Collection items

English copy of William of Malmesbury’s Deeds of t...

Manuscript Created date: 1st half of the 13th century–c. 1291

William of Malmesbury’s (b. c. 1095, d. c. 1143) Deeds of the Kings of the English focuses on political events and ruler...

Laurent d'Orléans, La Somme le Roi

Manuscript Created date: c. 1295

La Somme le Roi (A Survey for a King) was written for the children of Philip III of France (r. 1270 –1285) by their tuto...

Laws of the Londoners

Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 13th century

By the end of the 12th century, French was commonly used as an administrative and legal language in England alongside La...

Psalter with the Hours of the Virgin Mary

Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 13th century

The 20 full-page illuminations at the beginning of this Psalter form one of the most outstanding prefatory cycles to sur...

Winchester Psalter

Manuscript Created date: Mid-12th century

The calendar in this elaborate copy of the Book of Psalms suggests that it was made at Winchester’s Old Minster during t...