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14th-century Greek New Testament
Manuscript Created date: 14th centuryMost Greek manuscripts of the Bible tend only to include a small sub-section of biblical books, for instance, the four G...
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14th-century Mamluk Qur’an
Manuscript Created date: 1300–1399This 14th-century Qur’an from Egypt. The manuscript This Qur’an is written in muhaqqaq script, with ornamental chapter ...
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14th-century pilgrim's travel guide
Manuscript Created date: first half of the 14th centuryThis is a 700-year-old traveller’s guidebook: a practical manual for pilgrims walking St James’s Way to Santiago de Comp...
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Alphonso Psalter
Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Parchment Codex Created date: c. 1284–1316This manuscript was begun for Prince Alphonso (b. 1273, d. 1284), son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, who was betrot...
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Ascetical works by Matthew of Ephesos
Manuscript Created date: 14th centuryMatthew of Ephesus (also known as Manuel Gabalas) was a cleric and scholar in the turbulent world of 14th-century Byzant...
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Babylonian Talmud
Manuscript Created date: 1290–1309This is an exceptionally rare item: a treasured medieval Jewish text, known as the Talmud, that somehow escaped the publ...
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Barcelona Haggadah
Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Illumination Created date: 14th CenturyA highly illuminated medieval Spanish Hagadah. What is the Hagadah? The Hagadah (plural Hagadot), which literally mean...
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Constantine Manasses, Chronicle
Manuscript Created date: 1312-13While most works of history in the Byzantine world were composed in prose, Constantine Manasses (c. 1130-c. 1187) wrote...
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Dawes Illuminated Gospel-book
Manuscript Created date: 1314-15Created in the early 14th century, probably on Cyprus, this manuscript of the Gospels contains illuminations of the four...
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Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII
Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 14th centuryAs the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope led one of the most powerful institutions of the Middle Ages, making laws t...
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Double-edged sword
Object Created date: c. 1250-1330This sword is typical of those that would have been wielded by European knights in the 13th century. Weighing 1.2 kg (2 ...
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Illustrated volume of Dante's Divine Comedy
Manuscript Created date: 1st half of the 14th centuryThe Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works ever written in Italian. It describes a journey undertaken by...
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Islamic map of the western Mediterranean
Map Created date: 14th centuryThis page from a Persian copy of a 10th-century atlas in the British Library's India Office collections is typical of Is...
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John Dee's spirit mirror
Object Created date: 14th–16th centuryThis black spirit mirror and other magical objects are thought to have been owned by John Dee (1527–1608/9), the Elizabe...
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Maastricht Hours
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 14th centuryThe Maastricht Hours is an early 14th-century Book of Hours written in Latin and French. The manuscript was made near Li...
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