Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

by Country, then Author


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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