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Detailed record for Royal 15 D III
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Part 1 |
ff. 1-144v |
| Author |
Guyart des Moulins |
| Title |
Bible historiale, the early version |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Scribe |
Petrus Gilberti |
| Artists |
workshop of Master of the Boucicaut Hours, Master of Egerton 1070, Follower of the Master of the Breviary of Jean sans Peur, Virgil Master |
| Decoration |
1 large miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 3), and 29 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with foliate initials in colours and gold, and full borders of vine scrolls with drolleries, at the beginning of each book and the prologue (ff. 1, 3v-5, 6, 9v, 12, 15v, 27, 30v, 40, 48, 62, 69v, 78, 82v, 85, 97, 103, 112, 115, 124, 130v, 134v, 138v). Some miniatures with sketches for illuminators (ff. 9v, 12). 2 large foliate initials in colours and gold with full borders (ff. 6v, 131). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, with foliate extensions. Running titles in gold letters on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. |
| Dimensions in mm |
455 x 340 (300 x 220) |
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Part 2 |
ff. 145-284v |
| Author |
Guyart des Moulins |
| Title |
Bible historiale, the early version |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
24 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with foliate initials in colours and gold, and full borders of vine scrols with drolleries, at the beginning of each book (ff. 152, 170, 180, 193v, 197, 202v, 209, 219v, 220v, 232, 236, 239, 243v, 244v, 245v, 248v, 252, 256v, 259, 262, 265, 268, 271, 274v). Some miniatures with sketches for illuminators (ff. 201v, 259, 262, 268, 271), or written instructions (f. 219v). 1 large foliate initials in colours and gold with a full border (259v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decotration in white, with foliate extensions. Running titles in gold letters on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. |
| Dimensions in mm |
455 x 340 (300 x 220) |
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Part 3 |
ff. 285-412v |
| Author |
Guyart des Moulins |
| Title |
Bible historiale, the early version |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
1 large miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 285), 23 and one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with foliate initials in colours and gold, and full borders of vine scrols with drolleries, at the beginning of each book (ff. 294v, 297v, 299, 305, 321, 340v, 361v, 363v, 366v, 383v, 391, 394, 395v, 398, 398v, 399v, 401v, 402v, 403v, 405, 406, 409v, 410v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decotration in white, with foliate extensions. Running titles in gold letters on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. |
| Dimensions in mm |
455 x 340 (300 x 220) |
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Part 4 |
ff. 413-532 |
| Author |
Guyart des Moulins |
| Title |
Bible historiale, the early version |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
1 large miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of Matthew (f. 432), and 26 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with foliate initials in colours and gold, and full borders of vine scrols with drolleries, at the beginning of each book (ff. 422v, 445v, 455, 470v, 481v, 486v, 491, 494, 496, 497v, 498v, 500, 501, 501v, 503, 504, 506, 509, 520v, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531). Some miniatures with sketches for illuminators (ff. 470v) or written instructions (ff. 494, 496, 500, 531, 531v, 532). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decotration in white, with foliate extensions. Running titles in gold letters on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. |
| Dimensions in mm |
455 x 340 (300 x 220) |
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Official foliation |
ff. 144 (+ 1 unfoliated modern paper flylef at the beginning and 2 at the end, and 1 unfoliated medieval parchment flyleaf at the beginning), ff. 139 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end), ff. 127 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end), 119 (+ 2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
Form |
Parchment codex |
Binding |
BM/BL in-house, with gilded edges. Rebound in 1957. |
Provenance |
