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Rochester Bestiary
Manuscript Created date: c. 1230Bestiaries, or ‘Books of beasts’, provide an account of the characteristics and habits of a variety of animals, both rea...
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Spanish Qur’an from the 13th century
Manuscript Created date: 13th centuryIslam was the prevalent in Spain from 711 until the Christian reconquest in 1492, yet few Islamic manuscripts survived. ...
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Sticherarion
Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 13th centuryThe Sticherarion is a manuscript used in Greek church services. It contains liturgical texts accompanied by musical nota...
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'Sumer is icumen in'
Manuscript Created date: 3rd quarter of the 13th century'Sumer Is Icumen In', a musical composition for several voices, was probably composed at Reading Abbey around the middle...
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The Hispano-Moresque Haggadah
Manuscript, Illumination, Illuminated manuscript Created date: 1275–1324The haggadah is the service book used in Jewish households on Passover Eve to celebrate the Israelites' deliverance from...
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The Owl and the Nightingale
Manuscript Created date: 1250–1300, possibly after 1275The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the earliest substantial texts to be written in Middle English (the form that Engl...
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The poisoning of King John and coronation of King...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99King John was taken ill in October 1216, having suffered an attack of dysentery, and he died at Newark, Nottinghamshire,...
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The siege of Lincoln Castle and battle of Sandwich
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99At the time of King John’s death, England had descended into civil war. Following the papal annulment of Magna Carta, th...
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The Unknown Charter
Manuscript, Charter Created date: 1200-99Throughout the winter of 1214–15, means were sought to restrain the king and to preserve the peace. At some point, perha...
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Verse account of Magna Carta in the Chronicle of M...
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99One of the earliest accounts of the settlement reached at Runnymede is found in the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey. Melrose...
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