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Book of Kells

The Book of Kells is a medieval Irish gospel book created around 800 AD. It’s notable for its exceptionally detailed ill...

Academic Collection Medieval Insular Art

9.9 Brilliant

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Lindisfarne Gospels

The Lindisfarne Gospels is a medieval illuminated gospel book created around 700 AD at Lindisfarne Priory. This remarkab...

Medieval Insular Art Gospel Book Northumbrian

9.8 Brilliant

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Book of Kells (Digital Study Edition)

While the physical object is famous, the high-resolution digital study editions are invaluable for modern scholars. This...

Academic Insular Art Illuminated Manuscript Digital Resource

9.6 Brilliant

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Book of Durrow

The Book of Durrow is an early Irish illuminated manuscript dating from around 700 AD. It’s notable for its highly styli...

Academic Collection Insular Art Gospel Book

9.5 Brilliant

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The Book of Lindisfarne (High-Res Facsimile)

This premium facsimile captures the breathtaking artistry of the Lindisfarne Gospels, allowing users to study the vibran...

High Resolution Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Hiberno Saxon Art

9.5 Brilliant

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Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)

The Beowulf manuscript is the sole surviving medieval witness to the Old English epic poem Beowulf. It forms part of the...

Epic Literary 10TH Century Anglo Saxon

9.5 Brilliant

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Codex Regius (Poetic Edda)

The Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript containing a major collection of Old Norse my...

Mythology Icelandic 13TH Century Old Norse

9.5 Brilliant

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Diamond Sutra (Dunhuang)

The Dunhuang Diamond Sutra is a Chinese woodblock-printed scroll bearing a colophon dated 868 CE. It contains a Chinese...

Chinese Buddhist 9TH Century Dunhuang

9.5 Brilliant

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Codex Regius (Konungsbók)

Codex Regius, also called Konungsbók, is an Icelandic vellum manuscript written in the 13th century and preserved at the...

Icelandic Vellum 13TH Century Old Norse

9.5 Brilliant

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Très Riches Heures - Limbourg Brothers

The Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is an illuminated Book of Hours commissioned by Jean, Duke of Berry, in the early...

French Illuminated Gothic 15TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp is a lavishly illustrated manuscript of Ferdowsi's Persian epic, produced at the Safavid c...

Illuminated Literary Persian 16TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Archimedes Palimpsest

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval parchment manuscript whose original Greek mathematical texts were scraped and ov...

Mathematics Greek 10TH Century Parchment

9.4 Excellent

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Herculaneum Papyri

Approximately 1,800 carbonized papyrus scrolls recovered from the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, Italy, buried by V...

Philosophical Roman Papyrus 1ST Century

9.3 Excellent

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Vergilius Vaticanus

The Vergilius Vaticanus is an illustrated Latin manuscript containing portions of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics, produced...

5TH Century Illustrated Roman Latin

8.9 Great

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Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus is a fifth-century Greek biblical manuscript and a palimpsest, meaning its original writing wa...

5TH Century Greek Biblical Christian

8.7 Great

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Ilias Ambrosiana

The Ilias Ambrosiana is an illustrated Greek manuscript of Homer's Iliad produced in late antiquity, probably in the lat...

5TH Century Byzantine Greek Illustrated

8.5 Great

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Vergilius Romanus

The Vergilius Romanus is an illuminated manuscript of works by the Roman poet Virgil, produced during late antiquity and...

5TH Century Illustrated Roman Latin

8.4 Great

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Quedlinburg Itala

The Quedlinburg Itala consists of surviving fragments from an illustrated Latin biblical manuscript made in late antiqui...

5TH Century Illuminated Biblical Roman

8.2 Great

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Codex Veronensis

Codex Veronensis is a purple-dyed parchment manuscript of the four Gospels in the Old Latin, or Vetus Latina, tradition,...

5TH Century Gospel Latin Parchment

8.1 Great

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Leiden Magical Papyrus

The Leiden Magical Papyrus is a manuscript from Roman-period Egypt containing ritual, medical, divinatory, and alchemica...

Magical Bilingual Papyrus 3RD Century

7.9 Good