Collection items

12th-century Horologion

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

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

Curzon Cruciform Lectionary

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

This 12th-century lectionary, probably produced at Constantinople, takes a distinctive form. The entire text is written...

Harley Greek Gospels

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

This manuscript of the four Gospels in Greek is lavishly illuminated. It contains not only the usual four portraits of t...

Homiliary

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

The writings of the Christian theologians of the first millennium were hugely important for the Byzantine church. Someti...

Illuminated Gospel-book with patristic excerpts

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

This nicely illuminated gospel book that once contained some exquisite portraits of the evangelists closes with a short...

Liturgical roll from the 12th century

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

The liturgy, or religious service, of the Greek Orthodox Church was often recorded on a parchment roll, rather than in c...

Octateuch with catena

Manuscript Created date: 12th-13th century

This oversize volume was created in the 12th or 13th century and contains the first eight books of the Septuagint (the G...

Old Testament Lectionary

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

While the majority of Byzantine lectionaries in the British Library collections consist of readings from the Gospels, le...

Prophetologion

Manuscript Created date: 12th century

The Prophetologion is a lectionary containing readings from the Old Testament, arranged according to the liturgical cale...