Pope Felix, Simplicius and Faustina from BL YT 49, vol. 2, f. 27v
Unfinished miniatures of Pope Felix and of Simplicius and Faustina, with illuminated initials and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of their legends. Image taken from vol. 2, f. 27v of La légende dorée ... 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon from BL YT 26, f. 30
Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 13 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 30 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histor... More
Healing of a youth's eye from BL YT 26, f. 84v
Miniature of a monk healing the eye of a youth by touching it with hairs from Cuthbert's head, from Historia ecclesiastica, bk. iv, 32, in Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 84v of Prose Lif... More
Cuthbert at sea from BL YT 26, f. 26
Cuthbert in a boat at sea, with two other men, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 26 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the Eng... More
Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 1v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of a monk (Bede?) kissing the feet of Cuthbert, from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 1v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histor... More
Decorated initial from BL YT 26, f. 7v
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 English Church an... More
Text page from BL YT 26, f. 63 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Text page. Image taken from f. 63 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a Britis... More
Man being healed by shoes from BL YT 26, f. 80
Miniature of a man being healed by shoes belonging to Cuthbert, from Chapter 45 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 80 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (H... More
Cuthbert digging with a monk from BL YT 26, f. 41
Miniature of Cuthbert digging a water pit with a monk for his hermitage on the island of Farne, from Chapter 18 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 41 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fr... More
Seated scribe from BL YT 26, f. 2
Miniature of a scribe writing at a desk (thought to be Bede), from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 2 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (His... More
Cuthbert being elected bishop, and performing a healing miracle from B...
Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks; miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 24 & 25 of Bede's prose Life of S... More
Cuthbert speaking to a crowd from BL YT 26, f. 47
Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to a crowd and giving instruction in the way of salvation to those who have come to him from across Britain, from Chapter 22 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from ... More
Text page from BL YT 26, f. 75 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Text page with a coloured initial 'A'. Image taken from f. 75 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thomp... More
Cuthbert healing the wife of Hildemaer from BL YT 26, f. 33v
Miniature of Cuthbert healing the wife of Hildmaer, who was beset by demons, from Chapter 15 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 33v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ec... More
Cuthbert expelling birds from BL YT 26, f. 42v
Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to the birds and driving them away from the crops which he had sown, from Chapter 19 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 42v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac... More
An eagle brings a fish to Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 28v
Miniature of an eagle bringing Cuthbert and his companion a fish, which they share with the eagle, from Chapter 12 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 28v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac... More
Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image
Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v... More
An angel chastizing zealots from BL YT 31, f. 13v
Miniature of an angel threatening with a sword two seated zealots, who dispute overmuch on the secrets of God; Christ stands to the right of the angel, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image ta... More
Earthly Paradise from BL YT 36, f. 116v
Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil with others within the earthly Paradise. Image taken from f. 116v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a ... More
Revelation from BL YT 10, f. 12v
Miniature of John, holding a palm, and a crowned elder, from Revelation 7:13; miniature of seven angels with trumpets, and another angel holding a golden cense, from Revelations 8:1-3. Image taken from f. 12v o... More
The Three Giants from BL YT 36, f. 56v
Miniature of Dante and Virgil encountering the three giants, Nimrod, Ephialtes, and Ataeus, with Antaeus carrying Dante and Virgil across a stream, in illustration of Canto XXXI. Image taken from f. 56v of Divi... More
Tree of Love from BL YT 31, f. 8
Miniature of the Tree of Love dominated by allegorical figure of ~Amors Generals~, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 8 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in ... More
Border from BL YT 29, f. 132, verso
Detail of a full border with gems; signed PETRVS . PRVSINVS . PINXIT. Image taken from verso of Martyrdom of Sebastian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 69v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 69v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 45
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 45 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl... More
Image from BL YT 10, f. 30v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 30v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. Th... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 106v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 141v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 141v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 31, f. 233
Illuminated initials 'S'(ent) in red, orange, blue, white and gold colours, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 233 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spani... More
Archers from BL YT 29, f. 132, verso
