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Royal MS 2 D XIII
- Record Id:
- 040-002105853
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000277.0x000039
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057738927.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 2 D XIII
- Title:
- Apocalypse in Latin and Anglo-Norman French
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r-51v: Apocalypse (Revelation); the upper half of each folio contains a miniature and beneath is the accompanying text in Latin, followed by the parallel commentary in Anglo-Norman French verse.
Decoration:
102 half-page miniatures in drawings tinted with colours and silver, appearing on each page. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. The subjects of the miniatures are:
f. 1r: The angel appearing to John on Patmos with rabbits and deer (Revelation 1:1-3);
f. 1v: John and the seven churches (Revelation 1:4-11);
f. 2r: The Lord enthroned with worshippers;
f. 2v: The Vision of Christ with a sword in his mouth and the seven candlesticks (Revelation 1:12-20);
f. 3r: John writing to the Bishop of Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7);
f. 3v: John writing to the Bishop of Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11);
f. 4r: John writing to the Bishop of Pergamos (Revelation 2:12-17);
f. 4v John writing to the Bishop of Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29);
f. 5r: John writing to the Bishop of Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6);
f. 5v: John writing to the Bishop of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13);
f. 6r: John writing to the Bishop of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22);
f. 6v: The angel shows John the door of Heaven (Revelation 4:1);
f. 7r: The vision of Heaven (Revelation 4:2-8);
f. 7v: The adoration of Christ by the elders (Revelation 4:10-11);
f. 8r: The angel proclaims 'Who is worthy' and John is consoled by an elder (Revelation 5:1-5);
f. 8v: The Lamb enthroned (Revelation 5:6);
f. 9r: The Lamb is given the Book (Revelation 5:7);
f. 9v: The adoration of the Lamb (Revelation 5:8-14);
f. 10r: The First Seal: the White Horse (Revelation 6:1-2);
f. 10v: The Second Seal: the Red Horse (Revelation 6:3-4);
f. 11r: The Third Seal: the Black Horse (Revelation 6:5-6);
f. 11v: The Fourth Seal: the Pale Horse (Revelation 6:7-8);
f. 12r: The Fifth Seal: the souls of the Martyrs (Revelation 6:9-11);
f. 12v: The angels at the corners of the earth;
f. 13r: The Sixth Seal: the earthquake (Revelation 6:12-17):
f. 13v: The angels holding the winds (Revelation 7:1);
f. 14r: The multitude with palms adore the Lord and the Lamb (Revelation 7:9-10):
f. 14v: The elders around the throne (Revelation 7:11-12);
f. 15r: The elder andJohn (Revelation 7:13-17);
f. 15v: The Seventh Seal: the giving of the trumpets (Revelation 8:1-2);
f. 16r: The angel is given incense and casts it on the earth (Revelation 8:3-5);
f. 16v: The First Trumpet: the rain of fire on the earth (Revelation 8:6-7);
f. 17r: The Second Trumpet: the fire cast on the sea (Revelation 8:8-9);
f. 17v: The Third Trumpet: the burning star falls from Heaven (Revelation 8:10-11);
f. 18r: The Fourth Trumpet: the darkening of the sun and moon (Revelation 8:12);
f. 18v: The eagle laments (Revelation 8:13);
f. 19r: The Fifth Trumpet blown by the angel and the locusts emerging from the pit (Revelation 9:1-4);
f. 19v: The locusts riding (Revelation 9:3-4);
f. 20r: The Sixth Trumpet: the unbinding of the angels (here represented as devils) in the Euphrates (Revelation 9:13-15);
f. 20v: The Seven Thunders (Revelation 10:3-4);
f. 21r: The Great Angel appears ((Revelation 10:1-3);
f. 21v: The locusts prepare to destroy the people (Revelation 10:7-10);
f. 22r: The angel gives St John the Book to eat (Revelation 10:8-9);
f. 22v: The angel gives St John the rod and he measures the Temple (Revelation 10:1-2);
f. 23r: The two witnesses (Revelation 11:3-6);
f. 23v: The death of the witnesses (Revelation 11:7);
f. 24r: The ascension of the witnesses and the persecution of the Antichrist (Revelation 11:11-13);
f. 24v: The Seventh Trumpet: Christ is proclaimed by the elders (Revelation 11:15-17);
f. 25r: The Judgement (Revelation 11:18)
f. 25v: The Temple in Heaven (Revelation 11:19);
f. 26r: The woman clothed with the sun (Revelation 12:1-2):
f. 26v: The seven-headed dragon; the woman's child taken up to heaven (Revelation 12:3-5);
f. 27r: The dragon is conquered by the angel Michael and cast into the earth (Revelation 12:7-9);
f. 27v: The dragon defeated and salvation is proclaimed (Revelation 12:10-11);
f. 28r: The dragon persecutes the woman (Revelation 12:13);
f. 28v: The woman flies to the desert and the dragon casts out a flood (Revelation 12:14-16);
f. 29r: The dragon wages war on the woman's offspring (Revelation 12:17);
f. 29v: The seven-headed beast rises from the sea with the woman watching (Revelation 13:1);
f. 30r: The dragon gives power to the beast (Revelation 13:2);
f. 30v: The worship of the beast (Revelation 13:4);
f. 31r: The beast slays the saints (Revelation 13:7-10);
f. 31v: The false prophet rises from the earth and causes the people to worship the beast (Revelation 14:11-13);
