Items listed on this page are currently on display in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London.
You can find out more about selected items online. You can also check opening times and get an overview of what the gallery contains.
The Lindisfarne Gospels will come off display on 28 May before going on exhibition in Durham from 1 July to 30 September 201. You can see images from the Gospels online.
Hebrew and Islam
- The Barcelona Haggadah, Catalonia, Spain, c. 1370
Add. MS 14761 ff. 30v - 31 - The Lisbon Bible, Lisbon 1482
Or 2627 (Vol 2) ff. 251v - 252 - The North French 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, germany, c. 1312 - 22
Add. MS 15282 ff. 178v - 179 - The Golden Haggadah, Catalonia, c. 1320
Add 27210 ff. 4v - 5 - A Kufic Qur'an, 9th century
Or 1397 ff. 18v - 19 - An Eastern Kufic Qur'an, Near East, 10th century
Add 11735 ff. 135v - 136 - Sultan Baybars' Qur'an. Egypt, 1304
Add 22406 - A Mamluk Qur'an, Egypt, 14th century
Or MS 848 ff. 26v - 27 - A Moroccan Qur'an, Morocco 1568
Or 1405 ff. 223v - 224
Jainism
- Sanskrit manuscript describing divination through bodily marks
Add. MS 26461(5) f. 93 - Jain invitation scroll, 1744. Vijnapti-Patra.
Or 16192 - A mandala representing the twenty-four Jinas
Or 13472
Buddhism
- The Lotus Sutra. China AD 676
Or 8210/S 2181 - The Eighteen Luohans. China, 18th Century
Or 6245 - Padmasambhava as the Fierce Guru. Bhutan, c. 1800
Add. Or 3052 - The Lotus Sutra. Japan, late 12th / early 13th century
Or 64.b.37 - Phra Malai. Thailand, 1849
Or 14838 folio 28 - Narada Jataka. Thailand, 18th Century
Or 14068 - Life of the Buddha. Burma, 19th Century
Or 13534
Daoism
- Daoism - Mr Liu & his wife ascend to the clouds. 1750
Add 22689 - The Tale of the Pine and the Bamboo, 1640 - 1680
Or 13385
Christianity
- The Lovell Lectionary, England, 1400 - 1410
Harley 7026 ff. 4v - 5 - An Echternach Gospel-book, middle of the 11th Century
Egerton 608 ff. 138v - 139 - The Worms Bible, central Germany, circa 1148
Harley 2804 ff. 216v - 217 - Glossed Bible, Paris, Second-half of the 13th Century
Add. MS 16977 ff. 186v - 187 - Early Wycliffite Bible, London circa 1400
Egerton 618 ff. 57v - 58 - Later Wycliffite Bible. London (?), 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 - Lindisfarne Gospels. England c. 700
Cotton Nero D IV ff. 15v - 16 - Eller Gospels, France circa 825 - 850
Harley 2826 ff. 110v - 111 - The Harley Golden Gospels, c. 800
Harley 2788
Codex Sinaiticus & Codex Alexandrinus
- Codex Alexandrinus, early 5th century. Asia Minor or Constantinople
Royal MS 1 D. viii, ff. 41v - 42 - Codex Sinaiticus, New Testament. Palestine (?), middle of the 4th century.
Add. MS 43725 ff. 251v - 252
Eastern Christianity
- The Last Judgement', Iran. 1608
Or 5737 ff. 14v - 15 - The Flight into Egypt'. Ethiopia, early 18th Century
Or 655 ff. 2v - 3
Sikhism
- Painting of the Golden Temple - Sikhism's most sacred shrine. 1860
Add. Or 486 - Rini Jindan's Prayer Book. 1828 - 1830
MSS Panj D 4 ff. 1v - 2
Temporary Cases: Armenian Treasures
- The Four Gospels 1321
Add MS 15411 ff 91v-92 - Armenian Bible. 1646
Or.8833 ff. 2v-3 - Silver-gilt repousse covers. 1691
Or 13808 - The Book of Psalms. 1566
Or 70.a.9 - Gregorian Perpetual Calendar. 1584
17024.d.1 - The Oskanean Bible. 1666 (-68)
Or.79.bb.2 - Liturgical Directory. 1774-5
17024.c.2