Three monks singing from BL Stowe 12, f. 195
Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate Domino), at the beginning of Psalm 97. Image taken from f. 195 of Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary'). Written in Latin.
Tree of Jesse from BL Harley 1892, f. 31v
Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Psalm 1. Image taken from f. 31v of Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript... More
Virgin Mary from BL YT 13, f. 152
Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary rescuing the monk whom the devil had tried to drown, with a caption reading, ‘Cy resuscite n[ost]re dame le moyne noye de mort a vye. Image taken from f. 152 of Book of Hour... More
Mary Magdalene. from BL Harley 2982, f. 15
Detail of miniature of Mary Magdalene. Image taken from f. 15 of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Lib... More
Sick clerk proposing to become a monk from BL Royal 11 D IX, f. 207v
Detail of a miniature of a clerk in bed and a monk, at the beginning of causa 17. Image taken from f. 207v of Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also kno... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2365, f. 65v
Decorated initial 'A'(nima) combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of book 3. Image taken from f. 65v of Elucidarium. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of me... More
Matthew from BL Harley 2788, f. 13v
Miniature of an Evangelist portrait of Matthew. Image taken from f. 13v of Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-20... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 12 C V, f. 4
Foliate initail 'P'(rime) with a full border, at the beginning of the preface, with the ownership inscriptions of Humphrey Lloyd and John Lumley. Image taken from f. 4 of Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrologica... More
Cygnus from BL Harley 647, f. 5v
Illustration of the swan of the constellation Cygnus, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation. Image taken from f. 5v of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation... More
Priest and wolf from BL Royal 13 B VIII, f. 17v
Detail of a miniature of two episodes from a legend of the priest of Ulster and the wolf, in the lower margin; on the left, a priest talks to a wolf near a roaring fire; on the right, the priest follows the wol... More
Thomas Aquinas from BL Harley 916, f. 1
Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(eus) with Thomas Aquinas. Image taken from f. 1 of Life of Thomas Aquinas. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the... More
Historiated initial and decorated border from BL Harley 1275, f. 1
Historiated initial 'M'(ultorum) with a ?clerk and a king playing chess, combined with a full border on unpainted ground with flowers, acanthus leaves, birds including a peacock and an owl, and angels holding a... More
Bird of prey from BL Harley 7026, f. 16
Detail from the border at the foot of the folio: a bird of prey hovering over a duck under water; on either side are two grotesques. Image taken from f. 16 of Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary'). Wr... More
Yarrow and Aubergine from BL Eg 747, f. 66
Miniature of a millefolium, or yarrow plant; miniature of a mellongiano, or aubergine plant. Image taken from f. 66 of Tractatus de herbis (Herbal); De Simplici Medicina (index Secreta Salernitana); Circa insta... More
King from BL Royal 10 D VIII, f. 1
Detail of a miniature of an enthroned king dictating the law to a scribe, with three clerics and a soldier, at the beginning of Distinctio 1. Image taken from f. 1 of Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria. Writte... More
Text page from BL Harley 978, f. 161
Text page. Image taken from f. 161 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W... More
Michael from BL Add 39636, ff. 4, 9, 15-16, 19-27, 33-58, f. 53
Historiated initial 'B' with Michael trampling the devil and weighing souls, measuring 165 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text 'crisi / rum alle'. Image taken from ... More
Bulls from BL Sloane 4016, f. 20
Detail of a miniature of bulls. Image taken from f. 20 of Herbal. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British museums an... More
Text page from BL Harley 3859, f. 187
Text page of the battles of King Arthur. Image taken from f. 187 of Epitome rei militaris (see Notes for a list of contents). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval man... More
John is thrust into prison from BL Add 42497, f. 1ev
Scene with caption above of John the Baptist being thrust into prison by two men. Image taken from f. 1ev of Scenes from the Life of John the Baptist (possibly illustrating the Hortus Deliciarum?), a Flabellum ... More
John the Baptist from BL King's 9, f. 27v
Miniature of John the Baptist. Image taken from f. 27v of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Written in Latin.
