Highlights — Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections

A psalter from Royal libraries

Psalter. Latin, Parchment, 185 ff., 245x177 mm. Northern England, 1190-1200. Leiden, UB : ms. BPL 76 A

Flemish surgical instruments

Small manual for a surgeon, based on the Cyrurgie by Meester Jan Yperman (incomplete). Flemish. Paper, 130x95 mm. Flanders, last quarter of the 15th century. Leiden, UB : ms. BPL 3094

The Zwolle bible

Bible. Latin. Parchment, 6 volumes, c. 530x390 mm. Brethren of the Common Life, Zwolle, 1464-1476. Utrecht, UB : Cat 31 and 15.C.11

The Utrecht Psalter

Psalter. Latin. Parchment, 91 ff., 330x255 mm. Benedictine monastery of St. Peter, Hautvillers near Reims, c. 820-835. Utrecht, UB : Cat. 32 / 1

A child’s alphabet

Alphabet and prayers. Latin. Parchment, 4 ff., 208x151 mm. South Holland, c. 1480. The Hague, MM : ms. 10 D 34

Scribe and corrector

Titus Lucretius Carus, De Rerum Natura libri VI. Latin. Parchment, 192 ff., 325x210 mm. Northwestern France (Charlemagne's palace school), early 9th century. Leiden, UB : ms. VLF 30

Lunar eclipses between 1425 and 1462

Almanac. Latin. Parchment, 19 ff., 145 x 110 mm, folded to 75 x 55 mm. Northern France, 1425. Leiden, UB : ms. VUL 100 C

The legend of the Holy Cross of Breda

Legends and miracles of the Holy Cross of Breda. Dutch. Parchment, 20 ff., 240x160 mm. Breda, second half 15th or first half 16th century. Breda, GA : Archieven Barbaraparochie Breda, afd. III-103. ms. 144

Genealogy of the Kings of England

Genealogy of the Kings of England and other texts. Anglo-Norman, Middle English and Latin. Parchment roll, 2310x230 mm. England (?), last quarter 13th century and 1430-1440. The Hague, KB : ms. 75 A 2 / 2

The Necrology of Monastery Nieuwlicht in Utrecht

Henricus Bor, Necrology and chronicle of the monastery Nieuwlicht (Nova Lux). Latin. Parchment, 70 ff., 300x195 mm. Utrecht, 1440-1550. Utrecht, HUA: Kartuizerklooster Nieuwlicht, inv.nr. 4

A historian at work

Petrus de Thimo, Brabantsche Yeesten. Latin and Dutch. Paper and parchment, 210 ff., c. 280xc. 212 mm. c. 1425. Leiden, UB : ms. Ltk 1019

The Keppel Fragment

Quintus Septimius Tertullianus, De spectaculis. Latin. Parchment, 1 f., 336xc.255 mm. Cologne, early 9th century. Arnhem, Huisarchief Keppel

Stamped miniatures

Book of hours. Latin. Parchment, 99 ff. 150x110 (83x62) mm. Bruges, c. 1430-1450. The Hague, KB : ms. 135 K 45