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- Myths monsters and the imagination (1)
- New technologies and digital research (2)
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- Sacred texts (28)
- Scholarship (4)
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- Sikhism (1)
- The art and design of writing (1)
- The Greek World (3)
- The Hebrew Bible (2)
- The makers of Greek manuscripts (5)
- The origins of writing (2)
- Women texts and faith (3)
- Zoroastrianism (1)
Creator
- Abu Bakr [master illuminator], also known as Sandal (1)
- Ælfric Abbot of Eynsham (1)
- Alphonsus Complutensis [editor] (1)
- Alphonsus Zamorensis [editor] (1)
- Antonio de Lebrixa [editor] (1)
- Baruch (scribe) (1)
- Binyamin (scribe) (1)
- Daṿid ben Mosheh Darshan (scribe) (1)
- Demetrius Ducas [editor] (1)
- Desiderius Erasmus (1)
- Eliyahu Menaḥem ha Zaḳen (author) (1)
- Fernando de Guzman [editor] (1)
- Gerard Horenbout (1)
- Giovan Pietro Birago (1)
- Gregory (scribe) (1)
- Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil (author) (1)
- Jacobus Stunica [editor] (1)
- Jean Maillart (or Mallard) (1)
- Johann Fust (printer) (1)
- Johann Gutenberg (1)
- John Wycliffe (2)
- Juan de Vergara [editor] (1)
- Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximillian I [artist] (1)
- Mesrop of Khizan [illuminator] (1)
- Miles Coverdale [translator] (1)
- Mosheh ben 'Ezra (author) (1)
- Muhammad ibn al Wahid [calligrapher] (1)
- Paulus Coronellus [editor] (1)
- Peter Schoeffer (printer) (1)
- Queen Elizabeth I (1)
- Richard Taverner [translator] (1)
- Shemu'el ben Shemu'el ibn Musa (scribe) (1)
- Theodore of Caesarea (author, scribe, illustrator) (1)
- Thomas Cranmer (1)
- Unknown (2)
- William Roy (1)
- William Tyndale [translator] (2)
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Askew Gospel Book
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Bedford Hours
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Book of Common Prayer
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Codex Alexandrinus
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Codex Sinaiticus
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Complutensian Polyglott Bible
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Coverdale Bible
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