Collection items

Alphonso Psalter

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript, Parchment Codex

This manuscript was begun for Prince Alphonso (b. 1273, d. 1284), son of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, who was betrot...

De Lisle Psalter

Manuscript

This is an illustration of the moral story The Three Living and the Three Dead in which three figures, often aristocrati...

Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII

Manuscript

The Pope, as the head of the Catholic Church, led the single most powerful institution of the Middle Ages. He was assist...

Maastricht Hours

Manuscript

This marginal image within a Book of Hours, a devotional text, depicts a friar and a nun misbehaving as they entertain t...

Portrait of King John hunting

Manuscript, Illustration

This famous image shows King John, hunting on horseback in the forest. The crowned king sits on a grey horse, while his...

Statute book containing Magna Carta issued by King...

Manuscript, Charter

During the 13th and 14th centuries, Magna Carta was frequently copied into chronicles and collections of charters and st...