Detail of a miniature of archers from the martyrdom of Sebastian. Image taken from verso of Martyrdom of Sebastian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled thi... More
Angel calling birds from BL YT 10, f. 33v
Detail of a miniature of an angel standing on the sun and calling all birds to eat the flesh of men (the birds include a peacock, a hawk, a raven, a dove, a cockerel, a pelican, and an owl), from Revelation 19:... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 122v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 122v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 43v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 43v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer from BL YT 31, f. 46v
Miniature of Taurus, the bull; miniature of Gemini, depicted as two men with swords battling; miniature of Cancer, the crab, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 46v of Breviari... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 157v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 157v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 171v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 171v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Back binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Back binding. Image taken from binding of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable co... More
Image from BL YT 10, f. 5v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 5v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The... More
Text page from BL YT 31, f. 235v
Text page in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 235v of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew (ff. 131-134). Henry Yates Thomps... More
Dante and Virgil from BL YT 36, f. 29
Miniature of Dante and Virgil being approached by three souls, Guidoguerra, Tegghiaio Aldobrandi, and Jacopo Rusticucci, and Virgil throwing Dante's cord into a lake and drawing up the woman-headed monster Gery... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 59v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 59v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 186v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 186v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Taking of Valonges from BL YT 35, f. 80v
Detail of a miniature of the taking of Valonges. Image taken from f. 80v of La chanson de Bertrand du Guesclin. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist wh... More
Works of Mercy from BL YT 31, f. 110v
Eight-part miniature in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour of a good man performing a number of works of mercy, including feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving shelter to the homeless, visit... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 77v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 77v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Fall of Babylon from BL YT 10, f. 24
Detail of a miniature of an angel showing John a vision of the fall of Babylon, from Revelation 18. Image taken from f. 24 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a ... More
Death of Cacciaguida from BL YT 36, f. 156
Miniature of Dante witnessing the death of Cacciaguida. Image taken from f. 156 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philan... More
Sowers of Discord from BL YT 36, f. 51
Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil encountering the sowers of discord, scandalmongers and schismatics, including Mohammed and Bertrand de Born, in illustration of Canto XXVIII. Image taken from f. 51 of ... More
Front binding from BL YT 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Front binding. Image taken from binding of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable c... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 74
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 74 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 95v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 95v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Image from BL YT 10, f. 12 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 12 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 106
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 106 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb... More
Mikula Vasilievic from BL YT 51, f. 37v
Miniature of Mikula Vasilievic being posted with his detachment on the right wing. Image taken from f. 37v of Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). Written in Russian Church Slavonic. ... More
Illuminated initials from BL YT 36, f. 169v
Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 169v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem... More
Massacre of the Innocents from BL YT 31, f. 222
Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents, with Herod enthroned above, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 222 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (... More
Virgin and Child and Bernard from BL YT 36, f. 186
Miniature of Dante and Beatrice before the Virgin and Child, seated in a garden and surrounded by angels and a kneeling Bernard, in illustration of Paradiso XXXIII. Image taken from f. 186 of Divina Commedia (i... More
Greek text from BL YT 50, f. 77
Interlaced bar and flourishes at top of text page. Image taken from f. 77 of Plutus (ff. 1-76v); Nubes (ff. 77-171). Written in Greek, with some Latin glosses. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British co... More
Image from BL YT 10, f. 30 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 30 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The... More
Detail: Border from BL YT 19, f. 65
Lower right part of the three-sided border: an archer shooting [at a dragon], and a grotesque, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor. Image taken from f. 65 of Li Livres dou Tresor. Written in French. Henry ... More
Aries from BL YT 31, f. 46 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Miniature of Aries, the ram, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 46 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew (ff. 131-134). H... More
Dante and Adam from BL YT 36, f. 176
Miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante kneels before Adam, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls. Image taken from f. 176 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian... More