Manuscript Collection (page 16)

Celtic illuminated manuscripts, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Celtic illuminated manuscripts, (1898). The lettering at top left is from the Lindisfarne Gospels, probably produced c715-720 AD in the monastery at Lindisfarne, Northumberland

Mirror of Holiness (Mir at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604. Creator: Unknown
Mirror of Holiness (Mir at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604. Father Jerome Xavier (1549-1617) of the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit order of Catholic priests

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (M) with St. Andrew (recto), c. 1480. This leaf was excised from a volume of a large set of choral books known to have been commissioned by Bartolomeo delle Rovere for

Toghrul III, the last king of the Seljuq Empire, ca 1306-1314. Creator: Anonymous
Toghrul III, the last king of the Seljuq Empire. Miniature from Jami al-tawarikh (Universal History), ca 1306-1314. Found in the Collection of Harvard University, Cambridge

Harun al-Rashid and the inside a hammam (From a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami), c. 1495. Found in the collection of British Library

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth... c1441-1689, (1948). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, Wife of Edward IV and Member of the Skinners Fraternity of Our Ladys Assumption, c1441-1689, (1948)

Layla and Majnun faint at Meeting (Manuscript illumination from the Layla and Majnun), Early 15th century. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Dormition of the Virgin (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 14th century. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

The Nativity of Christ (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 1314. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan

The Baptism of Christ. The Raising of Lazarus (Manuscript illumination from the Matenadaran Gospel), 14th century. Found in the Collection of Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts

A Sleeping Dervish, 1650. Found in the Collection of State Oriental Art Museum, Moscow

13th Century. From Latin MS. 1862. From The Book of Ornamental Alphabets - Ancient & Mediae val, by F. G. Delamotte. [E. & F. Spon, London, 1862]

14th Century. From MS. Munich, 1862. From The Book of Ornamental Alphabets - Ancient & Mediae val, by F. G. Delamotte. [E. & F. Spon, London, 1862]

16th Century. Gothic. 1862. From The Book of Ornamental Alphabets - Ancient & Mediae val, by F. G. Delamotte. [E. & F. Spon, London, 1862]

The Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Ani. The Hall of Judgment, ca 1250 BC. Found in the Collection of British Museum

Exodus 31: 2-8: Bezalel and Aholiab making the Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 31:2-8: Bezalel and Aholiab making the Ark of the Covenant. Facsimile copy of a 15th century manuscript of the German School

The Chludov Psalter. The Song Of Moses and Miriam, ca 850. Found in the Collection of State History Museum, Moscow

Battle between the Khwarezmian army and the Mongols. Miniature from Jami al-tawarikh (Universal His)
Battle between the Khwarezmian army and the Mongols. Miniature from Jami al-tawarikh (Universal History), ca 1430. Found in the collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Ardashir in bed with the slave girl Gulnar. From the Shahnama (Book of Kings), 1335-1340. Found in the collection of Musee d art et d histoire, Genf

Illustration from the codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, c. 1280. Found in the Collection of Monasterio de El Escorial

Moses receiving the tablets of law (Miniature from the Moutier-Grandval Bible), ca 830-ca 840. Artist: Anonymous
Moses receiving the tablets of law (Miniature from the Moutier-Grandval Bible), ca 830-ca 840. Found in the collection of British Library

The Siege of the Castle of Mortagne, near Bordeaux, in 1377 (aus Recueil des croniques d Engleterre Artist: Anonymous)
The Siege of the Castle of Mortagne, near Bordeaux, in 1377 (aus Recueil des croniques d Engleterre von Jean de Wavrin), ca. 1470-1480. Found in the collection of British Library

The Fall of Lucifer. From Book of Hours, c. 1500. Artist: Anonymous
The Fall of Lucifer. From Book of Hours, c. 1500. Private Collection

The Wheel of Fortune (from an manuscript of Troy Book by John Lydgate), Mid of the 15th century. Artist: Anonymous
The Wheel of Fortune (from an manuscript of Troy Book by John Lydgate), Mid of the 15th century. Found in the collection of John Rylands University Library

Peasants ploughing (From the Luttrell Psalter), ca 1330. Artist: Anonymous
Peasants ploughing (From the Luttrell Psalter), ca 1330. Found in the collection of British Library

