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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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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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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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De Lisle Psalter
Manuscript Created date: c. 1308–40Taken from the De Lisle Psalter, this illustration tells the moral story The Three Living and the Three Dead in which th...
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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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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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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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Maps of Jerusalem and Acre
Bodycolour, Parchment Created date: c.1320-1325The plan of Jerusalem (left) shows the biblical city rather than the medieval one. The homes (‘domus’) of King Solomon, ...
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Mattheus Platearius, Circa instans
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 14th centuryMattheus Platearius (active during the 12th century) was a physician from the medical school of Salerno, near Naples in...
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Pentateuch scroll with silk mantle
Manuscript, Scroll, Textile Created date: scroll c. 1300–1399A 14th-century Torah Scroll from the Iberian Peninsula, complete with mantle. What is the Torah Scroll? The Torah Scroll...
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Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onke...
Manuscript Created date: 1300-1340 CEThe earliest surviving glossed Bibles from Ashkenaz (Franco-German lands) date from the 13th century CE. They show an or...
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