Items 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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Please note: The Lindisfarne Gospels will be off exhibition on 28 November (one day only) for an academic examination. You can see images from the Gospels online.
CHRISTIANITY
- Codex Sinaiticus, Palestine (?), 4th century. Add. MS 43725 ff. 251v - 252
- Codex Alexandrinus, Constantinople or Asia Minor, 5th century. Royal 1 D VIII ff. 41v - 42
- The Lindisfarne Gospels, England, circa 700. Cotton Nero D. IV ff. 15v - 16
- Eller Gospels, France, circa 825 - 850. Harley 2826 ff. 110v - 111
- Echternach Gospel Book, 11th century. Egerton MS 608 ff. 138v - 13
- The Worms Bible, circa 1148. Harley MS 2804 ff. 216v - 217
- Glossed Bible, Paris, 13th century. Add. MS 16977 ff. 186v - 187
- Early Wycliffite Bible, London, circa 1400. Egerton 618 ff. 57v - 58
- Later Wycliffite Bible, early 15th century. Royal 1 C viii ff. 325v - 326
- 'The Byble, Which is All the Holy Scripture'. Antwerp, 1537. G 12209
- Tyndale's New Testament. Worms, 1526. C. 188.a.17
EASTERN CHRISTIANITY
- Armenian Gospel Book, Iran, 1608. Or. 5737 ff. 14v - 15
- Miracles of the Virgin Mary, Ethiopia, 18th century. Or. 655 ff. 2v - 3
SIKHISM
- Painting of the Golden Temple, 1860. Add. Or 486
- Rini Jindan's Prayer Book, 1828 - 30. MSS Panj D 4 ff. 1v - 2
HINDUISM
- Brahmavaivarta Purana, Assam, 1836. Add. MS 11387 ff. 5, 10, 11v and 18v
- Asvamedha Bhakha, Punjab, 19th century. Or. 16352 ff. 90v - 91
- Tortoise palm leaves - medical treatise. Add. 6708
- Kalighat Painting - The Baby Krishna. Add. Or. 892
- Kalighat Painting - Hanuman fighting Ravana. Add. Or 3343
- Kalighat Painting - Harihara Add. Or. 896
- Kalighat Painting - Ganesh Janani. Add. Or. 901
ISLAM
- Qur'an from Arabia, Mecca or Medina, 7th or 8th century. Or. 2165 ff. 76v - 77
- Kufic Qur'an, 9th century. Or 1397 ff. 18v - 19
- Eastern Kufic Qur'an, 10th century. Add. 11735 ff. 135v - 136
- Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, Egypt, 1304. Add. 22408 ff. 1v - 2
- Mamluk Qur'an, Egypt, 14th century. Or. MS 848 ff. 26v - 27
- Moroccan Qur'an, 1568. Or. 1405 ff. 223v - 224
HEBREW
- The Golden Haggadah, Catalonia, c. 1320. Add. MS 27210 ff. 4v - 5
- The Lisbon Bible, 1482. Or. 2627 (vol 2) ff. 251v - 252
- Hebrew Miscellany, North France, c. 1278 - 98. Add. MS 11639 ff. 517v - 518
- Isaiah of Trani's Decisions, Perugia, 1374. Or. MS 5024 ff. 170v - 171
- The Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch, c. 1312 - 22. Add. MS 178v - 179
- The Barcelona Haggadah, Catalonia, c. 1370. Add. MS 14761 ff. 30v - 31
JAINISM
- Sanskrit manuscript describing divination through bodily marks Add. MS 26461(5) f. 93
- Jain invitation scroll, 1744. Or. 16192
- A mandala representing the 24 Jinas. Or. 13472