Peter Gilbert (Petrus Gilberti), illuminator, notary and libraire of the University of Paris (c. 1415-1421), illuminated (secondary decoration?) by him: inscribed in the decorative line-filler 'pe/trus gilberti me fecit' (f. 15v); other manuscripts signed by him in a similar way are: Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 9001-9002, 9484, Ithaca, Cornell University Library Bd. Rare BY C36 H835, Yale, Beinecke Library 400. John Grey, count of Tancarville in Normandy (b. 1384-91, d. 1421), soldier and diplomat, and his wife Joanna (b. 1400, d. 1425), heiress of Sir Edward Charlton of Powys (d. 1425), perhaps connected with them, or with Humfrey, duke of Gloucester, whose illigitimate daughter, Antigone, married Henry Grey, John's son: inscribed 'My lady Powys I yow pray / raymambayre me wayn yow / may', 15th century (f. 111v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 787' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; and probably in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. |
Notes |
Bound In four volumes: vol. 1 (ff. 1-144), vol. 2 (ff. 145-284v), vol. 3 (ff. 285-412), vol. 4 (ff. 413-532), originally probably in two (ff. 1-284 and 285-532). Contains the early version of the Bible Historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins made in 1291-95. Illuminated by several artist. According to Meiss 1968, the majority of illuminations is by the Master of Egerton 1070 and his workshop, with participation of the workshop of the Master of the Boucicaut Hours, the Virgil Master, and a follower of the Master of the Breviary of Jean sans Peur. Catchwords and bifolium signatures. |
Select bibliography |
Walter de Gray Birch and Henry Jenner, Early Drawings and Illuminations: An Introduction to the Study of Illustrated Manuscripts (London: Bagster and Sons, 1879), p. 13.
Samuel Berger, La Bible franc¸aise au moyen a^ge: E´tude sur les plus anciennes versions de la Bible e´crites en prose de langue d’oi¨l (Paris, 1884), pp. 206, 218, 387.
H. Omont, 'Les manuscrits français des rois d'Angleterre au château de Richmond', in Etudes romanes dédiés à Gaston Paris (Paris: É. Bouillon, 1891), pp. 1-13 (p. 6).
L’Apocalypse en franc¸ais au XIIIe sie`cle (Bibl. Nat. Fr. 403), ed. by L. Delisle and P. Meyer (Paris: Socie´te´ des Anciens Textes Franc¸ais, 1901), p. CCXLV.
George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), II, pp. 172-73.
Paolo d'Ancona and Erhard Aeschlimann, Dictionnaire des miniaturistes du moyen a^ge et de la renaissance dans les diffe´rentes contre´es de l’Europe (Milan: Hoepli, 1949), p. 169.
Rosy Schilling, 'The Master of Egerton 1070 (Hours of Rene d'Anjou)', Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits, 8 (1954) 272-82 (pp. 274-77, figs 28 a, b, c, 29 a, b).
Millard Meiss, Kathleen Morand and Edith W. Kirsch, French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Boucicaut Master, National Gallery of Art Kress Foundation Studies in the History of European Art, 3 (London: Phaidon, 1968), pp. 96-99 [with additional bibliography].
Millard Meiss, Sharon Off Dunlap Smith and Elizabeth Home Beaton, French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Limbourgs and Their Contemporaries, 2 vols (London: Thames and Hudson, 1974), I, pp. 376, 408, 410.
Barbara A. Shailor, Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, 4 vols (Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1984), II, p. 279.
Richard Kenneth Emmerson and Suzanne Lewis, 'Census and Bibliography of Medieval Manuscripts containing Apocalypse Illustrations, ca. 800-1500 III', Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought and Religion, 42 (1986), 443-72, no. 163.
Jonathan J. G. Alexander, Medieval Illuminators and their Methods of Work (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992), p. 186.
Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse, Manuscripts and Their Makers: Commercial Book Producers in Medieval Paris 1200-1500, 2 vols (Turnhout: Harvey Miller, 2000), II, p. 112.
The Libraries of King Henry VIII, ed. by J. P. Carley, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: The British Library, 2000), H2.514.
Nicolas Bell Music in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2001), half-title page.
I. Villela-Petit, 'Devises de Charles VI dans les Heures Mazarines: La presonnalisation d'un manuscrit', Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits, 55 (2001) 80-92 (p. 84, n. 18).
Christopher de Hamel, The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination: History and Techniques (London: British Library, 2001), pl. 13.
The Splendor of the Word: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, ed. by Jonathan J. G. Alexander, James H. Marrow, and Lucy Freeman Sandler (London: Harvey Miller, 2005), p. 107 n. 4 [exhibition catalogue].
Joe Flatman, Ships and Shipping in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2009), pl. 141. |
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Part 1
ff. 1-144v |
Guyart des Moulins Bible historiale, the early version |
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f. 1 Peter Comestor |

