Collection items

De Lisle Psalter

Manuscript Created date: c. 1308–40

Taken from the De Lisle Psalter, this illustration tells the moral story The Three Living and the Three Dead in which th...

Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII

Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 14th century

As the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope led one of the most powerful institutions of the Middle Ages, making laws t...

Luttrell Psalter

Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript Created date: c. 1325–40

This celebrated manuscript was commissioned by a wealthy landowner, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, in the first half of the 14th...

Neville of Hornby Hours

Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 14th century

Medieval Christian belief stated that demons were fallen angels who underwent a physical transformation to become the be...

Portolan chart attributed to Angelino Dulcert

Map Created date: mid-14th century

This mid-14th-century portolan chart is unsigned but may be by Angelino Dulcert. Certainly it is in the style associated...

Portrait of King John hunting

Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1300-99

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

St Omer Psalter

Manuscript Created date: c. 1330

The Last Judgement was believed to be the moment at the end of time when souls would leave Purgatory and be transferred...

Statute book containing Magna Carta issued by King...

Manuscript, Charter Created date: c. 1300 - 1399

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

William de la Dene, Historia Roffensis

Manuscript Created date: 1314–50

The Historia Roffensis (History of Rochester) is a biographical chronicle in Latin, written at Rochester Cathedral Prior...