Manuscript

Decorated letter from BL Harley 7586A, f. 2

Detail of the Hebrew letter ~shin~ decorated with foliate motifs, which served as a book plate of the patron Shabbetai ben Mattatya of Rome (see Narkiss, 1984). Image taken from f. 2 of Guide of the Perplexed (... More

Jerusalem from BL Eg 1070, f. 5

Full-page miniature of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock Image taken from f. 5 of Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou'). Written in Latin, calendar and rubrics in French.

Death from BL Harley 2936, f. 84

Detail of a miniature of Death, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead. Image taken from f. 84 of Book of Hours, Use of Rome. Written in Latin.

Tudor Rose from BL Royal 11 E XI, f. 2

Detail of an 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 s... More

Marriage Contract, Ancient Egypt, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standard Finial LACMA M.76.97.952

Wikimedia Commons image page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_Finial_LACMA_M.76.97.952.jpg ) .Description..Title.Standard Finial..Description.: Iran, Luristan, circa 1350-800 B.C..: Architectur... More

Page of Calligraphy

Marriage Contract Egypt

Compartmented Seal with Birds and Mountains LACMA AC1995.5.14

Wikimedia Commons image page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Compartmented_Seal_with_Birds_and_Mountains_LACMA_AC1995.5.14.jpg ) ..Description..Title.Compartmented Seal with Birds and Mountains..Descri... More

Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey

Coptic Manuscript, Egypt, 12th Century CE (AD)

Coptic Manuscript, Egypt, 11th Century AD

Found Egypt

St. Stephen I (pope)

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Coptic Manuscript Leaves Fragment, Egypt

Fragment of the Gospel of St. John 2:11-22

Fragment of the Gospel of St. John 2:11-22

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Byzantine Illuminated Psalter, tempera, page of illuminated manuscript

Coptic Manuscript Leaves Fragment, Egypt

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Coptic Manuscript Leaf Fragment, Egypt

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Pope Felix, Simplicius and Faustina from BL YT 49, vol. 2, f. 27v

Unfinished miniatures of Pope Felix and of Simplicius and Faustina, with illuminated initials and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of their legends. Image taken from vol. 2, f. 27v of La légende dorée ... More

Emperor Anastasius I, pope Symachus and antipope Laurentius

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Bookbinding with Animals in a Landscape, India

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Greek Manuscripts 1251. Sticherarion, Byzantine

Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on paper.

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Manuscript

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Greek Manuscripts 812. Oktoëchos Oktoechos

Copied on paper and vellum.

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Four Gospels in Armenian, tempera

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Greek Manuscripts 1251. Sticherarion, Byzantine

Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on paper.

Leaf from a Coptic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Manuscript Leaves from an Arabic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Greek Manuscripts 1251. Sticherarion, Byzantine

Manuscript was filmed and made available in 1952. Copied on paper.

Leaves from a Coptic Manuscript

Made in Byzantine Egypt

Leaf from a Gospel Book with Four Standing Evangelists

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Dominic Saving the Church of Saint ...

Leaf from a Coptic Manuscript

Greek Manuscripts 812. Oktoëchos Oktoechos

Copied on paper and vellum.

Portrait of a Woman

Attributed to Iran

Letter Fragment on Papyrus, Egypt, 9th Century AD

Fragment of a Letter, Egypt, 9th Century AD

Attributed to Egypt

Decorated initials from BL Harley 3063, f. 126

Decorated initials 'L' and 'P' at the beginning of the commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Thessalonians. Image taken from f. 126 of Commentary on Paul's ten shorter epistles, ad Thessalonicenses; Ambrosiaster ... More

Pahlavi Letter, 7th century

Attributed to Egypt

Dish LACMA M.2006.139

Wikimedia Commons image page ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dish_LACMA_M.2006.139.jpg ) ..Description..Title.Dish..Description..: Turkey, Iznik, third quarter of 16th century.: Furnishings; Servicewar... More

Folio from a Quran Manuscript

"Manuchihr Kills Salm", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) Attributed to India, Kashmir

"Rustam Kills the Commander of the Dehz", Folio from a Shahnama (Book ...

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) Attributed to India, Kashmir

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 26v

Text page. Image taken from f. 26v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 21

Text page. Image taken from f. 21 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 153

Text page. Image taken from f. 153 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 130v

Decorated initial 'In'(principio), at the beginning of John. Image taken from f. 130v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 147

Text page. Image taken from f. 147 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 70

Text page. Image taken from f. 70 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 115

Text page. Image taken from f. 115 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 79v

Text page. Image taken from f. 79v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 68v

Text page. Image taken from f. 68v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 29

Text page. Image taken from f. 29 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 142

Text page. Image taken from f. 142 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 46v

Text page. Image taken from f. 46v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 123

Text page. Image taken from f. 123 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 63

Text page. Image taken from f. 63 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 57

Text page. Image taken from f. 57 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 31v

Text page. Image taken from f. 31v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 39

Text page. Image taken from f. 39 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 39v

Text page. Image taken from f. 39v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text from BL Sloane 1044, f. 2

Fragment of John 21, from an 8th-century Gospel book, probably from Northumbria. Image taken from f. 2 of Fragment of a Gospel Book (John 21:16). Written in Latin.

Calligraphic Fragments, Egypt, 9th Century CE (AD)

Attributed to Egypt

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 96

Text page. Image taken from f. 96 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 145

Text page. Image taken from f. 145 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 51

Text page. Image taken from f. 51 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 27

Text page. Image taken from f. 27 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 137v

Text page. Image taken from f. 137v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 124

Text page. Image taken from f. 124 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 43v

Text page. Image taken from f. 43v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 19v

Text page. Image taken from f. 19v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 141v

Text page. Image taken from f. 141v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 82v

Text page. Image taken from f. 82v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 58

Text page. Image taken from f. 58 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 22

Text page. Image taken from f. 22 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 74v

Text page. Image taken from f. 74v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 1

Text page with an initial 'N'(ovum), at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus. Image taken from f. 1 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 52

Decorated initial 'M'(archus), at the beginning of the prologue to Mark. Image taken from f. 52 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 140v

Text page. Image taken from f. 140v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 93

Text page. Image taken from f. 93 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 28v

Text page. Image taken from f. 28v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 6

Text page. Image taken from f. 6 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 116

Text page. Image taken from f. 116 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.

Canon Tables from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 11

Canon Tables. Image taken from f. 11 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin.