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  • A page from a 13th-century collection of Aristotle's works, featuring marginal glosses and a historiated initial depicting the burning of books before a friar and a seated king.

    Aristotle in Latin

    Manuscript

    This 13th-century manuscript contains Gerard of Cremona's (c. 1114-87) translations of Aristotelian works on natural phi...

  • An early 3rd-century papyrus, preserving the will of Lucius Ignatius Rufinus, written in Latin, with a copy of his signature in Ancient Greek.

    Will of Lucius Ignatius Rufinus

    Papyrus

    Produced during the early third century, this is one of the Latin papyri of the British Library collections. It originat...

  • A full-page illustration of Christ in Majesty, with saints, nuns, martyrs, and confessors, from the Æthelstan Psalter.

    Æthelstan Psalter

    Manuscript

    According to an inscription on one of the manuscript’s pages, this small copy of the Psalms was once owned by Æthelstan,...