Annunciation to the Shepherds from BL Harley 5762, ff. 61v-62
Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds. Image taken from ff. 61v-62 of Book of Hours, Use of Paris. Written in Latin, with some French. The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel a... More
Annunciation to the Shepherds from BL Stowe 24, f. 54v
Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 54v of Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Written in Latin, calendar ... More
The Seven Liberal Arts from BL Harley 2637, f. 15v
Diagram illustrating the subdivision of philosophy into the seven liberal arts, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and dialectic, and arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. Image taken from f. 15v of Institutiones (ind... More
Plants from BL Harley 1585, f. 22
Miniatures of plants, including artemisia (field wormwood), and a woman offering a plant to a centaur (Diana and Chiron the centaur). Image taken from f. 22 of Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation,... More
Diagram of a Guidonian hand from BL Lansdowne 763, f. 6
Diagram of a hand with tones, in the prologue of Musica manualis. Image taken from f. 6 of Musical miscellany, including the Musica manualis cum tonale; Thomas Walsingham's treatise on mensural music (ff. 97v–1... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3052, f. 3
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing dog (?) at the beginning of the first part of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job. Image taken from f. 3 of Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monach... More
Zodiac man from BL Arundel 251, f. 46
Drawing of a Zodiac man, at the beginning of the Numerus et Ordo signorum. Image taken from f. 46 of Medical miscellany. Written in Latin and German. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard... More
Scallion and Cleavers from BL Eg 747, f. 97v
Miniature of a scalognum, or scallion (spring onion) plant; miniature of a spargula, or cleavers (goose-grass) plant. Image taken from f. 97v of Tractatus de herbis (Herbal); De Simplici Medicina (index Secreta... More
Detail from BL Lansdowne 383, f. 35v
Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 35v of Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers. Written in Latin.
Flagellation of Christ from BL Eg 2781, f. 146v
Historiated initial with the Flagellation of Christ. Image taken from f. 146v of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The 'Neville of Hornby Hours'). Written in Latin and French. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is n... More
Apostles and Christ from BL Harley 5102, f. 129
Detail of a miniature of the awe-struck apostles praising Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7. Image taken from f. 129 of Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v). Written in Latin, with Fr... More
Bishop from BL Lansdowne 451, f. 136v
Detail of historiated initial 'O'(rdo) with a bishop moving a saint's relics to a niche in an altar, in the service for placing relics in an altar. Image taken from f. 136v of Pontifical; Tabula. Written in Latin.
Abraham from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 9v
Miniature of God speaking to Abraham, in the upper register; and of Abraham and Hagar, in the lower register. Image taken from f. 9v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image ca... More
Monks and nuns from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 176v
Bas-de-page scene of a monk, a friar and two nuns in a row, their hands connected by ribbons. Image taken from f. 176v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions. The B... More
Temptations of Christ from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 191
Detail of a miniature in two registers of the Temptations of Christ, surrounded by six niches, with two kings, two seraphims and two angels. Image taken from f. 191 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Writt... More
Dragons from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 180v
Detail of a bas de page scene of two dragons fighting, with an inhabited initial 'V'(oce). Image taken from f. 180v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions. The BL R... More
Bat from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 92
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men on either side of a flying bat. Image taken from f. 92 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions. The BL Royal Manuscript Coll... More
Fiery Furnace from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 294
Detail of an historiated initial 'B' of three children in the fiery furnace. Image taken from f. 294 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions. The BL Royal Manuscript... More
Capricorn from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 83
Detail of a miniature of goatherds and goats (for the zodiac sign Capricorn), from a calendar page for December. Image taken from f. 83 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image... More
Historiated initial from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 233v
Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, containing the Father and the Son holding spheres and the Holy Dove descending down between them. Image taken from f. 233v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary ... More
Panther from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 109
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a multi-coloured panther, with a lion, a deer, and other animals inhaling the odour from his mouth. Image taken from f. 109 of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Lat... More
Knight and Saracen from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 149v
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a Saracen carrying off a lady, pursued by an armoured knight. Image taken from f. 149v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Written in Latin, with French image captions. The ... More
Siren and grotesque from BL Royal 2 B VII, f. 135v
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a siren with a shield and lance spearing a grotesque hybrid (half-man, half-horse) with a shield and sword. Image taken from f. 135v of Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). Writt... More
Detail from BL King's 24, f. 17
Detail of miniature. Image taken from f. 17 of Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse... More
Tudor rose from BL Royal 11 E XI, f. 2
Allegorical miniature of a bush of the Tudor rose incorporating a Latin poem celebrating the House of Tudor, with a scroll reading 'Salve, radix varios producens germine ramos, / Quos inter ramus supereminet al... More
Red rose from BL Royal 11 E XI, f. 11v
Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uam) with a red rose and a butterfly. Image taken from f. 11v of Motets. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists ... More
Illuminated initials from BL Royal 11 E XI, f. 4
Illuminated initials 'C' (contra) and 'B' (bassus). Image taken from f. 4 of Motets. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 1775, f. 16
Decorated initial at the beginning of Matthew. Image taken from f. 16 of Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus'). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medie... More
Text from BL Harley 1775, f. 145
Text page from Mark. Image taken from f. 145 of Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus'). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in t... More
Luke from BL Harley 1775, f. 225
Beginning of the prologue to Luke. Image taken from f. 225 of Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus'). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscr... More
Bréviaire de Salisbury - BNF Lat 17294 f56v Nativité
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Armorial suédois Satakunta - Public domain dedication image
Coat of arms of Satakunta (North Finland) from the 1562 Armorial suédois held at the National Library of France.
