Manuscripts
Discover featured manuscripts from our inventory of masterpieces.
The Croÿ-Arenberg Hours
An outstanding achievement of Flemish illumination
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 Catherine Hours
An exquisite Book of Hours with erotic decoration
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
The Rochechouart Hours
Vivid and expressive imagery from a great French workshop
The Sheriff Chiche Hours
A manuscript with an exceedingly rare depiction of a Manus Meditationis
Book of Hours by the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs
A sublime book of hours for a refined lady
Moralia in Job
A gargantuan English Romanesque copy of a fundamentally important Christian text
The Psalter of Count Ludwig the Younger of Oettingen
A new addition to the corpus of Southern German illuminated manuscripts
Earl of Grey Hours
A newly discovered English Book of Hours in a large format
Pupilla Oculi
The finest and most sumptuous copy of this important English text ever known
Four Gospels
An impressive manuscript that showcases the process of its own creation
The Longleat Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
A large and strikingly handsome English monastic codex, made only a century after the Norman Conquest
The St-Benet Holme Apocalypse
A rare and exceptional example of the Anglo-Norman book arts
The Hours of Catherine of Aragon
A one-of-a-kind prayer book created on the occasion of a wedding that changed the course of European history
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 Perceforest
A rarely told Arthurian tale to guide a prince toward power
The Carnesecchi-Velluti Book of Hours
A precious book of hours with a dramatic trajectory through European history
Miniature Psalter
A masterpiece of the size of a post-it stamp
Généalogie et alliances de la Maison de Boulogne
A witness to one of the most powerful women in European history
