Collection items

14th-century Greek New Testament

Manuscript Created date: 14th century

Most Greek manuscripts of the Bible tend only to include a small sub-section of biblical books, for instance, the four G...

14th-century Mamluk Qur’an

Manuscript Created date: 1300–1399

This 14th-century Qur’an from Egypt. The manuscript This Qur’an is written in muhaqqaq script, with ornamental chapter ...

14th-century pilgrim's travel guide

Manuscript Created date: first half of the 14th century

This is a 700-year-old traveller’s guidebook: a practical manual for pilgrims walking St James’s Way to Santiago de Comp...

Abraham's Pentateuch and Rashi

Manuscript Created date: 1325-1349 CE

Besides the Five Books of Moses, this 14th-century CE manuscript includes the standard Aramaic translation – Targum Onke...

Ascetical works by Matthew of Ephesos

Manuscript Created date: 14th century

Matthew of Ephesus (also known as Manuel Gabalas) was a cleric and scholar in the turbulent world of 14th-century Byzant...

Barcelona Haggadah

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Illumination Created date: 14th Century

A highly illuminated medieval Spanish Hagadah. What is the Hagadah? The Hagadah (plural Hagadot), which literally mean...

Constantine Manasses, Chronicle

Manuscript Created date: 1312-13

While most works of history in the Byzantine world were composed in prose, Constantine Manasses (c. 1130-c. 1187) wrote...

Dawes Illuminated Gospel-book

Manuscript Created date: 1314-15

Created in the early 14th century, probably on Cyprus, this manuscript of the Gospels contains illuminations of the four...

De Lisle Psalter

Manuscript Created date: c. 1308–40

Taken from the De Lisle Psalter, this illustration tells the moral story The Three Living and the Three Dead in which th...

Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII

Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 14th century

As the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope led one of the most powerful institutions of the Middle Ages, making laws t...

Illustrated volume of Dante's Divine Comedy

Manuscript Created date: 1st half of the 14th century

The Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works ever written in Italian. It describes a journey undertaken by...

Luttrell Psalter

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript Created date: c. 1325–40

This celebrated manuscript was commissioned by a wealthy landowner, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, in the first half of the 14th...

Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Codex Created date: c. 1325–1374

Guide for the Perplexed is a philosophical work by Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (1135–1204). He was born in Cor...

Neville of Hornby Hours

Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 14th century

Medieval Christian belief stated that demons were fallen angels who underwent a physical transformation to become the be...

Pentateuch scroll with silk mantle

Manuscript, Scroll, Textile Created date: scroll c. 1300–1399

A 14th-century Torah Scroll from the Iberian Peninsula, complete with mantle. What is the Torah Scroll? The Torah Scroll...