Blood from BL Eg 1821, f. 8 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Page painted red with streaming blood. Image taken from f. 8 of Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany. Written in Latin and English.

The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a lawyer, statesman, and patron of the arts during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. He served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor of England, holding high positions in the legal and political realms.

Sir Thomas Egerton acquired a substantial number of historical and literary manuscripts. In 1617, shortly before his death, Sir Thomas Egerton bequeathed his collection of manuscripts to the British Museum, which was the precursor to the British Library.