Executed for Henry VIII. of England.

Prayer-book Bianca Maria of Milan

Milan

Roy. Lib., Munich, No. 99A

c. 1450

Illuminated by Giovanni da Como. Contains Visconti and Sforza arms.

Hours of Bona Sforza of Milan

„

Brit Mus., Add. 34294

c. 1490

Finest Milanese Renaissance, with some Flemish additions.

French

No.

Name.

Where Produced.

Where Kept.

Date.

Remarks.

The “Versailles” Livy

Tours

Nat. Lib., Paris, 6907

Attributed to Jehan Fouquet of Tours.

The “Sorbonne” Livy

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. Sorb. 297

„

Antiquities of the Jews

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, Resew. 6891

Fouquet’s masterpiece.

Boccacio

„

Roy. Lib., Munich

Executed for Etienne Chevalier.

Trésor des Histoires

„

Brit. Mus., Cott. Aug. v.

c. 1490

Fine aërial perspective and landscape.

Valerius Maximus

Paris

Brit. Mus., Harl. 4374-5

„

A very fine MS.

Hours of Anne of Brittany

„

Nat. Lib., Paris

c. 1508

A magnificent example, eclectic in style, with natural flowers and insects in borders, and fine figure-painting.

Hours of Claude Gouffier

„

Vicomte de Janzé

c. 1550

Attributed to Jean Cousin. Influence of glass-painting.

Offices

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 18853

c. 1530

Probably executed for Francis I. of France. Excellent work, eclectic in style.

Hours of Montmorency

„

Libr. of Count of Haussonville

1549

Same style as 8 and 9, and probably by J. Cousin,

Offices

Tours?

Brit. Mus., Add. 18854

c. 1525

Architectural details of School of Tours. Written for Fr. de Dinteville, Bp. of Auxerre.

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 18855

„

Architectural frames to miniatures as in 10, but larger and more fanciful details, somewhat like 7 in portions.

„

Paris

Nat. Lib., Paris, Lot. 10563

1531

Epistres d’Ovide

Nat. Lib., Paris, fds. fr. 875

c. 1500

Executed for Louise de Savoie, mother of Francis I.

Boece

Paris

Nat. Lib., Paris, u. fds. Lat. 6643

„

Fine miniatures with Renaissance architectural details.

Epistres

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, 6877

„

Translated by Octavien de d’Ovide St. Gelay. Beautiful miniatures.

Petrarch’s Triumphs

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 7079

c. 1520

Very fine miniatures of triumphs. Italian influence.

Chants royaux

Nat. Lib., Paris, 6987

„

Fine miniatures.

Chants Royaux

Paris

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 379

„

Magnificent miniatures under Italian influence of Andrea del Sarto.

Petrarch

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 225

c. 1503

Miniature of presentation to Louis XII. Many full-page miniatures.

Fleur des Histoires

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 54

c. 1505

Executed for Cardinal d’Amboise.

Chron. de Monstrelet

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, 20360-2

„

Three large folio vols. Vol. i. contains five equestrian portraits of Louis XII.

Les Echecs amoreux

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 143

c. 1500

Executed for use of Francis, d. of Angoulème, and his sister Marguerite.

Boccace de claris et nobilibus mulieribus

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 599

„

By same illuminator as 22. Executed for Louise de Savoie.

Reception de Marie d’Angleterre à Paris

„

Brit. Mus., Vesp. B. 2

c. 1514

“Avec belles peintures.”

Chants Royaux

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, f. fr. 145

1515

Presented in 1515 to Louise de Savoie by the City of Amiens. The miniatures painted in grisaille by J. Plastel, and coloured by J. Pinchon. Contains portrait of Louise.

Commentaires de César, Vol. i.

„

Brit. Mus.

c. 1519

Attributed to Geoffroy Tory. Part grisaille. Written in Roman text. See Dict. Miniat. iii. 312.

Commentaires de César, Vol. ii.

„

Nat. Lib., Paris, 13429

„

Commentaires de César, Vol. iii.

„

Lib. of Duc d’Aumale

„

Dutillet, French Kings, etc.

Nat. Lib., Paris, 2848

Presented to Charles IX.

Hours of Henry IV.

Nat. Lib., Paris, Lat. 1171

c. 1595

Peculiar style and colouring.

