Collection items

Arma Christi prayer roll

Manuscript, Scroll, Vellum roll

One of ten surviving late-medieval rolls containing the Middle English prayer-poem ‘O Vernicle’. The prayer-poem ‘O V...

Astrological-medical miscellany

Manuscript

A circular diagram, now known as ‘Microcosmic Man’ or ‘Zodiac man’, appears in this miscellany of astrological and medic...

Beaufort Book of Hours

Manuscript

The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume of parts made at different times. It evolved into its present form du...

Carthusian miscellany

Manuscript

The religious order of monks and nuns known as the Carthusians were founded by St Bruno of Cologne (d. 1104) in 1084. Th...

Dunois Hours

Manuscript

A highly decorated French Book of Hours, commissioned by Jean d’Orléans (d. 1471), Count of Dunois. Among the bo...

Great Bible

Manuscript

With pages measuring over half a metre (two feet) tall, this volume is the largest manuscript Bible within the British L...

Thomas Hoccleve, The Regiment of Princes

Manuscript

The Regiment of Princes was the most popular work of the English poet Thomas Hoccleve (d. 1426). Hoccleve wrote the poem...