f. 3 Garden of Eden |

f. 3v God with his compasses |
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f. 4 Creation of the earth |

f. 4v Creation of the seas |

f. 5 Creation of rivers and the sun and moon |
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f. 6 God introducing Adam to the animals |

f. 9v Expulsion from Paradise |

f. 12 Building of the Ark |
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f. 15v Tower of Babel |

f. 15v Building of the Tower of Babel |

f. 27 Jacob's ladder |
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f. 31v Joseph placed in the well |

f. 40 Pharoah giving tasks to the Israelites |

f. 48 Exodus from Egypt |
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f. 48 Exodus from Egypt |

f. 62 Offerings at the altar |

f. 69v God speaking to Moses |
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f. 78 Israelites |

f. 78 Israelites at the Red Sea |

f. 78 Israelites at the Red Sea |
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f. 82v Offerings at the altar |

f. 82v Offerings at the altar |

f. 85 Moses |
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f. 85 Moses and the Tablets of the Law |

f. 97 Joshua leading the Israelites |

f. 103 Capture of Adonibezek |
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f. 103 Capture of Adonibezek |

f. 112 Prayer of Hannah |

f. 112 Prayer of Hannah |
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f. 115 The anointing of Saul |

f. 115 The anointing of Saul |

f. 124 Amelekite relating the death of Saul |
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f. 130v Death of Absalom |

f. 134v Anointing of Solomon |

f. 138v Building of the Temple |
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f. 138v Building of the Temple |
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Part 2
ff. 145-284v |
Guyart des Moulins Bible historiale, the early version |
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f. 152 Elijah |

f. 170 Tree of Jesse |

f. 180 Prayer of Solomon |
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f. 193v Edict of Cyrus |

f. 193v Edict of Cyrus |

f. 197 Nehemiah inquires of the Jews |
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f. 202v Sacrifice of Josiah |

f. 209 God, Satan, and Job |

f. 219v Job and his friends |
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f. 220v Raphael, Tobias and Tobit |

f. 225 Gedaliah receiving Ishmael |

f. 225 Gedaliah receiving Ishmael |
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f. 232 Susanna being accused by the elders |

f. 236 Rebuilding of Jerusalem |

f. 239 Death of Holofernes |
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f. 243v Ahasueras and Esther |

f. 244v Artaxerxes sending a letter |

f. 244v Artaxerxes sending a letter |
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f. 245v Ahasueras and Esther |

f. 248v Ochus sending Vagosus |

f. 252 David playing his harp |
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f. 256v David praying to the Lord |

f. 262 Fool |

f. 262 Fool |
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f. 265 David drowning |

f. 268 David playing the bells |

f. 271 David and singers |
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f. 274v God and Christ |
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Part 3
ff. 285-412v |
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f. 285 Solomon dictating the Proverbs |

f. 285 Solomon dictating the Proverbs |

f. 294v The Preacher |
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f. 294v The Preacher |

f. 297v The bride and bridegroom |

f. 299 Justice enthroned |
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f. 305 Teacher and disciple |

f. 321 Isaiah prophesying to the Jews |

f. 340v Jeremiah and two men with a saw |
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f. 361v Jeremiah lamenting |

f. 363v Baruch reading the book |

f. 366v Ezechiel and the four wheels |
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f. 383v Daniel receiving a book from God |

f. 391 Birth of Jezreel |

f. 394 Joel and trumpeters |
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f. 394 Joel and trumpeters |

f. 395v Amos and Damascus |

f. 398 Jonah and the gourd |
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f. 398v Jonah |

f. 398v Jonah |

f. 399v Micah |
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f. 401v Nahum |

f. 402v Habbakuk crying to God |

f. 402v Habbakuk crying to God |
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f. 403v Zephaniah |

f. 405 Haggar and Zerubbabel |

f. 406 Vision of Zechariah |
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f. 409v Polluted offerings |

f. 410v Wars of the Machabees |
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Part 4
ff. 413-532 |
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f. 422v The letter delivered |

f. 432 Matthew and the Tree of Jesse |

f. 445v Mark |
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f. 470v John |

f. 481v Paul |

f. 481v Paul |
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f. 486v Paul sending a letter |

f. 491 Paul reproving the Corinthians |

f. 491 Paul reproving the Corinthians |
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f. 494 Paul and three men |

f. 496 Paul speaking to children |

f. 497v Paul speaking to the Philippians |
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f. 498v Paul speaking to the Colossians |

f. 498v Paul speaking to the Colossians |

f. 500 Paul speaking to the Thessalonians |
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f. 501v Paul speaking to the Thessalonians |

f. 503 Paul speaking to a group of men |

f. 503 Paul speaking to a group of men |
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f. 504 Paul speaking to a child |

f. 506 Paul speaking to Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus |

f. 506 Winged grotesque |
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f. 509 Pentecost |

f. 520v James sending a letter |

f. 526 John on Patmos |
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f. 527 The Lamb with the Book |

f. 528 Seven angels before the throne |

f. 529 John, the woman, the dragon and the Beast |
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f. 530 John, the whore, and the angel with vials |

f. 531 John and the angel |

f. 531v John and the new Jerusalem |
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f. 532 River of crystal, the angel, and John |
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