Manuscripts
Discover featured manuscripts from our inventory of masterpieces.
Psalter-Hours with calendar and canticles
An exceptional Psalter made for a member of the Cluniac order
Leviticus
An early and beautiful example of the Laon format
The Crawford Hours
Flemish artistry for a discerning Italian client
The Great Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza
A glorious book made to the tastes of a Renaissance prince
‘Libro d’ore Kraus’
Extraordinary, enamel-like illumination by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
The Wedding Hours of Bianca Maria Sforza and Maximilian I
A precious gift for a future empress
The Boccardi Hours
Lavishly decorated by two of Florence's most prestigious illuminators
Book of Hours by the Master of the Coronation of the Virgin
A complete and beautiful Book of Hours from one of the protagonists of Parisian courtly illumination around 1400
The Dartmouth Hours
A devotional manuscript of exquisite taste illuminated by the Mansel Master
Dominican Hours
A richly illuminated manuscript revised by the Spanish Inquisition
Book of Hours by the Master of Jean Rolin
A rediscovered Book of Hours by the Master of Jean Rolin
Flemish Psalter
A beautifully decorated Psalter from the Southern Netherlands
The ‘Firmin Didot Augustine’
An early codex with an impressive illustration showing the enthroned church father Augustine
The Physiologus
The last surviving medieval Physiologus manuscript remaining in private hands
St. Pantaleon Legendarium
An early German manuscript from the Rhineland
Petrarchs Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, I trionfi and Nota obituaria
A Renaissance manuscript in all its Glory
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Books I-XX
The most important encyclopedic treatise of the Middle Ages
Book of Hours by the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs
A sublime book of hours for a refined lady
Franciscan Psalter
From the lifetime of St Francis: A beautiful witness of Flemish manuscript production spurred by the new zeal of the Franciscan order settling in Bruges
The Hours of Isabella d’Este
A stunning Book of Hours created for one of the most renowned female Renaissance Patrons
The Carnesecchi-Velluti Book of Hours
A precious book of hours with a dramatic trajectory through European history
