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Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v
- Record Id:
- 041-002353537
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002002.0x0001bf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v
- Title:
- Calendar
- Scope & Content:
-
Calendar, with each month occupying two pages, and accompanying miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and labours of the month. Notable saints in the calendar include:
19 January: St Wulfstan.
2 March: St Cedda.
18 March: Edward the Confessor.
20 March: St Cuthbert.
3 April: St Richard.
19 April: St Alphege.
19 May: St Dunstan.
25 May: St Aldhelm.
16 June: Translation of St Richard.
20 June: Translation of Edward the Confessor.
21 June: St Werburg (her usual day is 3 February).
22 June: St Alban.
23 June: St Etheldreda.
7 July: Translation of St Thomas Becket (partially erased).
15 July: Translation of St Swithun.
31 August: St Cuthberga.
4 September: Translation of St Cuthbert.
16 September: St Edith.
12 October: St Wilfrid.
13 October: Translation of Edward the Confessor (duplicate).
19 October: St Fredeswide.
16 November: St Edmund.
17 November: St Hugh.
29 December: St Thomas Becket (erased).
Descriptions:
f. 71v: Miniature of a royal feast, with a king, a queen, and an elderly man at table, served by a youth with a cup and a harper, on a calendar page for January.
f. 72r: Miniature of three men in a boat pouring water from jugs (for the zodiac sign Aquarius), on a calendar page for January.
f. 72v: Miniature of a man seated on a bed before a fire, with a kneeling youth handing him a stocking, and another youth behind him, on a calendar page for February.
f. 73r: Miniature of three men fishing in a Viking-style boat, and catching in a net a double fish (for the zodiac sign Pisces), on a calendar page for February.
f. 73v: Miniature of men pruning vines, on a calendar page for March.
f. 74r: Miniature of shepherds with their flocks, watching two rams butting heads (for the zodiac sign Aries), on a calendar page for March.
f. 74v: Miniature of a group of five young women picking flowers, from a calendar page for April.
f. 75r: Miniature of men driving oxen and bulls (for the zodiac sign Taurus), from a calendar page for April.
f. 75v: Miniature of men hawking, on a calendar page for May.
f. 76r: Miniature of a nude man and woman holding a shield between them (uncoloured, charged with a lion's head between four fleurs-de-lis in saltire), flanked by trees and lions (for the zodiac sign Gemini), from a calendar page for May.
f. 76v: Miniature of three men scything grass, on a calendar page for June.
f. 77r: Miniature of two men in a boat pulling in a crab from the sea (for the zodiac sign Cancer), from a calendar page for June.
f. 77v: Miniature of men harvesting, and a woman with a sheaf of wheat, on a calendar page for July.
f. 78r: Miniature of a man leading a lion by a chain (for the zodiac sign Leo), from the calendar for July.
f. 78v: Miniature of men harvesting wheat with reaping-hooks, on a calendar page for August.
f. 79r: Miniature of four women dancing, flanked by two women tending flowers (for the zodiac sign Virgo), on a calendar page for August.
f. 79v: Miniature of wine-making, on a calendar page for September.
f. 80r: Miniature of a youth holding scales (for the zodiac sign Libra), with a vendor and purchaser on either side of him, on a calendar page for October.
f. 80v: Miniature of a youth with a basket sowing corn, with another man addressing him and a youth with a pack horse, on a calendar page for October.
f. 81r: Miniature of two men holding a large scorpion (for the zodiac sign Scorpio), from a calendar page for October.
f. 81v: Miniature of men beating down acorns to feed their pigs, on a calendar page for November.
f. 82r: Miniature of two centaurs with bows, aiming their arrows at nearby birds (for the zodiac sign Sagittarius), from a calendar page for November.
f. 82v: Miniature of men killing and slaughtering pigs, on a calendar page for December.
f. 83r: Miniature of goatherds and goats (for the zodiac sign Capricorn), on a calendar page for December.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
Royal Manuscripts Digitisation Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002105818
041-002353537 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 2 B VII : Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')
Royal MS 2 B VII, ff 71r-83v : Calendar - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1902]/040-002105818[0003]/041-002353537
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 13 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_2_B_VII (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1310
- End Date:
- 1320
- Date Range:
- 1310-1320
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)