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  • A 14th-century Greek New Testament Harley (MS 5796 f163r)

    14th-century Greek New Testament

    Manuscript

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

  • A 14th century Mamluk Qur'an, f. 303v

    14th-century Mamluk Qur’an

    Manuscript

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

  • Pilgrim’s Guide to Compostela, Galicia, Spain, first half of the 14th century. Liturgy of St James

    14th-century pilgrim's travel guide

    Manuscript

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

  • Beginning of Exodus with a large panel containing the initial word of the book. This causes large blank spaces in the right and left columns parallel to the area where the panel has been decorated, Pentateuch, Harley MS 1861, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project, British Library

    Abraham's Pentateuch and Rashi

    Manuscript

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

  • Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolitan of Ephesus (Burney MS 114 f001r)

    Ascetical works by Matthew of Ephesos

    Manuscript

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

  • Barcelona Haggadah, Add MS 14761, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project, British Library

    Barcelona Haggadah

    Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Illumination

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

  • Page of Greek writing

    Constantine Manasses, Chronicle

    Manuscript

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

  • A page of Greek handwriting - in a small size at the top and larger at the bottom

    Dawes Illuminated Gospel-book

    Manuscript

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

  • Arundel MS 83, f. 127r

    De Lisle Psalter

    Manuscript

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

  • Add MS 23923, f. 2r

    Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII

    Manuscript

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

  • The punishment of carnal sinners in Dante's Divine Comedy

    Illustrated volume of Dante's Divine Comedy

    Manuscript

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

  • The Luttrell Psalter, f.208

    Luttrell Psalter

    Manuscript

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

  • Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed (Moreh Nevukhim), Or 14061, Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project, British Library

    Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed

    Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Codex

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

  • Demons rain down from heaven into hell

    Neville of Hornby Hours

    Manuscript

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

  • Unrolled Torah scroll

    Pentateuch scroll with silk mantle

    Manuscript, Scroll, Textile

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