Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures

Presentation in the Temple, composite miniature from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France, c. 1470] Sin...

A Doctor with Two Amputees, miniature from an early copy of Bartholomaeus Anglicanus, Le Livre des proprieties des choses, in the French translati...

Grant issued by Tescelinus abbot of the monastery of Ferrières, to Ada, abbess of the convent of Sainte-Rose in Rozoy-le-Vieil, of land near the a...

Grant issued by the abbot of the monastery of Sainte Marie in Sauve Majeure, recording a property transaction of land in Noiron-sous-Gevrey and th...

Rental roll for a French estate, in French, manuscript on parchment [central France (Rioubert, in Romorantin-Lantheney, dept. Loir-et.Cher), dated...

Grant of Nicholas son of Thomas, son of Herbert, to Walter of Saundeby, witnessed by Lord Ralph “de munioye” (Mountjoy), William Montgomery and ot...

Grant of Thomas ‘de le Lec’ to his son William and Agnes his wife, the latter the daughter of Benedict of “Schalecros” (most probably Shallcross, ...

Grant of Thomas, son of Herbert, to Walter of Saundeby (perhaps Saundy, Nottinghamshire), witnessed by Lord William Montgomery and others, in Lati...

Grant of William of Kingston to Walter of Saundeby, for a halfpenny rent, witnessed by Lord William Montgomery and others, in Latin, single-sheet ...

Grant of William son of Richard of Kingston (probably that in Staffordshire) to the son of Lord William of Saundeby, who is to render to him a hal...

Grant by John Harpedale of Uttoxeter to Walter, son of Herbert of Somersal, for an annual rent of 20sh. for all properties in Uttoxeter except for...

ƟAccount book for the church of “Colhauser”, manuscript, in German, on paper, bound in a parchment leaf from a fifteenth-century Lectionary [Germa...

Opening leaf of a finely illuminated Venetian ducal commission appointing Aloysius Contarenus to office, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [northe...

Ɵ Two medieval account books in contemporary wallet-bindings, in Latin and Italian, manuscripts on paper [Italy (Modena), late fifteenth and early...

ƟTwo collections of legal documents for the Suardi family, one in a contemporary illuminated armorial binding, manuscripts in Italian on parchment...

Twelve leaves from an Armenian Gospel Book, in Armenian, illuminated manuscript on paper [Armenia, seventeenth century] 12 leaves, including 8 wit...

ƟMashtots (rituale), in Armenian, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Empire (the Armenian colony of Smyrna/Izmir), dated 1608] 196 leaves (inc...

ƟMonumental Lectionary, in Bohairic Coptic with some colophons and rubrics in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Egypt, sixteenth century (pro...

Ɵ  Niketas Akominatos Choniates, Chronike diegesis (a contemporary chronicle of the Crusades to the Holy Land), in Greek, decorated manuscript on ...

ƟPresbyter Leo of Naples, Historia Alexandri Magni (Historia de preliis), in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy (perhaps northern border with Switz...

ƟThe Canterbury ‘Trussel’ Bible, with prologues of Jerome and Interpretation of Hebrew Names, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on fine parchment [...

ƟWilliam Peraldus, Summa de vitiis, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France (perhaps central), late thirteenth century]  224 leaves (p...

ƟBernardinus of Siena, Sermones extraordinarii, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy (perhaps Genoa), mid-fifteenth century] 221 leaves,...

ƟLeaves from a Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Germany, mid-fifteenth century] 24 leaves, with double column of 39 lines of a...

ƟProcessional, of Augustinian Use, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy, late fifteenth century] 68 leaves, complete, collation: i-v...

ƟTibullus, Elegae ad Messalam Corvinum, in Latin verse, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Italy), late fifteenth century]  42 l...

ƟBasil of Caesarea, Epistola ad Adolenscentes, in the Latin translation of Leonardo Bruni, and Basil of Caesarea, Epistola ad Gregorium Nazanzenum...

ƟHumanist Compendium including Pseudo-Pliny, De viris illustribus, Leonardo Bruni, Commentariorum primi belli punici, Cicero, De senectute, a text...

Ɵ  Valerius Probus, De notis romanis, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, mid-fifteenth century]  9 leaves, a single complete gathering (the las...

The Hours of Isabella d’Este, Use of Rome, in Latin, opulently illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Florence), c. 1490]  240 leaves, text c...

