Manuscripts

Discover featured manuscripts from our inventory of masterpieces.

Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, Books I-XX

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The most important encyclopedic treatise of the Middle Ages

Northern France
France
900 - 1000
1000 - 1100
1100 - 1200
Scholarship
Science

The Rochechouart Hours

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Vivid and expressive imagery from a great French workshop

France
1500 - 1600
Books of Hours

The Sheriff Chiche Hours

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A manuscript with an exceedingly rare depiction of a Manus Meditationis

Flanders
England
1300 - 1400
Books of Hours

Book of Hours by the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs

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A sublime book of hours for a refined lady

France
1500 - 1600
Books of Hours

Moralia in Job

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A gargantuan English Romanesque copy of a fundamentally important Christian text

England
1100 - 1200
Theology

The Psalter of Count Ludwig the Younger of Oettingen

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A new addition to the corpus of Southern German illuminated manuscripts

Swabia
Germany
1400 - 1500
Liturgy

The Tollemache Oon of Foure

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The last manuscript of this important Biblical text to appear on the market

England
1300 - 1400
1400 - 1500
Liturgy

Earl of Grey Hours

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A newly discovered English Book of Hours in a large format

England
1400 - 1500
Books of Hours

Pupilla Oculi

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The finest and most sumptuous copy of this important English text ever known

England
1400 - 1500
Theology

Four Gospels

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An impressive manuscript that showcases the process of its own creation

Northern France
France
1100 - 1200
Theology

The Longleat Zacharias Chrysopolitanus

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A large and strikingly handsome English monastic codex, made only a century after the Norman Conquest

England
1100 - 1200
Theology

The St-Benet Holme Apocalypse

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A rare and exceptional example of the Anglo-Norman book arts

England
1000 - 1100
1100 - 1200
Theology

The Hours of Catherine of Aragon

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A one-of-a-kind prayer book created on the occasion of a wedding that changed the course of European history

France
1500 - 1600
Books of Hours

Franciscan Psalter

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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

Flanders
1200 - 1300
Liturgy

The Hours of Isabella d’Este

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A stunning Book of Hours created for one of the most renowned female Renaissance Patrons

Italy
1400 - 1500
Books of Hours

The Perceforest

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A rarely told Arthurian tale to guide a prince toward power

France
1500 - 1600
Literature

Roman de Tristan in Prose

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A foundational piece of literature that has shaped the imagination of generations

Northern France
France
1400 - 1500
Literature

The Carnesecchi-Velluti Book of Hours

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A precious book of hours with a dramatic trajectory through European history

Italy
1400 - 1500
1500 - 1600
Books of Hours

Miniature Psalter

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A masterpiece of the size of a post-it stamp

France
1500 - 1600
Liturgy

Généalogie et alliances de la Maison de Boulogne

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A witness to one of the most powerful women in European history

France
1500 - 1600
History

The Canterbury St. Augustine Scientific Compendium

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A testament to humanity's quest for a deeper understanding

England
1100 - 1200
Science

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