Similar
Detail from BL Stowe 24, f. 75v
Detail from BL Sloane 1977, f. 50v
The messenger Morant receives a letter for King Amilot of Norway
David and Solomon from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 155
Detail from BL Sloane 1977, f. 50v
Surrender of a city of Alexander from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 12v
Trajan and Hadrian from BL Royal 19 E V, f. 367v
Peur from BL Harley 4425, f. 136v
Convoitise and Largesse from BL Harley 4425, f. 111
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Tabernacle from BL Royal 18 D IX, f. 197v
Baruch from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 359v
Hosea from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 388v
Tobit from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 207v
Ezechiel from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 362v
Tabernacle from BL Royal 18 D IX, f. 197v
Troilus from BL Royal 18 D II, f. 87
Lot from BL Royal 19 C II, f. 73v
Troilus from BL Royal 18 D II, f. 108v
The Tabernacle from BL Royal 19 D II, f. 68v
Summary
Detail of a miniature of the building of the tabernacle. Image taken from f. 68v of Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good'). 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 British monarchs, including English and later British kings and queens from the late 12th to the 19th centuries. These manuscripts are notable for their historical and artistic value.
The collection was initially stored in various royal libraries and palaces, such as the Tower of London and Westminster Palace. During the English Civil War in the 17th century and the subsequent Interregnum, many royal treasures, including manuscripts, were dispersed and sold. Some manuscripts were lost, destroyed, or ended up in private hands.
In 1757, King George II donated the Old Royal Library to the British Museum (which later became the British Library), where the manuscripts were integrated into the museum's collections. This marked the formal establishment of the Royal Manuscript Collection within the British Museum.
Bible Historiale was composed between 1291 and 1295 by priest and canon Guyart des Moulins, who added a prologue in 1297 announcing his recent election as dean of his canonial chapter at the collegial church of Saint Pierre d'Aire-sur-la-Lys. Describing his own role as translating and "ordering" the text, Guyart censored or omitted portions of the Bible that "should not, according to reason, be translated", rearranged materials "so that the laity might find them better ordered" and, on rare occasions, added further commentaries of his own or from other sources to produce the work known as the Bible Historiale. The work was copied in many manuscripts, of which more than a hundred survive, most of them richly illuminated, some with more than 300 miniatures, including La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation), France, Central (Paris?), Grand Bible historiale complétée à prologues, and more.