ƟBook of Hours, Use of Utrecht, in the Dutch translation of Geert Grote, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern Netherlands (almost certain...

Ɵ   Compendium of English and Welsh armorial material, including an account of the right and title of Thomas Fane of Kent to the barony of Abergav...

ƟBreve Trattato della Poetica Volgare, in Italian, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, late seventeenth century] 20 leaves (plus a nineteenth-ce...

ƟLarge Practical Calligraphic Album, in French, illustrated manuscript on paper [France, early nineteenth century (probably after 1825)] 38 leaves...

ƟNicolo Baldelli, Tractate on moral theology, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy (Rome), dated 1611] 312 leaves (plus an original endleaf at fro...

ƟBernardo Gaviani, Carmina, in Latin verse, manuscript on paper [Italy (perhaps Pavia), dated 1609 and 1612]  91 leaves (last 49 blank), single co...

ƟRicerche storiche sopra la Bolla in Cena Domini (a historical work on papal bulls), in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, second half of eighte...

ƟArmorial of Francesca Isabella di Giovanni Nicolo Righi, third wife of Alfonso di Vicenzo of the Delfino Dosio family, inscriptions in Italian, i...

Ɵ‘Delle Macchie delle Unghie’ (on Uncumancy, divination through the interpretation of fingernails), in Italian, illustrated manuscript on paper [I...

ƟBreve Istruzione per L’inteligenza della Fortificazione Moderna secondo il metodo Di Mre Di Vauban, in Italian, illustrated manuscript on paper [...

ƟOsservazioni aritmetiche scelte dalla practica del P. Clavio, mathematical text, in Italian, manuscript on paper [Italy, seventeenth century] 90 ...

ƟLuigi Fantini, Elementi di Matematica, in Italian, illustrated manuscript on paper [Italy (probably Modena), dated 1788] 132 leaves (plus a conte...

ƟStudy on fireworks and recent innovations in the field, in Italian, illustrated manuscript on paper [Italy (Castelfiorentino, Tuscany), dated 25 ...

ƟKhairat al-Mo'atij fi al-Sal'at ila al-awal wa'atta (Collected prayers for the Prophet Muhammad), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [North...

ƟA Maghtibi Treatise on Sunni Jurispudence, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [North Africa (possibly Morocco), second half of nineteenth c...

A Sub-Saharan Qur'an, with original leather wrap-around cover, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Sudan, late eighteenth century] ...

Ɵ'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani, Kitab al-Mizan al-Sha'raniya (The Supreme Scales, on the four schools of Sunni Law), in Arabic, illuminated manuscrip...

Large leaf from a monumental Qur'an, possibly from the Rasulid period, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [possibly Yemen, c. 1380 AD] Sin...

ƟKitab Jash'at al-Muktamal ila Sharh al-Mutul (On the Science of Rhetoric and Religious Practices), copied by Yusif bin Abd'alrahman al-Tadhiffa, ...

Six leaves from an early Ottoman Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Anatolia, c. 1500 AD]  Six leaves, containing text from the s...

ƟKitab Al-Farayid (Inheritance Laws in accordance with Islamic Fiqh), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, sixteenth century] Two ...

ƟNata'ij al-Funun bound with a historical treatise, in Arabic and Turkish, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Ottoman Levant, dated 1128 AH (...

An Illuminated Ottoman Ijaza, or Calligrapher's Diploma, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on card [Ottoman Turkey, dated 1301 AH (1883 AH)] Singl...

A monumental illuminated miniature with fine calligraphy, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Near East (probably Ottoman Turkey), last qu...

Two leaves from Qur'an in Eastern Kufic script, in Arabic with interlinear translation in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Seljuk Persia, c...

ƟKitab al-Aistaquisa' li'badhabib al-Fiqa' (A Study of the Doctrines of Islamic Fiqh), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Near East, dated ...

Two leaves from a monumental Safavid Qur'an, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (probably Shiraz), mid-sixteenth century] ...

ƟSharah al-Irshad al-Sah al-Imam al-Himmam (A Treatise on Shia Imamate Jurispudence), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, da...

ƟGhazaliyaat Kan'at al-Arabi (Divan of Poetry written in Arabic), in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on blue paper speckled with gold [Safavid Pers...

A Chagan Bazi scene (Polo Match), in Farsi, illuminated miniature on card [Mughal Afghanistan (possibly Herat), c. 1650 AD]  Single illuminated le...