The illuminated manuscripts listed on this page are currently on display in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London.
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Western
- The Roman de la Rose. Southern Netherlands c.1490-1500
Harley 4425 - The Vidin Gospels, Bulgaria, mid-14th Century.
Add. MS 39625 ff. 71v - 72 - The Gospels of Jakov of Serres
Add MS 39626 ff 292-293 - The Gospels of Ivan Alexander
Add. MS 39627 - The Thebaid, an epic poem concerning the legends of ancient Thebes. Paris, c. 1405
Burney 257 ff. 141v - 142 - Grande Chronique de Normandie, Brussels, c. 1460 -1468
Yates Thompson 33 ff. 155v - 156 - Book of Hours. Netherlands c. 1460-1500
Add MS 19416 ff178v-179 - Book of Hours. Bruges c1500
Kings MS 9 ff 62v-63 - Huth Hours. Valenciennes, c. 1480
Add MS 38126 ff. 145v-146 - Luttrell Psalter, c. 1320 - 1340. England
Add. MS 42130 ff. 207v - 208 - Book of Hours, England, c. 1320 - 1330
Harley MS 6563 ff. 71v - 72
Persian and Turkish
- Three epic poems, Timurid, Shiraz. 1397-8AD
Or 2780 ff. 89v - 90 - Khamsa (Five poems) of Nizami. Timurid. 1422, with illustrations added circa 1494 - 1495AD
OR 25900 ff. 77v - 78 - Anthology. Timurid or Turkman. Iran. 1470 - 80
Or 13193 ff. 141v - 142 - Khamsa of Nizami - Majnun with the animals in the desert
Or 2265 f. 166 - Anvar-i-Suhayli 1610-11AD
Add. MS 18579 ff. 338v - 339 - The Physiognomy of the Ottoman Sultans'
Add. MS 7880 ff. 42v - 43
India
- Phulban, Dakhini romance. 17th century
IO islamic 14 - Painting, Golconda, c. 1610-20
Johnson Collection J.67,3