Master of the Boqueteaux - The Gotha Missal- Fol. 36r, Text - 1962.287...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Master of the Boqueteaux - The Gotha Missal- Fol. 3v, Text - 1962.287....
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16 1, p. 237 – Silbereisen ...
The origin and history of the Confederation up to the 14th century. Deutsch: Die Herkunft und die Geschichte der Eidgenossen bis ins 14. Jahrhundert. Français : L’origine et l’histoire des Confédérés jusqu’a... More
Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16 1, p. 455 – Silbereisen ...
The origin and history of the Confederation up to the 14th century. Deutsch: Die Herkunft und die Geschichte der Eidgenossen bis ins 14. Jahrhundert. Français : L’origine et l’histoire des Confédérés jusqu’a... More
Aarau, Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA-0465, f. 4v – Königsfelden Abbey tithin...
Booklets of the auctioning of the tithes of Königsfelden Abbey, which were later bound together. Deutsch: Hefte der Zehntversteigerungen des Klosters Königsfelden, die später zusammengebunden wurden. Français... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A II 11, Head – Nycolaus de Lyra, Posti...
Postil on the Gospels of John, Luke and Mark as well as on Tobias and Baruch, written in 1392-1393 by the Freiburg priest Rüdiger Schopf, decorated with 3 whole-page, partly colored pen and ink drawings. Deuts... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A II 3, f. 67v – Nycolaus de Lyra, Post...
Postil on Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Esdras and Job, written in 1401 by the Freiburg priest Rüdiger Schopf, decorated with 58 half-page, partly or entirely colored pen and ink drawings. Deutsch: Postille zu Josua,... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A II 5, f. 118r – Nycolaus de Lyra, Pos...
Postil on Jeremiah, Daniel, Maccabees and Judith, written in 1393 by the Freiburg priest Rüdiger Schopf, decorated with 53 half- to whole-page, partly framed colored pen and ink drawings. Deutsch: Postille zu... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A IX 23a, f. 13r – Ars moriendi, German
This manuscript from the library of the lay brothers of the Carthusian monastery in Basel consists of various parts that are bound together. It was meant as a devotional book for the lay brothers and contains ... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A VIII 27, f. 110r – Devotionalia
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains prayers and meditations by various authors, but most of them written by, or at least attributed to, Anselm of Canterbury. In addition, there is an in... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A VIII 27, f. 201r – Devotionalia
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains prayers and meditations by various authors, but most of them written by, or at least attributed to, Anselm of Canterbury. In addition, there is an in... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A VIII 27, f. 24v – Devotionalia
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains prayers and meditations by various authors, but most of them written by, or at least attributed to, Anselm of Canterbury. In addition, there is an in... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A VIII 27, f. 24r – Devotionalia
This volume from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains prayers and meditations by various authors, but most of them written by, or at least attributed to, Anselm of Canterbury. In addition, there is an in... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A X 14, f. 106av – Hieronymus Raynerii,...
15th century paper manuscript: During his university studies in theology, the Dominican Wernher von Selden near Aarau — and subsequently the prior of the Basel monastery — in 1487/88 transcribed the lectures o... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 18, f. 31v – Claudii Caesaris Ara...
This manuscript, produced in the first half of the 9th century in Fulda, contains two astronomical texts: several excerpts of the Aratus latinus and the Aratea by Germanicus with explanatory scholia, illustrat... More
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, B I 1, f. 66r – Biblia Sacra, tertia pa...
