Duke of Burgundy from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 10
Miniature of the return of Duke of Burgundy to France, with a full border containing the arms of Thomas Thwaytes, at the beginning of the volume 2 of the Chroniques of Froissart. Image taken from f. 10 of Chron... More
Siege of Bayonne from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 39
Miniature of the siege of Bayonne. Image taken from f. 39 of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts ... More
Attack on the fort Montpin from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 54
Miniature of English soldiers scaling ladders at the walls of Montpin Image taken from f. 54 of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More
Duke of Burgundy from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 10
Detail of a miniature of the return of Duke of Burgundy to France, at the beginning of the volume 2 of the Chroniques of Froissart. Image taken from f. 10 of Chroniques, books 1-2 of volume I. Written in French... More
Flemish army from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 237v
Detail of a miniature of the Flemish army under Philippe d'Artevelde encamped before Audenarde. Image taken from f. 237v of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also kno... More
Coronation of Charles VI from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 133
Miniature of the coronation of Charles VI of France. Image taken from f. 133 of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over... More
Bruges from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 221v
Detail of a miniature of Bruges attacked by the army of Ghent. Image taken from f. 221v of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consi... More
Battle of Rosebecque from BL Royal 14 D IV, f. 275
Detail of a miniature of the battle of Rosebecque. Image taken from f. 275 of Chroniques, volume 2. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2... More
Royal arms from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 219
Detail of a miniature of royal arms. Image taken from f. 219 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roy... More
Third day of Creation from BL Royal 19 D IV, f. 5
Detail of a miniature of the third day of the Creation of the earth, with trees and grass shown. Image taken from f. 5 of Bible historiale complétée. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also... More
Illuminated initials from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 60
Illuminated initials 'Q'(uant) and ‘O’(or), with the arms of England, and a partial bar border. Image taken from f. 60 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as ... More
Lancelot in the enchanted forest from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 237v
Miniature of a castle and tents in the enchanted forest, with Lancelot making merry among the damsels and Lancelot seated in a chair between two women; with an illuminated initial 'O'(r) and a partial bar borde... More
Ape and dancing man from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 260
Detail of a marginal scene of an ape with a whip and chain making a man dance, while birds watch, from the lower margin of the folio. Image taken from f. 260 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal... More
Lancelot in the enchanted forest from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 237v
Detail of a miniature of a castle and tents in the enchanted forest, with Lancelot making merry among the damsels and Lancelot seated in a chair between two women. Image taken from f. 237v of Lancelot du Lac. W... More
Lancelot in the enchanted forest from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 237v
Detail of a miniature of a castle and tents in the enchanted forest, with Lancelot making merry among the damsels and Lancelot seated in a chair between two women; with an illuminated initial 'O'(r) and a parti... More
Tournament from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 225v
Miniature of trumpeters and jousters at the tournament, with a bas-de-page scene of hounds chasing a stag. Image taken from f. 225v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, al... More
Grotesque archer from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 237v
Detail of a miniature of a grotesque archer. Image taken from f. 237v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manus... More
Arthur and Guinevere from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 207
Detail of a miniature of a damsel bringing news to Arthur and Guinevere. Image taken from f. 207 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, c... More
People playing a game from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 207
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of people playing some kind of ball game. Image taken from f. 207 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, co... More
Galahad from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 53
Detail of a miniature of Galahad sleeping in the forest with his four squires approaching on horses. Image taken from f. 53 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known... More
Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 1
Detail of a miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet. Image taken from f. ... More
Combat of Gahieret and Sornehaut from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 194
Miniature of the combat between Gahieret and Sornehaut. Image taken from f. 194 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2... More
Gaheriat and Guidan le Noir from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 187
Detail of a miniature of the combat between Gaheriat and Guidan le Noir, with a woman behind Gaheriat. Image taken from f. 187 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also kn... More
Men playing from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 187
Detail of a miniature of two men playing skittles, in the lower margin of the folio. Image taken from f. 187 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal C... More
Bear and dancing horse from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 237v
Detail of a miniature of a bear, and a horse dancing to music, from the lower border of the folio. Image taken from f. 237v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known... More
Inhabited initial from BL Royal 13 D IV, f. 2
Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus. Image taken from f. 2 of Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum. Written in Latin. The BL... More
Lancelot from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 260
Detail of a miniature of a knight cutting off a woman's head, Lancelot fighting the knight, and the knight kneeling before Guinevere and showing the woman's head and body. Image taken from f. 260 of Lancelot du... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 5 D IV, f. 1
Foliate initial 'P'(salmus), at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Enarrationes in Psalmos 51-100. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, con... More
Men fighting and monkeys at school from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 1
Detail of the full bar border with scenes of two men fighting and monkeys at school, in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 1 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also k... More
Centaur hunting an ape from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 150v
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a centaur hunting an ape. Image taken from f. 150v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of ov... More
Hestor from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 150v
Detail of a miniature of Hestor riding through water to a castle. Image taken from f. 150v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consist... More
Genesis from BL Royal 1 D IV, f. 5
Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the subjects from Genesis in medallions: the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Fall, Adam labouring, and two men (?), at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 5 of Bi... More
Lecture from BL Royal 10 D IV, f. 1
Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(lpha) of a teacher giving a lecture to his students, at the beginning of book 1. Image taken from f. 1 of Summa super titulis Decretalium. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Ma... More
Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere from BL Royal 20 D IV, ...
