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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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Abraham's Pentateuch and Rashi
Manuscript Created date: 1325-1349 CEBesides the Five Books of Moses, this 14th-century CE manuscript includes the standard Aramaic translation – Targum Onke...
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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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Luttrell Psalter
Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript Created date: c. 1325–40This celebrated manuscript was commissioned by a wealthy landowner, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, in the first half of the 14th...
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Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed
Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Codex Created date: c. 1325–1374Guide for the Perplexed is a philosophical work by Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides (1135–1204). He was born in Cor...
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Neville of Hornby Hours
Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 14th centuryMedieval Christian belief stated that demons were fallen angels who underwent a physical transformation to become the be...
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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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