Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

by Call Number


Benjamin MS 4, binding
Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Italy, 15th century

Benjamin MS 4, f. 11
Boethius, De consolati philosophiae
Italy, 13th century

Lodge MS 16, f. 79
Cronica degli imperadori romani, in Italian
Italy, south, early 15th century

Lodge MS 18, f. 42v
Sallust, Coniuratio Catilinae & De bello iugurtino, in Italian
Italy, Florence, middle of the 14th century

Lodge MS 8, f. 11
Sallust, Coniuratio Catilinae & De bello iugurtino
France, south, second half, 12th century

Lodge MS 8, f. 33v
Sallust, Coniuratio Catilinae & De bello iugurtino
France, south, second half, 12th century

Lodge MS 8, f. 83
Sallust, Coniuratio Catilinae & De bello iugurtino
Italy, 1436

Lodge MS 9, ff. 36v-37
Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto; commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Italy, middle of the 15th century

Med/Ren Frag. 26 (frag.), recto ?
Lectionary
Italy, 12th century

Med/Ren Frag. 42 (frag.), recto
Missal
Spain, 12th century

Plimpton MS 103, binding
Victorinus, In rhetoricam Ciceronis
Italy, 15th century

Plimpton MS 103, f. 50
Victorinus, In rhetoricam Ciceronis
Italy, second half, 11th century

Plimpton MS 124, f. 33
Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum
England, third quarter, 12th century

Plimpton MS 127 (frag.), f. 4
Isidore, Etymologiarum libri
Germany?, turn of the 9th century

Plimpton MS 129 (frag.), verso
Isidore, Synonyma
Germany, Fulda, turn of the 9th century

Plimpton MS 130 (frag.), f. 1
Florilegium
Italy, middle, 11th century

Plimpton MS 17, f. 220v detail
Aristotle, Ethics, Politics & Economics; Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Italy, north, 1393

Plimpton MS 17, f. 3
Aristotle, Ethics, Politics & Economics; Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Italy, north, 1393

Plimpton MS 17, f. 3 detail
Aristotle, Ethics, Politics & Economics; Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Italy, north, 1393

Plimpton MS 21, f. 50v
Aristotle, Topica, Elenchi & Analytica posteriora
England, middle of the 13th century

Plimpton MS 251, f. 97
Bede, De ratione temporum; Isidore, De natura rerum
Spain?, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 26 (frag.), verso
Bible
France, 10th century

Plimpton MS 265, f. 4
Gower, Confessio amantis
England, first quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 265, f. 4 detail
Gower, Confessio amantis
England, first quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 27 (frag.), verso
Bible
Spain, 8th or 9th century

Plimpton MS 27 (frag.), verso
Bible
Spain, 8th or 9th century

Plimpton MS 276, f. 3 detail
Commonplace book
England, middle of the 16th century

Plimpton MS 276, f. 4
Commonplace book
England, middle of the 16th century

Plimpton MS 276, f. 81v & back wrapper
Commonplace book, bound in a leaf from a 15th century ferial psalter
England, middle, 16th cent. & 15th

Plimpton MS 276, f. 81v & back wrapper
Commonplace book, bound in a leaf from a 15th century ferial psalter
England, middle, 16th cent. & 15th

Plimpton MS 29, f. 17v
Matthew, glossed
Switzerland ?, third quarter, 12th century

Plimpton MS 29, ff. 70v-71
Matthew, glossed
Switzerland ?, third quarter, 12th century

Plimpton MS 30 (frag.), recto
Luke, glossed
France, fourth quarter, 12th century

Plimpton MS 32, f. 1v
Bede, Homilies
Rhaetia, first quarter, 9th century

Plimpton MS 33 (frag.), recto
Breviary
Italy, Tuscany, first half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 34, ff. 17v-18
Processional for Franciscan use
Flanders, 1351

Plimpton MS 35, f. 1
Missal for Carmelite use
Italy, Verona ?, end of the 14th century

Plimpton MS 35, f. 5
Missal for Carmelite use
Italy, Verona ?, end of the 14th century

Plimpton MS 35, f. 90
Missal for Carmelite use
Italy, Verona ?, end of the 14th century

Plimpton MS 35, ff. 89v-90
Missal for Carmelite use
Italy, Verona ?, end of the 14th century

Plimpton MS 38, ff. 6v-7
Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris
France, end of the 15th century

Plimpton MS 40A (frag.), recto
Gradual
Italy, Brescia, third quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 41, binding
Antiphonal
Italy, Perugia, third quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 41, f. 1
Antiphonal
Italy, Perugia, third quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 41, f. 1 detail
Antiphonal
Italy, Perugia, third quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 41, f. 133v
Antiphonal
Italy, Perugia, third quarter, 15th century

Plimpton MS 43, f. 1 detail
Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae
France, north, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 43, f. 36v
Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae
France, north, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 43, f. 37v
Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae
France, north, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 43, f. 57
Josephus, Antiquitates iudaicae
France, north, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 48, f. 3
Eugippius, Excerpta ex operibus s. Augustini
Flanders, Tournai, turn of the 9th century

