Search Results for British Librarytag:mt.wiglaf.org,2024:/cgi-bin//feed/British Library2024-03-29T14:05:23ZMovable Type 5.2.6616British Library - Add MS 50001tag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.9302016-09-18T17:40:23Z2016-09-18T21:51:09ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
Now that the Morgan Library MS block is complete for now, I've added a British book, one with quite an impressive history, British Library Add MS 50001. This use of Sarum book was owned by Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry...
British Library - Royal MS 2 A XVIIItag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.8622016-03-10T15:23:02Z2016-03-10T15:34:52ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
British Library Royal MS 2 A XVIII is a lovely Sarum use book, and the most entertainingly Tudor book possible. In addition to all of the relevant English saints, Edward the Confessor, Cuthbert and Etheldreda, there is the erasure of...
British Library - Yates Thompson 29tag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.8592016-03-01T04:36:40Z2016-03-01T22:33:11ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
British Library Yates Thompson 29, known asthe 'Hours of Bonaparte Ghislieri', formerly known as 'The Albani Hours', is a lovely Humanistic Use of Rome book, from Bologna, about 1500. The calendar is decorated with the expected foliage and cameos, and...
British Library - Add MS 35313tag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.8562016-02-24T02:37:38Z2016-02-24T02:48:48ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
British Library Add MS 35313, known as the London Rothschild Hours, is another Flemish book of hours, this one probably made for a member of the Spanish court in the Netherlands. The complete calendar consists of only 6 folios, with...
British Library - MS Add 54782tag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.8542016-02-22T14:50:33Z2016-02-22T14:58:49ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
The Hastings Hours, or MS Add 54782, is a Use of Sarum book held by the British Library. Though the calendar is somewhat undistinguished, some attribute the decoration scheme to Alexander Bening, father of the great 16th Century painter Simon....
British Library - MS Add 20927tag:mt.wiglaf.org,2016:/bohdb//14.8462016-02-12T18:50:28Z2016-02-15T22:10:07ZAaron Mackshttp://www.wiglaf.org/~aaronm/
British Library MS Add 20927 is a lovely Sanvito MS, though f.6r and f.9r are swapped on the digitized version. The calendar has an interesting entry for November 2, rather than All Souls, it has Saint Iusti (Martyr). Later on...