Paintings and Sculptures

When we study material culture, we often return to the same pieces of art over and over again. We remember them by appearance or name or where we happened to see them first, but when we talk to others or want to see more we need the shelfmark or catalogue number. This is a quick reference to some of those frequently referenced works of art and where to find them online.

Statuti Mss. 26 Matricula Societatis Fabrorum Civitatis Bononiae (Bologna, late 14th century) http://notes9.senato.it/W3/Biblioteca/StatutiMedievali.nsf
British Library, Manuscript Egerton 1894 Egerton Genesis Picture Book (SE England, c. 1350-1375) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8780&CollID=28&NStart=1894 {famous painting of a shopkeeper }
Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Fulda, HLB Fulda Aa 88 Weltchronik (Bohemia, c. 1350-1375) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4934 (touched-up details of miniatures) or https://fuldig.hs-fulda.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:hebis:66:fuldig-1925724 (catalogue entry including text and empty pages) {useful fencing scenes}
Morgan M.769 Weltchronik (Regensburg, Bavaria, c. 1360) Morgan Library http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/thumbs/143938 and Manuscript Miniatures https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4693/12792
München, BSB Cgm 6 Legenda sanctorum aurea (Elsaß, 1362) http://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb00043859-9
J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, Ms. 1 Bible Historiale (Paris, c. 1360-1370) vol. 1 - vol. 2
Lippo Vanni, "The battle of Sinalunga / The Battle of Valdichiana," (Palazzo Publico, Sienna, shortly after 1363) Flickr
Andrea de' Bartoli, frescos in the Basilica di S. Francesco, Basilica inferiore, Assisi (1368) http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/entry/work/9964/ or AKG Images
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München, BSB Cgm 5 Weltchronik in Versen (Regensburg, 1370) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/5434/17858
Paris, BNF Latin 511 Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Alsace, c. 1370-1380) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000434v/
Roman de Giron le Courtois BNF Nouvelle Acquisition Francais 5243 (Milan, c. 1370-1380) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b550063539/f185.item or https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4365/16845
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Rylands MS English 1 Siege of Troy (England, 1410-1420) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4943
Jean de Bruges, "Apocalypse Tapestry" in Angers (Bruges, before 1381) https://artsandculture.google.com/
BNF Français 343 Queste del saint Graal (Milan, c. 1380-1390) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4317/17244
BNF Latin 757 Missale et Horae ad Usum Fratrum Minorum (Milan, c. 1385-1390) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8470209d/f1.planchecontact or https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4360/15696
Bib. Trivulziana MS 691 Lucanus de Bello Civile by Niccolò da Bologna: manus.iccu.sbn.it (has five images 3r, 18v, 88r, 119r, 140r), Web Gallery of Art (has a scene with the general seated in a tent, 86v, and an army on the march, 87r), http://www.bildindex.de/ s.v. Niccolo da Bologna
Other works by Niccolò da Bologna: brewminate + Innsbruck MS 87 + Getty Museum s.v.
Nouvelle acquisition latine 1673 Tacuinum Sanitatis (Pavia or Milan, 1390-1400) (Mandragore and direct link to the Mandragore catalogue entry) … (other MS?) See also http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. ser. nov 2644: Tacuinum Sanitatis (???, 1370-1400) digitized but not publicly available https://data.onb.ac.at/rep/BAG_14694935 but see Wikimedia Commons and “Tacuinum sanitatis (Tableau de santé)” https://www.photo.rmn.fr/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2CMFCITSH6H_S&SMLS=1&RW=1528&RH=728
Morgan MS. G.54 Der Wälsche Gast folio 6r (Trier, circa 1380) https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/76996
Kassel, UBK 2° Ms. theol. 4 Weltchronik (Bavaria, circa 1385) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/5711/20909 … is there another Weltchronik?
Wenzel Bible ONB Cod. Vindobonensis 2762 (Germany, 1389) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4743/9718
BL Royal 20 C VII Chroniques de France ou de St Denis https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4163/8793
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory Number 1778 "Knights in a rocky Landscape" (Bolognese, c. 1400) https://www.mfab.hu/artworks/knights-in-a-rocky-landscape/
J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 26 Legenda Venerabilium Virorum Aymonis et Vermondi (Milan, c. 1400) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/2223/
British Library Add MS 15277 Paduan Bible Picture Book (North Italian, c. 1400) catalogue at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_15277 scans at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_15277_fs001r
J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 33 (88.MP.70) Rudolf von Ems Weltchronik (Regensburg, c. 1400-1410) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1505/unknown-rudolf-von-ems-jansen-enikel-et-al-weltchronik-german-about-1400-1410-with-addition-in-1487/
Valencian Altarpiece of St George (c. 1410) Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number 1217-1864 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17807/altarpiece-of-st-george-altarpiece-master-of-the/
Morgan MS M.1044 Gaston Phoebus Livre de la Chasse (Paris: probably before 1407) https://www.themorgan.org/collection/livre-de-la-chasse/1 See 31v doublet coat (and the first page with paintings of people), 46v doublet coat, 58r butt-covering hose, 59r joined hose
Spinello Aretino, "Battaglia di Punta San Salvatore" (Palazzo Pubblico, Siena: 1407/1408) Flickr
Anonymous Kriegsbuch or Büchsenmeisterbuch, ÖNB Wien Cod. 3069 (southern Germany or eastern Switzerland, 1411) http://data.onb.ac.at/dtl/2316748 {useful pictures of clothing, armour, and various machines and firearms, first posted about here in 2020; table of contents here}
BNF Français 616 Gaston Phébus' Livre de la Chase (probably Paris: first quarter of the 15th century) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52505055c/ Page 56v has boots or gaiters closed with hooks.
British Library Add. MS 18850 Bedford Hours (French: circa 1410-1430) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6474&CollID=27&NStart=18850
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 2609 Grandes Chroniques de France (Paris, 1471) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10507341p/f134.item.r=fran%C3%A7ais-2609.zoom# The famous fat stonemason