f. 32r: The Lamb adored on Mount Sion (Revelation14:1);
f. 32v: The elders around the throne of God (Revelation 14:2-5):
f. 33r: The First Angel preaching to the dwellers on earth (Revelation 14:6-7);
f. 33v: The Second Angel tells of the fall of Babylon (Revelation 14:8);
f. 34r: The Third Angel; the wicked who worship the beast are cast into the mouth of Hell (Revelation 14:9-11);
f. 34v: Blessed are those who die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13);
f. 35r: The harvest of the earth (Revelation 14:14-16);
f. 35v: The vintage (Revelation 14:17-18);
f. 36r: The seven angels with vials (Revelation 15:1);
f. 36v: The conquerors of the beast with harps on a sea of glass (Revelation 15:2-4);
f. 37r: The angels come out of the tabernacle and receive the vials from the eagle (Revelation 15:7-8);
f. 37v: The First Vial poured on the earth (Revelation 16:1-2);
f. 38r: The Second Vial poured on the sea (Revelation 16:3);
f. 38v: The Third Vial poured on the rivers (Revelation 16:4);
f. 39r: The Fourth Vial poured on the sun (Revelation 16:8-9);
f. 39v: The Fifth Vial poured on the seat of the beast (Revelation 16:10-11);
f. 40r: The Sixth Vial poured on the Euphrates River (Revelation 16:12);
f. 40v: Frogs come out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet (Revelation 16:13);
f. 41r: The Seventh Vial: the earthquake and destruction of the earth (Revelation 16:17-21);
f. 41v: The wicked woman on the waters (Revelation 17:1-2);
f. 42r: The wicked woman seated on the beast (Revelation 17:3-5);
f. 42v: The wicked woman drunk with the blood of the saints (Revelation 17:6);
f. 43r: The fall of Babylon (Revelation 18:1-3);
f. 43v: The angel casts the millstone into the sea (Revelation 18:21-24);
f. 44r: The destruction of the wicked woman in flames (Revelation 19:1-3);
f. 44v: Triumph in Heaven (Revelation 19:4-6);
f. 45r: The angel asks St John to write and he kneels before the angel (Revelation 19:9);
f. 45v: The four riders and Christ in the winepress (Revelation 19:11-16);
f. 46r: The birds battle the army of the beast (Revelation 19:17-19);
f. 46v: The defeat of the beast (Revelation 19:20-21);
f. 47r: The beast imprisoned (Revelation 20:2-3);
f. 47v: The dragon chained and locked away (Revelation 20:2-3);
f. 48r: The first Resurrection (Revelation 20:4-5);
f. 48v: Satan comes forth again (Revelation 20:7);
f. 49r: The casting into hell (Revelation 20:9-10);
f. 49v: The Judgement (Revelation 20:11-15);
f. 50r: The New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:10-14);
f. 50v: The River of Life (Revelation 22:1-2);
f. 51r: St John and the angel (Revelation 22:8-9);
f. 51v: St John and the angel receive the prophecy from Christ (Revelation 22:18-19).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002105853 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 2 D XIII : Apocalypse in Latin and Anglo-Norman French - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[0116]/040-002105853
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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Parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100057738927.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Anglo-Norman
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1325
- Date Range:
- Early 14th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff. 51 (+ 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end, and 2 unfoliated medieval parchment flyleaves at the beginning and 1 at the end).
Dimensions: 210 × 160 mm (text space: 190 × 135).
Collation: i-ii6 (ff. 1-12), iii-v8 (ff. 13-36), vi-vii6 (ff. 37-48) vii4 (ff. 49-[vi]).
Layout: Latin in one column, French in two columns.
Script: Gothic.
Binding: British Museum in-house.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14r. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
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- Publications:
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P. Meyer, 'Version Anglo-Normande en vers de l'Apocalypse', Romania, 25 (1896) 174-257 (pp. 187-253).
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), I, p. 57.
Montague Rhodes James, The Apocalypse in Art, The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy, 1927 (London: British Academy, 1931), no. 32.
Brent A. Pitts, 'Versions of the Apocalypse in Medieval French Verse', Speculum, 58 (1983), 31-59 (ms R).
Richard Kenneth Emmerson and Suzanne Lewis, 'Census and Bibliography of Medieval Manuscripts containing Apocalypse Illustrations, ca. 800-1500 II', Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought and Religion, 41 (1985), 367-409, no. 73.
Ruth Dean and Maureen Bolton, Anglo-Norman Literature, A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts (London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1999), no. 478.
The Libraries of King Henry VIII, ed. by J. P. Carley, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 7 (London: The British Library. 2000), p. xxxvi, n. 48.
Nancy L. Ross, 'Forgotten Revelation: The Iconic Development of the Anglo-Norman Verse and Early Prose Apocalypse Manuscripts' (unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Cambridge, 2006), p. 21, passim.
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)