This 13th-century world map, though only 8 centimetres across, is more than a simple diagram. The southern (upper) hemis...
An early Book of Hours from England. Popular in the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, Books of Hours were pra...
This 13th-century manuscript contains Gerard of Cremona's (c. 1114-87) translations of Aristotelian works on natural phi...
After Archbishop Hubert Walter’s death in 1205 and the rejection of other nominees to the see of Canterbury, the monks o...
Most medieval plans of Jerusalem give it circular walls (it was actually four-sided) and were probably of classical orig...
This volume contains a variety of historical and legendary material, including the Trojan War, Alexander the Great and t...
Richard fitz Nigel (1130-98), Bishop of Ely and author of The Dialogue of the Exchequer, has been described as a model c...
William of Malmesbury’s (b. c. 1095, d. c. 1143) Deeds of the Kings of the English focuses on political events and ruler...
The book of Psalms was at the heart of medieval spirituality. From a relatively early date, very grand copies included a...
By the end of the 12th century, French was commonly used as an administrative and legal language in England alongside La...
This map 13th century map by Matthew Paris from the Royal manuscripts collection, is one of four early maps of Britain c...
The murder of King John’s nephew, Prince Arthur (1187–1203) had far-reaching consequences, since it led indirectly to th...
This plan, from the Harley manuscripts collection, shows a plan of the springs at Wormley, Hertfordshire, from which Wal...
One of the most significant works by Matthew Paris (1200–59), author, illuminator and monk of St Albans Abbey, is the Hi...
The 20 full-page illuminations at the beginning of this Psalter form one of the most outstanding prefatory cycles to sur...
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