Other manuscripts with 14th century (ish) goodness:

Württembergische Landesbibliothek, WLB HB XIII 6 Weltchronik & Marienleben (Lower Austria, 1300-1350) http://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/digitale-sammlungen or Manuscript Miniatures
British Library Add MS 42130 Luttrell Psalter (English, c. 1320-1340) https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_42130
Bodley 264 Romance of Alexander (Flemish, 1338-1344) https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/iiif/viewer/60834383-7146-41ab-bfe1-48ee97bc04be#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&r=0&xywh=-4755%2C-418%2C15220%2C8355
Paris - Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève - Ms. 1126 Roman de la Rose http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/documentation/enlumine/fr/BM/paris_1516-01.htm
Guido de Vigevano, "Liber Notabilium": Musée Condé, Chantilly, no. 334 (ex. 569) This medical manuscript with many details of fashions does not seem to be digitized but Getty Images has a few photos and others are scattered across the Internet. This image on pinterest has a useful picture of breeches, shirt, and the suspension of the hose from a "nut" on the front of the hose.
Bibliotheque Nationale du France, Français 167 Bible Moralisée of Jean le Bon http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8447300c/f578.item.zoom
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Français 167 Bible Moralisée (Paris) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8447300c/f578.image
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 1586 (Paris) Guillaume de Machaut, Poésies https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8449043q/f108.item.r=Fran%C3%A7ais%201586%20guillaume%20de%20machaut.zoom#
Très belles Heures de Notre-Dame (Paris, 1389-1410) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84496839/f207.item.r=3093%20Tr%C3%A8s%20Belles%20Heures.zoom#
BNF Rothschild 2529 Bréviaire de Martin d'Aragon (Catalonia, 1398-1403) https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4371/14158 interesting Resurrection and David and Goliath
British Library, Additional MS 24189 Mandeville's Travels Glass-Blowers (Bohemia, 1400-1425) https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts {beautiful line drawing of a glassblower's workshop}
St. Barbara Altarpiece by Meister Francke, Finnish National Museum, Helsinki (place of composition unknown, 1410-1424) https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4n_Barbaran_alttarikaappi
Arsenal MS. 5070 Boccaccio Decameron https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7100018t
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number NY 1975.1.848 School of Rogier van der Weiden, Men Shovelling Chairs (Brussels, 1444-1450) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459209
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Ott.lat.1417 (mid 15th century) wounded Agesulaus https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1417/0043
Die Hausbücher der Nürnberger Zwölfbrüderstiftungen https://hausbuecher.nuernberg.de/
Hugo van der Goes, Trinity Altarpiece in Edinburgh (c. 1478-1482) https://www.rct.uk/collection/403260/the-trinity-altarpiece-panels British Royal Collection RCIN 403260

Artefacts:

"The armour of Charles VI of France, Chartres," La Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimonie http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral (alternate link c/o Tom Biliter) or https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/

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