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. The Egerton Manus... More
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. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection o... More
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
Emperor Anastasius I, pope Symachus and antipope Laurentius
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over ... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 84
Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke. Image taken from f. 84 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 52v
Decorated initial 'E'(stis), at the beginning of the capitula to Mark. Image taken from f. 52v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists... More
Luke from BL Add 40618, f. 21v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Evangelist miniature of Luke, depicted as an author, standing and holding his Gospelbook. This is the only extant original Evangelist miniature in this Irish pocket Gospelbook. Image taken from f. 21v of Gospel... More
John from BL Add 40618, f. 49v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Evangelist miniature of John; part of a programme of modernisation of an eighth-century Irish pocket Gospelbook, possibly carried out at Winchester or Canterbury, added to the volume in the tenth century. Image... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 84
Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke. Image taken from f. 84 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal ... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 4v
Decorated initial 'M'(attheus), at the beginning of the prologue to Matthew. Image taken from f. 4v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, con... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15
Decorated initial 'Li'(ber) with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew. Image taken from f. 15 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Colle... More
Incipit of Luke's Gospel from BL Add 40618, f. 23
The script is an eighth-century Irish minuscule. The original decorated initial has been erased (traces of its interlace can still be seen) and a 'modern' initial Q painted over it as part of a programme of mod... More
Chi-rho from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15v
Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan. Image taken from f. 15v of Gospel Book. Writ... More
Chi-rho from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15v
Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan. Image taken from f. 15v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin... More
Luke from BL Add 40618, f. 21v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Evangelist miniature of Luke, depicted as an author, standing and holding his Gospelbook. This is the only extant original Evangelist miniature in this Irish pocket Gospelbook. Image taken from f. 21v of Gospel... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 5
Decorated initial 'G'(enerationem), at the beginning of the list of capitula. Image taken from f. 5 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, con... More
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. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consist... More
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. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Co... More
Luke from BL Add 40618, f. 22v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Evangelist miniature of Luke; part of a programme of modernisation of an eighth-century Irish pocket Gospelbook, possibly carried out at Winchester or Canterbury, added to the volume in the tenth century. Image... More
Interlace initial from BL Add 40618, f. 50
Interlace initial facing the Evangelist miniature of John. Image taken from f. 50 of Gospel Book, imperfect (Vulgate version, Irish textual family) (index New Testament, Bible). Written in Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 128
Decorated initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the prologue to John. Image taken from f. 128 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consi... More
Luke from BL Add 40618, f. 22v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Evangelist miniature of Luke; part of a programme of modernisation of an eighth-century Irish pocket Gospelbook, possibly carried out at Winchester or Canterbury, added to the volume in the tenth century. Image... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 8
Decorated initial 'P'(ridu), at the beginning of a table of festivals. Image taken from f. 8 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists o... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 55
Decorated initial 'I'(nitium evangelii), with a zoomorphic decoration and a display script, at the beginning of Mark. Image taken from f. 55 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 78v
Decorated initial 'L'(ucas), at the beginning of the prologue to Luke. Image taken from f. 78v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 2v
Decorated initial 'P'(lures), at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to Matthew. Image taken from f. 2v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 64
Detail of an illuminated initial 'G'(eometrie), at the beginning of Robertus Anglicus' Tractatus quadrantis veteris. Image taken from f. 64 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. ... More
Cuthbert healing a man from BL YT 26, f. 61
Miniature of Cuthbert healing an ill man, Hildemer the prefect, with bread that he had blessed, from Chapter 31 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 61 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fr... More
Cuthbert and Ecgfrith's widow from BL YT 26, f. 55v
Miniature of Cuthbert and Ecgfrith's widow being shown the city walls and fountain, from Chapter 27 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 55v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Hist... More
Cuthbert washing an angel's feet from BL YT 26, f. 17v
Miniature of the young Cuthbert washing the feet of an angel, who is visiting him the the guise of a traveller, from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 17v of Prose Life of Cuthb... More
Full-page architectural border from BL Harley 3046, f. 10
Full-page architectural border in colours and gold with a large historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with Pope Gregory the Great, putti, Jerome and another Church father, and the arms of Ferdinand I of Aragon, king ... More
Text page from BL Harley 3020, f. 82
Text page with plain initial 'S'(ubrege) and rubrics at the beginning of the account of the martyrdom of Agapiti. Image taken from f. 82 of History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 27v
Detail of a decorated initial 'C'(ompotus) at the beginning of Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Computus. Image taken from f. 27v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley M... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 6
Detail of an illuminated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of a calendarial treatise attributed to Robert Grosseteste 'Lincolniensis'. Image taken from f. 6 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Wri... More
Cuthbert with a dolphin from BL YT 26, f. 26v
Miniature of Cuthbert discovering a dolphin cut and prepared for cooking, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 26v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Eccle... More
Detail from BL Arundel 74, f. 2v
