Decorated initial and border from BL Eg 2904, f. 47
Decorated initial and border. Image taken from f. 47 of Prayer book. Written in Dutch. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a... More
David in penitence from BL Sloane 116, ff. 23v-24
Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of Prayer Book. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a ph... More
Full-page frontispiece from BL Add 16577, f. 30v
Frontispiece at the beginning of the customs of Hanukkah. Decorated initial-word panels accompanied with full floral border inhabited by a peacock. Two medallions included into the border feature a stag and a f... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 38
Text page with a deocrated initial 'O'(ure mercyfull). Image taken from f. 38 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 102
Text page with a coloured initial. Image taken from f. 102 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Lib... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 102v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'I'( wille love thee), with coloured initials and line fillers. Image taken from f. 102v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" re... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 101
Text page with a decorated initial 'L'(orde), a coloured initial, and coloured line fillers. Image taken from f. 101 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a ... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 107v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'O'( God). Image taken from f. 107v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in ... More
Decorated initial word from BL Or 2733, f. 2v
Initial word ~melekh~ (king) with its third letter filled with foliate motifs, at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for the first day of Rosh ha-Shanah (Davidson, vol. 3, no. 1529). The word ~hayyim... More
Hybrids from BL Add 26896, f. 337v
Detail: two decorated initial words with a hybrid in between, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694). Image taken from f. 337v of Fes... More
Foliate scrolls from BL Add 16577, f. 53
Detail of the initial words ~matzah~ (unleavened bread) and ~maror~ (bitter herb) surrounded by foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 53 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
The Tree of Life from BL Add 11639, f. 122
Full-page miniature of the Tree of Life guarded by four angels. Caption in the outer margin: 'This is the Tree of Life and a flaming sword that turned every way' (cf. Gen. 3:24). Image taken from f. 122 of Misc... More
Lioness from BL Add 16577, f. 78v
Initial word decorated with a foliate scroll and accompanied by a resting lioness, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover. Image taken from f. 78v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Lion from BL Add 16577, f. 47 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Initial words surrounded by foliate scrolls and accompanied by a lion, at ~Shabbat ha-Gadol~. Image taken from f. 47 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Genesis from BL Add 11639, f. 5v
Initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (In the beginning) at the beginning of Genesis. The initial-word panel inhabited by dragons and connected to a vertical band running on the outer margin of the folio. Image taken ... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 77v
Text page with a decorated initial 'L'(ysten), with coloured initials and line fillers. Image taken from f. 77v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a colle... More
John the Evangelist from BL Harley 2841, f. 138v
Miniature of John the Evangelist and decorated initial 'O' with foliate borders including a bird. Image taken from f. 138v of Prayer book. Written in German. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection o... More
Puzzle initial and border from BL Harley 5323, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'H'(ere) with pen-flourishing in purple and green forming a partial border including flowers at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Prayer book, imperfect. Written in Dutch. The ... More
Miniature from BL Harley 5764, f. 69
Miniature of a death scene, with an angel and a devil fighting for the soul of the man lying in the foreground, decorated initial 'I'(ncipit) and foliate borders including hybrid figures and rabbits, at the beg... More
Samuel beheading Agag from BL Add 11639, f. 526
Full-page miniature of Samuel beheading Agag (1Sam. 15:33). Image taken from f. 526 of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): inclu... More
Bishops from BL Eg 3763, ff. 119v-120
Miniature of two standing bishops, and illuminated initial with an animal head at the beginning of the prayer for confessors and the figures are probably meant to be bishop confessors. Image taken from ff. 119v... More
Dogs from BL Add 26896, f. 125 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Initial word ~Lel~ (night) accompanied by two dogs, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 3, no. 726). Image taken from f. 125 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Spec... More
The zodiac cycle from BL Add 11639, f. 516v
Full-page miniature of the plan of nine spheres according to the Ptolemaic system. Outermost circle: the Hebrew names of the zodiac signs, the second circle: names of Hebrew months corresponding to the zodiac s... More
Stag from BL Add 16577, f. 61 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of an initial word decorated with a foliate scroll and accompanied by a resting stag, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover. Image taken from f. 61 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Wri... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 5600, f. 50v
Initial-word panel decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing at the beginning of the section for Yom Kippur. Image taken from f. 50v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, North ... More
Dogs from BL Add 26896, f. 308v
Initial word accompanied by two dogs, at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ in Aramaic for Shavuot (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 3197). Image taken from f. 308v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Spe... More
Inhabited initial words from BL Or 42, f. 58v
Initial words inhabited by hybrids and dragons. Image taken from f. 58v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah and the Yom Kippur, and beginning of Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Dragon's Head Mahz... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 27126, f. 133
Initial-word panel with penwork decoration, at Shavuot. Image taken from f. 133 of Prayer book, Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial words from BL Or 10186, f. 154v
Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857). Image taken from f. 1... More
Foliate scrolls from BL Add 16577, f. 53
Initial words ~matzah~ (unleavened bread) and ~maror~ (bitter herb) surrounded by foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 53 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Calendar from BL Or 11594, f. 2v
Full-page chart for the calendar. Image taken from f. 2v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik. Written in Hebrew.
