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.
- 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
- 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
- Paris, BNF Latin 511 Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Alsace, c. 1370-1380) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000434v/
- Roman de Giron le Courtoise BNF Nouvelle Acquisition Francais 5243 (Milan, c. 1370-1380) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b550063539/f185.item or https://manuscriptminiatures.com/4365/16845
- 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 … 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/
- 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/
- Morgan MS M.1044 Gaston Phoebus Livre de la Chase (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
- 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.
- 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
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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