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  • 10th century Qur'an, Add MS 11735, ff001v-002r

    10th-century Qur’an

    Manuscript

    Probably copied in Egypt, this 10th-century Qur’an is written in Eastern kufic script on vellum. The manuscript The desi...

  • A page from an 11th-century illuminated Psalter, featuring a portrait of King David seated with a harp, accompanied by a personification of Melody.

    11th-century illuminated Psalter

    Manuscript

    Illuminated copies of the Book of Psalms were very popular in Byzantium. One group of illuminated psalters are known as ...

  • Eleventh-century Qur'an from Iraq or Persia

    11th-century Qur'an from Iraq or Persia

    Manuscript

    This elegant, detailed Qur’an is one of the earliest dated examples of naskhi script. What is special this script? This...

  • A text page from a 12th-century Greek liturgical manuscript.

    12th-century Horologion

    Manuscript

    A Horologion, or Book of Hours, contains the outline of the services (aside from those relating to the Eucharist) of the...

  • A text page from a 12th-century miscellany of Latin texts.

    12th-century miscellany of Latin texts

    Manuscript

    The oldest surviving copy of the History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is found in a miscellany of late Antique an...

  • 13th-century English Book of Hours. unknown woman who is represented kneeling before an altar with two clerics, f50r

    13th-century English Book of Hours

    Manuscript

    An early Book of Hours from England. Popular in the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, Books of Hours were pra...

  • A page from a 13th-century Greek liturgical collection written in two columns, featuring a decorated headpiece on the right.

    13th-century Menaion

    Manuscript

    In the Greek church, the Menaion is the book containing prayers and hymns for the fixed feasts of the liturgical calenda...

  • A page from a 14th-century copy of the New Testament in Greek, featuring the Gospel of St John, with an elaborate decorated headpiece in red ink.

    14th-century Greek New Testament

    Manuscript

    Most Greek manuscripts of the Bible tend only to include a small sub-section of biblical books, for instance, the four G...

  • A 14th century Mamluk Qur'an, f. 303v

    14th-century Mamluk Qur’an

    Manuscript

    This 14th-century Qur’an from Egypt. The manuscript This Qur’an is written in muhaqqaq script, with ornamental chapter ...

  • Pilgrim’s Guide to Compostela, Galicia, Spain, first half of the 14th century. Liturgy of St James

    14th-century pilgrim's travel guide

    Manuscript

    This is a 700-year-old traveller’s guidebook: a practical manual for pilgrims walking St James’s Way to Santiago de Comp...

  • Text from the Wycliffite Bible, featuring decorated borders and an illuminated initial

    14th-century Wycliffite Bible

    Manuscript

    This is a manuscript copy of the ‘Wycliffite Bible’ – the first complete copy of the Bible in the English language. Why...

  • Early 15th century illuminated manuscript of the Late Version of the Wycliffite Bible, beginning of the New Testament.

    15th-century Wycliffite Bible

    Manuscript, Illuminated manuscript

    A manuscript containing the Later Version of the Middle English translation of the Bible produced by followers of the re...

  • Page from a Book of Hours manuscript, depicting death personified as a skeletal figure who holds a king by his throat and places a sword at his head. The illustration is surrounded by richly decorated borders and some text

    16th-century Book of Hours

    Manuscript

    The character of Death was regularly personified within medieval culture, and the message was usually clear: death would...

  • Pages from a 17th century Chinese Qur'an, text is within the structures of two lanterns with hanging tassels attached to the hooks on the outer side of the structures.

    17th-century Chinese Qur’an

    Manuscript

    This 17th-century Chinese Qur’an shows how Islamic styles of calligraphy and illumination were combined with local style...

  • An Incipit page from a 9th-century Gospel-book, showing an elaborately decorated frame.

    9th-century Gospel-book from Tours

    Manuscript

    The copying and decoration of this Gospel-book from Tours represent a remarkable artistic achievement. As is characteris...