Collection items

12th-century calendar and annals

Manuscript Created date: Late 12th century–Early 13th century

In the Middle Ages, as today, calendars served to organise time into days and months. This fragment collection contains...

Astronomical texts

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

Astronomy, the science of the stars, was an important part of the early medieval curriculum. This astronomical collectio...

Bilingual Psalter

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 12th century

Produced in England during the last quarter of the 12th century, this manuscript is one of only a few bilingual Psalters...

Canterbury or Anglo-Catalan Psalter

Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 12th century

The Canterbury Psalter is amongst the most lavishly illustrated of English manuscripts. The luxurious decoration is part...

Flavius Josephus, Antiquities and The Jewish Wars

Manuscript Created date: 1171–1180

Flavius Josephus (d. c. 100) was one of the most important historians of the Greco-Roman era. He was born in Jerusalem,...