Unfinished illuminated initial 'N'(octiam) with a drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife. Image taken from f. 2v of Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere... More
Cuthbert's horse finds him food from BL YT 26, f. 14
Miniature of the young Cuthbert interrupted kneeling in prayer by his horse pulling down from the roof bread and cheese wrapped in linen, from Chapter 5 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. ... More
The Sphere of the Sun from BL YT 36, f. 147
Miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bed... More
Detail from BL Arundel 222, f. 1
Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's life of Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 1 of Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificu... More
Aelfflaed meets Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 50v
Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed at the feet of Cuthbert; she is begging him for information and prophecy concerning her brother, king Ecgfrith, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken... More
Monks signalling Cuthbert's death from BL YT 26, ff. 74v-75
Miniature of monks at Cuthbert's hermitage signalling with torches to the monks of Lindisfarne that Cuthbert is dead, from Chapter 40 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert; and a text page. Image taken from ff. 7... More
Cuthbert welcomed by Boisil from BL YT 26, f. 16
Miniature of the young Cuthbert being welcomed and embraced by Boisil when arriving at Melrose Abbey, from Chapter 6 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 16 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac... More
Text page from BL Harley 3826, f. 71v
Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights. Image taken from f. 71v of Alcuin, De orthographia (ff.1-24v); Bede, De orthographia (ff. 2... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 66v
Illuminated initial 'D'(icto) in Robertus Anglicus' Tractatus quadrantis veteris. Image taken from f. 66v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers... More
Cuthbert's vision from BL YT 26, f. 64
Miniature of Cuthbert at a dining table, having a vision of a man whose soul was carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 64 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extract... More
Detail from BL Harley 3735, f. 74
Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(ntencio) at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's De sphaera. Image taken from f. 74 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manus... More
Cuthbert healing a monk from BL YT 26, f. 71v
Miniature of Cuthbert helping a monk who suffers from diarrhoea to enter his boat as he departs, from Chapter 38 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 71v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts ... More
Decorated initial from BL Burn 310, f. 158
Decorated initial 'E'(go). Image taken from f. 158 of Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae. Written in Latin.
A crow bringing lard to Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 44
Miniature of a crow bringing lard to Cuthbert, in atonement for the crows carrying off straw from the house of his brethren, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 44 of Prose ... More
Cuthbert discovering a roof beam from BL YT 26, f. 45v
Miniature of Cuthbert miraculously discovering a roof beam for his church in the waves of the ocean, from Chapter 21 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 45v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extra... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 649, f. 2
Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). Image taken from f. 2 of Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (f... More
Cuthbert and two monks praying from BL YT 26, ff. 10v-11
Miniature of Cuthbert praying to God to change the winds beside the river Tyne; miniature of two monks at the monastery of Tynemouth praying for the safety of those blown away in a gale, from Chapter 3 of Bede'... More
Death of Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 73
Miniature of a priest performing the last sacraments for Cuthbert as he lies on his deathbed, from Chapter 39 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 73 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from... More
Blank frame from BL YT 26, f. 9
Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left. Image taken from f. 9 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). W... More
Detail from BL Arundel 74, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, and a partial border, and in the upper margin, the signature of 'William Howarde 1579'. Image taken from f. 1 of Historia ecclesiasti... More
Decorated initial from BL Arundel 332, f. 66
Decorated initial 'N' in the text of John Holywood. Image taken from f. 66 of Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert... More
Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon from BL YT 26, f. 31v
Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 31v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histo... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 5 B VII, f. 2
Decorated initial 'D'(ebitor) with foliate motifs and, in the lower margin, the ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester. Image taken from f. 2 of Various religious works, includin... More
Coloured initial from BL Royal 13 C V, f. 5v
Following the numbered list of chapters (some of the numbers are visible through the parchment in the right-hand column), the start of the main text is introduced by a large red initial 'B' and opening words in... More
Historiated initial and border from BL Arundel 74, f. 2v
Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?). Image taken f... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 13 C V, f. 2
Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'. Image taken from f. 2 of Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis... More
Decorated initial from BL YT 26, f. 2v
Decorated initial 'D'(omino). Image taken from f. 2v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thompson (1838... More
Cuthbert praying from BL YT 26, f. 10v
Miniature of Cuthbert praying to God to change the winds beside the river Tyne, from Chapter 3 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 10v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia ... More
Cuthbert building his hermitage from BL YT 26, f. 39
Miniature of Cuthbert building his hermitage with the help of an angel on the island of Farne, from Chapter 17 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 39 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fro... More
Cuthbert healing a girl from BL YT 26, f. 60
Miniature of Cuthbert anointing an ill girl with holy oil and healing her immediately, from Chapter 30 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 60 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Hi... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 17
Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(ractatus) at the beginning of Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Tractatus de sphaera. Image taken from f. 17 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. T... More
Interlace initial from BL Harley 1117, ff. 3v-4
Title page and interlace initial 'P'(rincipium) with animal heads and mask. Image taken from ff. 3v-4 of Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and G... More