Third volume of a Latin Bible originally in four parts that was made in Basel between 1435 and 1445. Illustrated by an anonymous artist, the volumes were written by Heinrich von Vullenhoe, one of the most impo... More
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 120.II, f. 135r – Petrus de Ebulo Liber a...
The so-called Liber ad honorem Augusti by Peter of Eboli is one of the most famous and most requested manuscripts in the Burgerbibliothek Bern. Deutsch: Der sogenannte Liber ad honorem Augusti des Petrus de E... More
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 312, f. 34r – Isidor von Sevilla Sententi...
A very interesting, completely edited and corrected manuscript of the three books of the Sententiae by Isidore of Seville. Deutsch: Sehr interessante, komplett durchredigierte und korrigierte Handschrift der ... More
Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611, f. 50v – Composite manuscript Merovi...
This Merovingian composite manuscript, which was probably created in (Eastern) France, originally consisted of six independent parts, which were written by different, often not very practiced hands in various ... More
Chavannes-près-Renens, Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Château de La ...
This Book of Hours following the liturgical custom of Paris contains a large number of private prayers in Latin and French, most of them unpublished. As indicated in the colophon on page 193r, the book was pro... More
Chavannes-près-Renens, Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Château de La ...
This Book of Hours following the liturgical custom of Paris contains a large number of private prayers in Latin and French, most of them unpublished. As indicated in the colophon on page 193r, the book was pro... More
Gks16330112v - Public domain document scan of drawing
The Latin guide to animal life Bestiarius in a manuscript that is illustrated with more than 100 washed drawings, among which a mermaid.
Gks16330133v - Public domain document scan of drawing
The Latin guide to animal life Bestiarius in a manuscript that is illustrated with more than 100 washed drawings, among which a mermaid.
004 MS 65 PG2 V - Public domain dedication image
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
014 MS 65 F5 V - Public domain dedication image
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
089 MS 65 F43, illuminated manuscript
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
145 MS 65 F71, illuminated manuscript
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
193 MS 65 F95, illuminated manuscript
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
197 MS 65 F97, illuminated manuscript
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
230 MS 65 F113 V - Public domain dedication image
Created between 1405 and 1408 or 1409, probably in Paris, the Belles Heures, or Beautiful Hours, a private devotional book, is one of the most sumptuous manuscripts to have come down to us from the Middle Ages.... More
De fluuiorum mōtiumq nominibus, & de ijs, quæ admirabilia in illis inu...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Esopi Appologi siue Mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum addi...
Signatures: a-b⁸, c-o⁶ ⁸, p-s⁶ (last leaf blank) A-B⁸, C-D⁶, E-K⁸ ⁶, L⁴, M⁶ (last leaf blank). In 2 pts.; the first includes Aesop's life tr. by Rinuccio, the fables in the prose version of Romulus and the metr... More
Decorated initial from BL YT 26, f. 7v
Detail of a decorated initial 'P'(rincipium), from Chapter 2 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 7v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the Engli... More
Philosophy visiting Boethius from BL Harley 2688, f. 22v
Drawing of Philosophy visiting Boethius in prison. Image taken from f. 22v of Miscellany, including a wind rose (f. 17), a Greek and Latin grammatical list (ff. 19-22), and an excerpt from the 'Proverbia Salomo... More
The Crucifixion from BL Eg 1139, f. 8
Miniature of the Crucifixion. Image taken from f. 8 of Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir... More
Obadiah from BL Harley 2803, f. 272
Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(isio Abdiae) of the prophet Obadiah holding a scroll, at the beginning of Obadiah. Image taken from f. 272 of Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to... More
Samson from BL Harley 2803, f. 111v
Detail of drawing of Samson carrying of the gates of Gaza. Image taken from f. 111v of Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers t... More
Cuthbert preaching from BL YT 26, f. 22v
Miniature of Cuthbert preaching to gathered people from the village, from Chapter 9 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 22v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiasti... More
Cuthbert at a synod from BL YT 26, f. 53v
Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 53v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Eccle... More
Beavers from BL Harley 4751, f. 9v
Detail of a miniature of beavers (Castor) with hunters, illustrating the text that the beavers' testicles had healing properties, and that the animals would bite them off in order to escape capture. Image taken... More
Caladrius from BL Harley 4751, f. 40
Detail of a miniature of a caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that states that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its... More
Two knights fighting over a hound from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 105
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two knights fighting over possession of a hound. Image taken from f. 105 of Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). Written in Latin. The BL... More