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- Art and Illumination (20)
- Christian Religion and Belief (36)
- Christianity (1)
- Faith and religion (2)
- Form and genre (1)
- Gender and sexuality (2)
- History and learning (50)
- Living Texts (1)
- Making manuscripts (25)
- Medieval manuscript collections today (6)
- Science and nature (15)
- The Greek World (1)
- Transforming topography (1)
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- Amalarius of Metz (1)
- Anselm of Canterbury (1)
- Baudri of Bourgueil (1)
- Bede (1)
- Boethius (1)
- Constantine the African (1)
- Flavius Josephus (1)
- Geoffrey of Monmouth (3)
- Gilbert of Poitiers (1)
- Goscelin of Saint Bertin (1)
- Gratian (3)
- Gregory I (3)
- Justinian I (1)
- Origen (1)
- Osbern of Canterbury (1)
- Peter Lombard (2)
- Philippe de Thaon (1)
- Ralph de Diceto (2)
- Richard of St Victor (1)
- St Augustine of Hippo (2)
- St Benedict of Nursia (1)
- St Jerome (4)
- Symeon of Durham (1)
- William of Jumièges (1)
- William of Malmesbury (2)
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Gilbert of Poitiers, Commentary on the Psalms
Manuscript Created date: 1st half of the 12th centuryGilbert of Poitiers (d. 1154), or Gilbert de la Porrée, was a French scholar and theologian, who lectured at the ...
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Glossed Book of Ezekiel
Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 12th centuryThis 12th-century copy of the Old Testament book of Ezekiel may have been produced at the Cistercian monastery of Founta...
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Glossed Psalter
Manuscript Created date: 3rd quarter of the 12th centuryFrom an early date, Church Fathers and theologians wrote commentaries on the Bible, which survive in numerous copies. Th...
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Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, Lives of the Canterbury...
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 12th centuryGoscelin was a monk and writer from the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Bertin, in northern France, who wrote during the late...
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Harley Trilingual Psalter
Manuscript Created date: 12th century, pre 1153Containing the text of the psalms in parallel Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions, the Harley Trilingual Psalter bears elo...
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Homiliary produced at Corbie Abbey
Manuscript Created date: 1179Homiliaries are compilations of sermons or explanations of biblical texts, arranged according to significant days in the...
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Illuminated copy of St Augustine's De Trinitate
Manuscript Created date: 1121–1130In the early fifth century the theologian, St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430) wrote a treatise on the Trinity (De Tr...
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Illuminated copy of William of Malmesbury’s Deeds ...
Manuscript Created date: 4th quarter of the 12th centuryThe Deeds of the Kings of the English is an early 12th-century account of the kings of England. Composed by the Anglo-No...
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Illustrated account on cautery points and medical...
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 12th centuryLarge, clear drawings in this medical textbook show the application of cautery, or the drawing from the body of sick or ...
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Illustrated copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History...
Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 12th centuryThe History of the Kings of Britain by the Anglo-Norman cleric, Geoffrey of Monmouth (b. c. 1100, d. 1154) was an enormo...
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Justinian’s Digest
Manuscript Created date: 3rd quarter of the 12th centuryThe Digest consists of a summary of classical legal texts compiled during Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I’s reign (r. ...
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Montpellier Bible (first of two volumes)
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 12th centuryThe Montpellier Bible is a copy of the Bible in Latin, in two volumes. It is a monumental work, measuring 510 x 365 mm. ...
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Origen, Homilies on the Old Testament
Manuscript Created date: Mid-12th centuryOrigen of Alexandria (d. c. 253) is considered the father of biblical exegesis (the interpretation of the Bible). Origen...
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Osbern of Canterbury, Life of St Dunstan
Manuscript Created date: c. 1090–Early 12th centuryOsbern (b. c. 1050, d. c. 1090) was an English monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, known for writing a Life of Archbishop...
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Passionale (Lives of Saints)
Manuscript Created date: 12th centuryThe initials beginning each saint’s life in this volume are historiated, containing visual synopses of the stories relat...
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