Plimpton MS 49A (frag.), recto
Pseudo Jerome, Breviarium in psalmos
Germany, 9th century

Plimpton MS 50, f. 137v
Ambrose, Exposition on Luke
France, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 50, f. 138v
Ambrose, Exposition on Luke
France, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 50, f. 2v
Ambrose, Exposition on Luke
France, second half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 51 (frag.), recto
Cyprian, Ad Quirinum
England, first half, 12th century

Plimpton MS 52, f. 47
Gregory the Great, XL Homeliae in Evangelia
England, north, second quarter, 12th century

Plimpton MS 53, f. 1v
Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezechiel
Italy, north, turn of the 9th century

Plimpton MS 54 (frag.), recto
Lathcen, Eglogae moralium Gregorii in Iob
Ireland, 8th century

Plimpton MS 55, f. 2
Homiliary
France?, first half, 9th century

Plimpton MS 56 (frag.), verso
Smaragdus, Collectiones epistolarum et evangeliorum
France, northeast, second half, 9th century

Plimpton MS 57 (frag.), verso
Faustus of Rietz, Sermon
France, northeast, second half, 9th century

Plimpton MS 58, f. 45v
Dogmatic florilegium
France, south, second third, 9th century

Plimpton MS 61, f. 149v
Peter Lombard, Sententiarum libri IV
France, third quarter, 13th century

Plimpton MS 88 (frag.), verso
Gratian, Decretum
Italy, 14th century

Plimpton MS 88 (frag.), verso detail
Gratian, Decretum
Italy, 14th century

Smith Western MS 16, f. 63
Breviary
France, southwest, third quarter, 12th century

Smith Western MS 18, binding
Clement V, Constitutions
France, late 15th century

Smith Western MS 18, f. 18
Clement V, Constitutions
France, late 15th century

Smith Western MS 18, f. 18 detail
Clement V, Constitutions
France, late 15th century

Smith Western MS 19, binding
Bible
Italy, 15th century

Smith Western MS 19, f. 202 detail
Bible
Italy, 13th century

Smith Western MS 23, f. 59v
Book of hours, use of Paris
France, end of the 15th century

Typographic MS 2, f. 1
Ferial psalter
Italy, Florence, middle of the 15th century

Typographic MS 2, f. 66
Ferial psalter
Italy, Florence, middle of the 15th century

Western MS 21, f. 44v
Meditatio Christi
Germany, 1493

Western MS 24
La Mort le Roi Artu, in French
Italy, north, middle of the 14th century

Western MS 24, f. 24v
La Mort le Roi Artu, in French
Italy, north, middle of the 14th century

Western MS 24, f. 89
La Mort le Roi Artu, in French
Italy, north, middle of the 14th century

Western MS 37, f. 116
Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome
Switzerland, 1523

Western MS 37, f. 124v
Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome
Switzerland, 1523

Western MS 39, f. 80 detail
Ordinal
Flanders, end of the 15th century

Western MS 4, f. 1
Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on life and passion of Christ, in Dutch
Low Countries, 15th century

Western MS 49 (frag.), recto
Psalter
Germany, first half, 12th century

X208/J48, binding
Jerome, Lives of Desert Fathers; letters
Italy, north, 1436

X208/J48, f. 177v
Jerome, Lives of Desert Fathers; letters
Italy, north, 1436

X223.2/B47, ff. 10v-11
Psalter
Low Countries ?, early 13th century

X227/S (frag.), verso ?
Bible
Italy, Tuscany, middle of the 12th century

X227/S (frag.), verso ?, detail
Bible
Italy, Tuscany, middle of the 12th century

X227/S3 (frag.), recto ?
Bible
Italy, Tuscany, middle of the 12th century

X227/S3 (frag.), recto ?, detail
Bible
Italy, Tuscany, middle of the 12th century

X242.1/S, f. 2
Thomas a Kempis, Imitatio Christi
France, Strasbourg, 1485

X264.02/C28, ff. 21v-22
Prayerbook
Italy, Naples, second quarter, 16th century

X264/Sa5/Q, f. 5v
Gradual
Italy, 14th century

X878.G86, f. 56v
Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezechiel
England, 12th century

X878/G86, f. 36
Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezechiel
England, 12th century

X878/G86, f. 67
Gregory the Great, Homilies on Ezechiel
England, 12th century

X878/L43, f. 23
Lawrence of Durham, Hypognosticon; John Chrysostom; Ailred of Rievaulx
England, 12th century

X878/L43, f. 2v
Lawrence of Durham, Hypognosticon; John Chrysostom; Ailred of Rievaulx
England, 12th century

X88/Ar512, f. 1
Aristotle, Opera logica
France, Paris?, 14th century

X88/Ar512, f. 208v
Aristotle, Opera logica
France, Paris ?, 14th century

X893/B4794, f. 92
Bible
France, 13th century