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Raymond of Peñafort (d. 1275)
Summa de casibus conscientiae , and his commentary on the arbores , in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, late 13th century]
Jacobus de Voragine (c.1230-1298)
Golden Legend , in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France, early 14th century]
Central Italian Master
Bible with Prologues attributed to St Jerome and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, probably Umbria, perhaps Assisi, first quarter 14th century]
Peter of Spain (d. 1277)
Tractatus , or Summule logicales I–VI , in Latin, illustrated manuscript on vellum [Germany, 14th century]
Ranulf Higden (d. 1364)
Polychronicon , in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England, ?Chester, or Wales, late 14th century]
Richard of St-Victor (d. 1173)
De XII patriarchis , De interiore homine , and De Moyse et Aarone , in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, San Michele a Murano, Venice, early 15th century]
Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. c. 1200)
Poetria nova , in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper and vellum, [Italy], 1417
Statius (45-96 AD)
Achilleid , in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, 15th century]
Cicero (106-43 BC)
De legibus , De senectute and De paradoxis , with other additions, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper, [Italy, Perugia, c. 1440–50 (before 1455)]
Cicero (106-43 BC)
De officiis , in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, possibly Florence, mid-15th century]
Cicero (106-43 BC)
Cicero, Pro Archia poeta , and other works, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, 15th century]
Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
Heroides , in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, 15th century]
A Carthusian liturgical manuscript
Diurnale, for ?Carthusian use, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany, ?Cologne, 15th century]
Isidore of Seville, Julian of Toledo, et al.
Compilation of patristic texts, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Germany, second half 15th century]
Anonymous Dominican author
Speculum humanae salvationis , in Latin rhymed couplets, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, mid-15th century]
A potentially unique monastic compilation
Alphabetical concordance of the Bible, and biblical readings for Masses and the Office of the Dead, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Germany, Cologne, mid 15th century]
Augustine, Ps-Augustine, Jerome, Chrysostom, et al.
Miscellaneous works, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Austria, Melk, early 15th century]
Jacobus de Voragine (c.1225-1298)
Golden Legend , in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Germany, 15th century]
Flavius Josephus (c. 37 - 100)
De vetustate Iudeorum , in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Florence, c.1450]
Plato, Ps-Plato, Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444)
Epistolae , Phaedo and Isagogicon , in the Latin translations of Leonardo Bruni, manuscript on paper [northern Italy, mid-15th century]
Guido de Monte Rocherii (fl. 14th century) and Johannes Marienwerder (1343-1417)
Manipulus curatorum , and Tabula Expositionis Symboli Apostolorum , in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Germany], 1454
Gaspar of Verona (d. 1474)
Regulae de constructione , in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Veneto, possibly Verona], dated 1463
Ps. Cicero
De rhetorica , in Latin, manuscript on paper and vellum [Italy, Lombardy, possibly Bergamo], dated 21 November 1465
Lucan (39-65 AD)
Belli civilis libri decem (alias Pharsalia ), in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, ?Mantua], dated 1469
Bohemian students' humanistic miscellany
Humanistic commonplace book, in Latin with some words in Czech, manuscript on paper [Italy, Bologna and Pavia, final third 15th century] and 1479
Theodorus Gaza (c.1400 - c.1475)
Introduction to Grammar , Book I, in Greek, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, second half 15th century]
Aulus Gellius (125-180 AD)
Noctes atticae (excerpta), in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, second half 15th century]
St Bonaventure, St Bernard and Jordanus de Quedlinburg
Speculum de perfecto modo vivendi , and other texts, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany or Netherlands], 1472
Appian (d. c. 165)
Bella civilia (part of the Historiarum Romanarum libri XI ), and Illyricum , translated by Pier Candido Decembrio (d. 1477), in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, ?Verona, third quarter 15th century]
A narrative of the Passion
Meditationes super passionem Jesu Christi , in Latin, manuscript on paper [Germany, ?Würzburg, final quarter 15th century]
Workshop of the First Master of the Cortona Antiphonaries
Christ Blessing, historiated initial, with six other painted initials on thirteen leaves from an Antiphonal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Tuscany, perhaps Arezzo or Sansepolcro, c.1250-75]
Umbrian or Tuscan illuminator
Blessing Christ and David playing the harp attended by an angel, historiated initial 'A' cut from an illuminated choirbook on vellum [Italy, Umbria or Tuscany, final decade 13th century]
Master of Sant' Agnese di Valdipietra
The Throne of Mercy, historiated initial 'D' on a very large leaf from an illuminated Gradual on vellum [Bologna, c.1295-1300]
Berardo da Teramo (fl. 1325-1350)
The Virgin blessed by the hand of God, initial ‘B’ on a leaf from an antiphonal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Teramo, 2nd quarter 14th century]
Venetian illuminator
Bishop Saint, historiated initial B, cut from a choirbook, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Venice, c.1350]
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
La Divina Commedia , two leaves from Inferno , in Italian, decorated manuscript on vellum [Florence, mid-14th century]
Dunois Master
Lancelot dining with a knight and his sweetheart, miniature cut from the Livre du Lancelot del Lac , in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, Paris, c.1440]
Circle of the Master of the Franciscan Breviary
God the Father sending forth the Holy Spirit, historiated initial 'S' cut from an illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Lombardy, c. 1460]
Lombard illuminator
St Benedict, historiated initial ‘V’ on a leaf from a Gradual, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Lombardy, final quarter 15 th century]
North Italian illuminator
St James the Less, historiated initial on a leaf from an Antiphonal, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Italy, Emilia, perhaps Ferrara, c.1480s]
Spanish illuminator
The Nativity, historiated initial 'T' cut from a gargantuan choirbook on vellum [Spain, possibly Granada, Monastery of Baza?, c.1510]
Circle of Benedetto Bordone
Christ on the Donkey, historiated initial Q on a leaf from a Processional, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [north-eastern Italy, possibly Venice, c.1520-30]
Circle of Benedetto Bordone
Skull and bone, historiated initial C on a leaf from a Processional, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [north-eastern Italy, probably Venice, c.1520-30]
The Spanish Forger (fl.1890s-1920s)
A Game of Dice, historiated initial 'N' on a cutting from a 15th-century choirbook on vellum [Paris, early 20th century]
10th-century Gospels
Gospels, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, ?Essen Abbey, c.900]
The Morgan 183 Group
Psalter-Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, Brabant or Hainault, c.1280]
Little Book of Cistercian Statutes of Garendon Abbey
Libellus Statutorum Cisterciensis ordinis , in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England, Leicestershire, Garendon Abbey, first half 15th century]
Workshop of Willem Vrelant (d.1481)
Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, Bruges, c.1470s]
Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Échevinage
Book of Hours, use of Rouen, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, Rouen, c.1470]
Workshop of the Master of the Rouen Échevinage
Book of Hours, use of Rouen, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Rouen, c.1475]