Gospel of St. John

Boisleduc

Brit. Mus., Roy., E. 5

Finely written, but not illuminated by Pet. Meghen.

“Sol Gallicus”

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 23745

c. 1682

Painted by Pierre Mignard.

Psalter

London

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 9

1565

Written by Petrucco Ubaldini, a Florentine.

Book of Sentences for Lady Sumley

English? London?

Brit. Mus., Roy. 17 A. 23

c. 1600

Very elegant borders.

English Illumination From the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century

No.

Name.

Where Produced.

Where Kept.

Date.

Remarks.

Offices and Prayers

Westminster

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 A. 22

1240

Imitation of stained glass. Typical MS.

Bible in Latin

Canterbury

Brit. Mus., Burney 3

1245

„

Salisbury

Brit. Mus., Roy. 1 B. 12

1254

Written by Will de Hales.

Tenison Psalter

London

Brit. Mus., Add. 24686

1294

Written and illuminated by order of Edward I.

Bible in Latin

Brit. Mus., Roy. 1 D 1

13th cent.

Written by Will of Devon.

Apocalypse in French

Brit. Mus., Roy. 19 B. 15

c. 1330

See Bibliographica, pt. v. pl. 1.

Arundel Psalter

Brit. Mus., Arund. 83

„

See Bibliographica, pt. v. pl. 2

Psalter of Joan of Kent

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 8

1380

Transition from French Gothic to Lancastrian.

Pontifical

Brit. Mus., Lansd. 451

c. 1400

Early Lancastrian.

Bible in Latin

Brit. Mus., Roy. 1 E. ix.

„

Large folio. See Bibliographica, pt. v. pl. 4.

Breviary

Brit. Mus., Harl. 2975

„

Something like 7.

Offices

Brit. Mus., Add. 16968

c. 1390-1400

„

Brit. Mus., Add. 16998

c. 1410

Executed for Anne Mauleverer.

Liber Albus

London

Guildhall Lib., London

„

Bracket borders.

Liber de Hyda

Winchester

Shirburn Castle Lib.

„

Richly illuminated borders, some unfinished. See Rolls Series. 1866.

Offices

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 1

c. 1400-1410

Early Lancastrian.

Grandison Offices

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 A. 18

c. 1410

Fine initials with Lancastrian brackets. See Bibliographica, v. pl. 5.

Occleve de Regim. Principum

Brit. Mus., Ar. 38

c. 1415

Traceried backgrounds in Bohemian manner. Cf. Will. v. Orange MS.

Ormonde Offices

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 15

c. 1420

Similar to 17. Called by Humphreys (Books of Middle Ages) Queen Mary’s Breviary.

Gower’s Confessio Amantis

Brit. Mus., Harl. 3490

„

Lancastrian style.

Psalter of Queen Mary

St. Alban’s

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 7

1460

Fine English work. Presented in 1553 to Queen Mary

Horæ

Brit. Mus., Harl. 2884

c. 1460

Many mediocre illuminations.

Gospels and Epistles, etc.

London

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 12, 13

c. 1508

Given by Stephen and Margaret Jenyns to the church at Aldermanbury, London.

Bourchier Psalter

„

Brit. Mus., Roy. 2 B. 14

c. 1458

Contains Bourchier obituaries.

Psalter and Canticles, etc.

Brit. Mus., Harl. 1719

c. 1470

Good text and many illuminated letters and borders.

Spanish and Portuguese

No.	Name.	Where Produced.	Where Kept.	Date.	Remarks.
1	Hours, etc., Lat. and Catalan.	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 18193	......	Netherlandish influence.
2	Offices B.M.V.	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 28271	......	Italian influence.
3	Hidalguia	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 12214	1604	In Genoese manner.
4	Diploma of Philip III.	......	Brit. Mus., Roy. Claud. B. x.	17th cent.	„
5	Patent to Princ. de la Paz	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 1706	1797	Allegorical designs.
6	Ordo Miss. Pontificales	......	Brit. Mus., Add. 30857	17th cent.	Roman text, good initials.
7	Portuguese Missal	......	Brit. Mus., Stowe 597	......	Written for John III., King of Portugal.
8	Hidalguia de Gonsalo de Castro Cepeda	Spain	Brit. Mus., Add. 22143	1578	Granted by Philip II., with his portrait.

Notes

66 Petrarch’s tutor.

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