Collection items

12th-century calendar and annals

Manuscript

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

12th-century miscellany of Latin texts

Manuscript

The oldest surviving copy of the History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is found in a miscellany of late Antique an...

Amalarius of Metz, De Ecclesiasticis officiis

Manuscript

Amalarius of Metz (d. c. 850) was one of the great writers of the Carolingian age. He participated actively in political...

Anselm of Canterbury's theological treatises

Manuscript

This composite volume, consisting of two originally separate booklets, contains seven of Anselm’s thirteen scholarly tre...

Astronomical texts

Manuscript

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

Baudri of Bourgueil, History of Jerusalem

Manuscript

The Historia Hierosolimitana (History of Jerusalem) is one of the most sophisticated accounts of the First Crusade (1095...

Bestiary, with extracts from Gerald of Wales

Manuscript

A bestiary contains Christian allegorical lessons based on the characteristics and habits of animals found in nature and...

Bilingual Psalter

Manuscript

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

Boethius, De institutione arithmetica

Manuscript

Written by the sixth-century Roman philosopher Boethius, De institutione arithmetica (On Arithmetic) was the principal m...

Canterbury or Anglo-Catalan Psalter

Manuscript

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

Cartulary of Reading Abbey

Manuscript

The 12th-century Cartulary of Reading Abbey gives a list of works held at the medieval libraries at Reading Abbey and Le...

Chartres Bible (first of two volumes)

Manuscript

The 12th century saw the production of large-format ‘giant’ Bibles. In part, their popularity was due to the needs of ne...

Chartres Bible (second of two volumes)

Manuscript

Named after its probable place of origin, The Chartres Bible is divided in two volumes. (The first is now BnF, Latin 55)...

Collection of medieval chronicles

Manuscript

Ralph de Diceto, Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral from c. 1180 to c. 1199, wrote two historical chronicles, the Abbreviated C...

Computus collection including Byrhtferth of Ramsey...

Manuscript

The Enchiridion (Handbook) by Byrhtferth of Ramsey Abbey (fl. c. 986–c. 1016) is a commentary on the computus, covering ...