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In the 11th and 12th centuries, a distinctive subgroup of manuscripts appeared, mostly originating in Cyprus or Palestin...

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In this copy of the Psalms, made in Winchester, the first and second text divisions are enhanced by full-page images in...

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This is the longest Anglo-Saxon law code, issued by King Cnut (reigned 1016–35) with the advice of his counsellors. This...

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The Old English Hexateuch provides invaluable evidence of an English person’s experience of the Bible in their own langu...

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Medieval medicine often used plant- and animal-based remedies. This is the only illustrated collection of such remedies...

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Priscian was a Latin grammarian and scholar, active in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) at the beginning of the six...

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An 11th- or 12th-century Qur’an, written on parchment on paper in an Eastern kufic script, showing important development...

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St Augustine’s (b. 354, d. 430) autobiographical work, the Confessions, was a key text that was widely read and studied ...

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Many of the Church Fathers wrote detailed exegetical studies of individual books of the Bible. These treatises were impo...

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‘The Reckoning of Time’ was a very influential work composed by the monk Bede (d. 735) in 725. This manuscript is one of...

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Many manuscripts reveal a surprising amount about their makers and owners. One such is this small prayer book, which mea...

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