Our Highlights of 2025

Enjoy the very best of publications, blogs, events and – of course – newly added manuscripts and miniatures.

Treasures from Longleat House Library

Blog
1st September, 2025
Dr. Timothy Bolton

London Calling

Publications
1st September, 2025
Dr. Timothy Bolton & Dr. Mireia Castaño

Our new digital publication, “London Calling”, written by Dr. Timothy Bolton and Dr. Mireia Castaño, introduces manuscripts that illustrate striking connections between the history of the illuminated book and the history of the British Isles. This publication takes you on a journey to the Arthurian tales that became English master narratives, to the impact of the Norman Conquest on book production, to the scriptoria of British monasteries, as well as to the workshops of England’s greatest artists. Lastly, the publication presents magnificent tomes exemplifying the tastes and obsessions of English book collecting from the 16th century onwards.

Manuscript Highlights of 2025

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 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 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

Moralia in Job

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A gargantuan English Romanesque copy of a fundamentally important Christian text

England
1100 - 1200
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 Canterbury St. Augustine Scientific Compendium

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A testament to humanity's quest for a deeper understanding

England
1100 - 1200
Science

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

Pupilla Oculi

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

England
1400 - 1500
Theology

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

The Medici-Longleat Josephus

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Flavius Josephus' remarkable work, preserved in exceedingly rare Medici Binding

Italy
1400 - 1500
History

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

Christmas Exhibition 2025

Our Christmas exhibition this year will introduce you to the very best masterpieces from our inventory, featuring a dedicated display on herbals and medieval medicine.

Basel
08 – 18 December 2025

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