Healing of a sick man from BL YT 26, f. 79
Miniature of a sick man being healed while praying at Cuthbert's tomb, from Chapter 44 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 79 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesias... More
Cuthbert healing a child from BL YT 26, f. 62v
Miniature of Cuthbert healing a child ill with the plague, from Chapter 33 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 62v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histo... More
Cuthbert teaching at Lindisfarne from BL YT 26, f. 35v
Miniature of Cuthbert teaching the monks in the monastery of Lindisfarne, from Chapter 16 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 35v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Eccle... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 17
Illuminated initial 'T'(ractatus) at the beginning of Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Tractatus de sphaera. Diagram of the heavenly spheres. Image taken from f. 17 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. ... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 13 A XI, f. 30v
Foliate initial 'D'(e natura) with zoomorphic motifs, at the beginning of the prologue to book 3 of Bede's De Temporum Ratione. Image taken from f. 30v of Miscellany works on Computus and astrology. Written in ... More
Cuthbert healing a paralytic from BL YT 26, f. 83
Miniature of Cuthbert's arm emerging from his tomb to heal a paralytic who is praying before it, from Historia ecclesiastica, bk. iv, 31-32, in Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 83 of Prose... More
Aelfflaed being cured by Cuthbert's girdle from BL YT 26, f. 48v
Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed and one of her nuns being healed by Cuthbert's girdle, which she wraps around her head, from Chapter 23 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 48v of Prose Li... More
Monks signalling Cuthbert's death from BL YT 26, f. 74vF
Miniature of monks at Cuthbert's hermitage signalling with torches to the monks of Lindisfarne that Cuthbert is dead, from Chapter 40 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 74vF of Prose Life ... More
Decorated initial and diagram from BL Sloane 263, f. 47v
Decorated initial 'SE'(cedens) and diagram, in an Astronomical treatise. Image taken from f. 47v of Astronomical treatises (ending imperfectly). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician an... 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
Two monks praying from BL YT 26, f. 11
Miniature of two monks at the monastery of Tynemouth praying for the safety of those blown away in a gale, from Chapter 3 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 11 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; e... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3075, f. 41
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles. Image taken from f. 41 of Commentary on Catholic Epistles. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers... More
Decorated initial from BL Arundel 222, f. 1
Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's Life of Cuthbert, with the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 1 of Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-... More
Illuminated border and initial from BL Arundel 74, f. 1
Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the i... More
Cuthbert's miracle of the wine from BL YT 26, f. 66
Miniature of Cuthbert performing a miracle by tasting water and giving it the flavour of wine, from Chapter 35 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 66 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fro... More
Healing of a gesith's wife from BL YT 26, f. 58v
Miniature of a priest ministering to the dying wife of a gesith with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, which heals her instantly, from Chapter 29 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 58v of Pr... More
Calendar from BL Harley 3735, f. 10
August in a calendarial table, in a treatise attributed to Robert Grosseteste 'Lincolniensis': Image taken from f. 10 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manusc... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 1915, f. 80v
Zoomorphic initial 'V'(enit) with foliate motifs, at the beginning of book 3 of Zacharias Chrysopolitanus' In unum ex quatuor. Image taken from f. 80v of Various texts including Commentary on an 'In unum ex qua... More
Large initial with knotwork motifs and animal heads from BL Harley 302...
Detail of a large initial 'F'(actum est) with knotwork motifs and animal heads. Image taken from f. 113 of History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other mar... More
Ecgfrith visiting Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 51
Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 51 of Prose Life of Cuthber... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 74
Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(ntencio) at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's De sphaera. Image taken from f. 74 of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manus... More
Miraculous loaves from BL YT 26, f. 18
Miniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. ... More
Cuthbert praying in the sea from BL YT 26, f. 24
Miniature of Cuthbert praying in the sea, while the spy watches him above; at the lower right, Cuthbert emerges from the sea to have his feet miraculously dried by otters, from Chapter 10 of Bede's prose Life o... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 13 A XI, f. 32v
Decorated initial 'D'(e temporum), at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's De Temporum Ratione. Image taken from f. 32v of Miscellany works on Computus and astrology. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Col... More
Cuthbert blessing water from BL YT 26, f. 54
Miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 25 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 54 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 59
Puzzle initial 'M'(inuciaru[m]) with pen-flourishing developing into a 'J-border', at the beginning of a treatise on vulgar fractions attributed to Johannes Anglicus. Image taken from f. 59 of Various calendari... More
Cuthbert speaking to Boisil from BL YT 26, f. 21
Miniature of Cuthbert, lying in his sickbed, speaking to Boisil, from Chapter 8 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 21 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (H... More
Miraculous loaves from BL YT 26, f. 18
Miniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. ... More
Man falling from a tree from BL YT 26, f. 63v
Miniature of Cuthbert's vision of the soul of a man, who was killed by falling from a tree, being carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 63v of Prose Life of... More
Detail from BL Burn 310, f. 158
Detail of decorated initial 'E'(go). Image taken from f. 158 of Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae. Written in Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Harley 6503, f. 1
Decorated initial 'H'(ortaris). Image taken from f. 1 of Liber de viris illustribus, Chronica (index Greater Chronicle), and various other historical texts. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 3735, f. 50v
Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(mnia) at the beginning of Johannes de Sacro Bosco's Algorismus. Image taken from f. 50v of Various calendarial and computistical treatises. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Ma... More