The sacrifice of Sibylla of Jerusalem. Artist: Auvray, Felix (1800-1833)
The sacrifice of Sibylla of Jerusalem. Found in the collection of Musee des beaux-arts de Valenciennes

Duke John I of Brabant (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Duke John I of Brabant (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

Askold and Dir asked by Rurik for a permission to go to Constantinople (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Found in the collection of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St

The Baptism of Prince Vladimir I (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Artist: Anonymous
The Baptism of Prince Vladimir I (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Found in the collection of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Battle between Sviatopolk the Accursed and Yaroslav the Wise (from the Radziwill Chronicle), 15th century. Found in the collection of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Diagram illustrating the theory of light and shade and sketches of figures, c1472-c1519 (1883)
Diagram illustrating the theory of light and shade and sketches of figures illustrating the movements of the human body, c1472-c1519 (1883). From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol

Saturday Night in the Vale, 1928-9. Artist: Henry Tonks
Saturday Night in the Vale, 1928-9. Also known as ?An Evening in the Vale?. We see George Moore (1852-1933), in the foreground reading aloud from his manuscript of Aphrodite in Aulis

An illuminated page from the Vaux-Bardolf Psalter, c1310, (1937)
An illuminated page from the Vaux-Bardolf Psalter, c1310. This important medieval psalter is believed to have been written specifically for a noble lady of the Vaux family from the county of York for

Text page with the Virgin and two peacocks, c1490. From the Sforza Hours, produced in Milan. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders

Letter from Queen Catherine of Aragon to her husband Henry VIII, 16th September 1513. Artist: Catherine of Aragon
Letter from Queen Catherine of Aragon to her husband Henry VIII, Woburn, 16th September 1513. Facsimile of a letter from Catherine of Aragon to Henry, then in France

Page of illustrated text from the Luttrell Psalter, c1300-c1340, (c1900-1920). Latin text with stylised floral decoration and mythical beasts

Letter to the Lord Mayor of London, 17th December 1653. Artist: Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
Letter to the Lord Mayor of London, 17th December 1653. The Council of State, 1653. Letter written from Whitehall to the Lord Mayor of London desiring him and the Alderman to be present

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782. Artist: Benjamin Franklin
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782. Letter written from Passy when Franklin was Minister from the United States to France suggesting that

Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother Joseph, 25th July 1798. Artist: Napoleon Bonaparte I
Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother in Paris, 7 Thermidor (25th July 1798). Letter written from Cairo when in command of the French expedition to Egypt

Dream-vision of Genghis Khan (From: Jean Hayton, Fleur des histoires de la terre d Orient), c. 1410
Dream-vision of Genghis Khan (From: Jean Hayton, Fleur des histoires de la terre d Orient), c.1410. Found in the collection of the New York Public Library

Da ud Receives a Robe of Honor from Munim Khan (llustration from The Akbarnama), ca 1604. Found in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

The expulsion of Jews from France in 1182 (A miniature from Grandes Chroniques de France), 1320s. Artist: Anonymous
The expulsion of Jews from France in 1182 (A miniature from Grandes Chroniques de France), 1320s. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Victory of Richard the Lionheart over Philip Augustus in 1198. Miniature from the Historia by William of Tyre, 1460s. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque de Geneve

The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade, ca 1200. Artist: Anonymous
The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade, ca 1200. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Heavenly Jerusalem, a page from Liber Floridus, 12th century. Liber Floridus was an encyclopedia compiled by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, between 1095 and 1120. From the collection of Ghent University

Letter from Desiderius Erasmus to Nicholas Everaerts, 24th December 1525. Artist: Erasmus
Letter from Desiderius Erasmus to Nicholas Everaerts, 24th December 1525. Letter written in Latin from Basle by Erasmus to Dr Nicholas Everaerts, President of Holland

Elegy, written in a Country Churchyard, 18th December 1750. Artist: Thomas Gray
Elegy, written in a Country Churchyard, 18th December 1750. Copy, in Grays own hand, of his Elegy, enclosed in a letter written from Cambridge to Dr Thomas Wharton

Letter from Emperor Charles V of Spain to Queen Mary of England, 1555. Artist: Emperor Charles V
Letter from Emperor Charles V of Spain to Queen Mary of England, 1555. Letter in French from Charles V to Mary I, his daughter-in-law, expressing the desire to see his son King Philip, her husband

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