Detail of a miniature of the Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere, with an illuminated initial overpainted with the arms of Bohun. Image taken from f. 102v of Lancelot du Lac. The BL Royal Manuscript... More
Arthur and Guinevere from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 207
Miniature of a damsel bringing news to Arthur and Guinevere. Image taken from f. 207 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of o... More
Text page from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 238
Text page. Image taken from f. 238 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that were once owned by the ... More
Genesis from BL Royal 1 D IV, f. 5
Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the subjects from Genesis in medallions: the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Fall, Adam labouring, two men (?), a men working with a hatchet (?), a man in a boat (Noah?), t... More
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 301
Detail of an illuminated initial 'O'(r) with the arms of Castile and Leon. Image taken from f. 301 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection,... More
Text page from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 102
Text page. Image taken from f. 102 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that were once owned by the ... More
Genesis from BL Royal 1 D IV, f. 5
Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the subjects from Genesis in medallions: a men working with a hatchet (?), a man in a boat (Noah?), the killing of Abel, Moses with the Tables of the Law and... More
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 9
Illuminated initial ‘O’, with the arms of France, and a partial bar border. Image taken from f. 9 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More
Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere from BL Royal 20 D IV, f. 1
Miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet; with an illuminated initial 'M'(... More
Man and stork from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 112
Detail of a male figure standing next to a stork, from the margins of the folio. Image taken from f. 112 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal ... More
Battle of Issus from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 50
Miniature of the battle of Issus with a full border containing a women playing the cithara and a man singing. Image taken from f. 50 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Writt... More
Passage of Oxus from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 145
Miniature of Alexander the Great and his army passing the river of Oxus, with a full border. Image taken from f. 145 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. T... More
Death of Alexander from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 112
Miniature of the death of Alexander king of Epirus during a battle, and a foliate initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of book 5. Image taken from f. 112 of H... More
Charles the Bold from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 11
Miniature of Charles the Bold receiving the book from the translator, Vasco de Lucena, and a foliate initial 'T'(res), with a full border containing a man with a cross-bow and an added shield bearing the Tudor ... More
Alexander from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 101v
Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his army crossing a frozen river. Image taken from f. 101v of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscr... More
Miniature from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 38
Miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city. Image taken from f. 38 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, al... More
Death of Alexander Lyncestes from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 135
Miniature of the death of Alexander Lyncestes, and an illuminated initial 'L'(es capitaines), with a full border, at the beginning of book 6. Image taken from f. 135 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe de... More
Miniature from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 38
Detail of a miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city. Image taken from f. 38 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Co... More
Destruction of Thebes from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 24v
Miniature of the destruction of Thebes. Image taken from f. 24v of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the ... More
Royal arms from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 219
Miniature of royal arms, with inscriptions. Image taken from f. 219 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as ... More
Charles the Bold from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 11
Detail of a miniature of Charles the Bold receiving the book from the translator, Vasco de Lucena, at the beginning of the prologue. Image taken from f. 11 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du ... More
Death of Meleager and Tudor rose from BL Royal 15 D IV, ff. 218v-219
Miniature of the death of Meleager, with a partial border; and a miniature of a Tudor rose and pomegranates, between two lions surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and a crown, with the autograph inscriptions of Margar... More
Death of Meleager from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 218v
Miniature of the death of Meleager. Image taken from f. 218v of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roy... More
Alexander from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 101v
Miniature of Alexander and his army crossing a frozen river. Image taken from f. 101v of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collecti... More
Death of Callisthenes from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 172
Miniature of the death of Callisthenes, and an illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, at the beginning of book 7. Image taken from f. 172 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du gr... More
Border from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 38
Detail of a man doing a handstand amongst the foliage in the lower border of the folio. Image taken from f. 38 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL ... More
Death of Alexander from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 112
Miniature of the death of Alexander king of Epirus during a battle, and a foliate initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of book 5. Image taken from f. 112 of H... More
Death of Alexander from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 112
Detail of a miniature of the death of Alexander king of Epirus during a battle, at the beginning of book 5. Image taken from f. 112 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Writte... More
Grotesque from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 112
Detail of a female grotesque, from the margins of the folio. Image taken from f. 112 of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collectio... More
Death of Meleager from BL Royal 15 D IV, f. 218v
Detail of a miniature of the death of Meleager. Image taken from f. 218v of Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also know... More