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 27v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'O'( thow lorde) and a coloured line filler. Image taken from f. 27v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2445, f. 8v
Decorated initial 'A'(ve) with foliate decoration and besants extending into the margins. Image taken from f. 8v of Prayer book, imperfect. Written in Latin, French (a few rubrics ff. 29, 52r-v). The "BL Harle... More
Standard from BL Eg 3763, ff. 121v-122
Miniature of the giving of a battle-standard to a mounted emperor by a bishop (Ambrose?), below the end of a prayer for the emperor, and facing a prayer with an illuminated initial entitled 'For the blessing of... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 9
Text page with a deocrated initial 'O'(holy). Image taken from f. 9 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Br... More
Inhabited initial word from BL Add 26970, f. 50
Initial word inhabited by hybrids, at the beginning of the Haggadah. Image taken from f. 50 of Festival prayer book (ff. 1-167v), ~Issur we-heter~ by Rabbi Isaac ben Meir of Düren (ff. 167v-177v), calendar (ff.... More
Bar Yokhnai from BL Add 11639, f. 517v
Full-page miniature of a giant bird, ~Bar Yokhnai~, one of the eschatological animals, which the rabbis identified with ~Ziz~. Caption: 'This is a bird which is called Bar Yokhnai'. On ~Bar Yokhnai~ see e.g. Ba... More
Historiated initial-word panel from BL Add 22413, f. 148
Historiated initial-word panel of a man holding a pitcher and a cup, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Simhat Torah (Davidson vol. 1, no. 8400). Image taken from f. 148 of Festival prayer book for Shavu... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 11639, f. 20v
Initial-word panel, ~Wa-yeshev~ (And Jacob dwelt in the land) inhabited by two hybrids, at the beginning of ~Parashat wa-yeshev~ (Gen. 37:1-40:23). Image taken from f. 20v of Miscellany of biblical and other te... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 7653, ff. 2v-3
Decorated initial. Image taken from ff. 2v-3 of Collection of prayers ('The Harley Prayer book'). Written in Latin, with Old English gloss. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscr... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 106
Text page with a decorated initial 'O'(God almyghttye) and red lettering reading 'A praier to the ffather.' Image taken from f. 106 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More
Decorated initial from BL Burn 338, f. 29
Decorated initial with aubergine style decoration. Image taken from f. 29 of Prayer Book. Written in Dutch.
Dragons from BL Add 11639, f. 68v
Miniature of a dragon in a panel at the bottom of the first text column, at the end of Leviticus. Initial-word panel ~Wa-yedabber~ (And the Lord spake unto Moses) inhabited by a dragon, at the beginning of Numb... More
Inhabited initial word from BL Add 26970, f. 106v
Initial word ~lel~ (night) inhabited by dragons, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson, vol. 3, 726). Image taken from f. 106v of Festival prayer book (ff. 1-167v), ~Iss... More
Noah's Ark from BL Add 11639, f. 521
Full-page miniature of Noah's Ark with the raven seated on the ark and the dove returning with a sprig of olive in its peak (Gen. 8:7-11). Caption: 'This is Noah in the ark and the dove resting on it'. Image ta... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 26896, f. 78v
Initial-word panel with letters inhabited by hybrids and dragons with foliate scroll frame, at the beginning of ~Shabbat Parah~ (Davidson vol. 1, no. 1830). Image taken from f. 78v of Festival prayer book (~mah... More
The Book of Ruth from BL Add 22413, f. 71
Detail: historiated initial-word panel of the story of Ruth with Ruth, Naomi and Boaz and his servants working of the field, at the beginning of the Book of Ruth to be read at Shavuot. Image taken from f. 71 of... More
Annunciation from BL Harley 2841, f. 16
Historiated initial of the Annunciation and foliate borders including birds and a bear. Image taken from f. 16 of Prayer book. Written in German. The Annunciation is a biblical event in which the angel Gabriel... More
Decorated initial and border from BL Eg 677, f. 9
Decorated initial and border. Image taken from f. 9 of Prayer book. Written in Dutch. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a ... More
Aaron as High Priest from BL Add 11639, f. 114
Full-page miniature of Aaron pouring oil into the lighted lamps of the Tabernacle menorah. Caption: ‘This is the menorah, and Aaron putting oil to the lamps.’ Image taken from f. 114 of Miscellany of biblical a... More
Palmistry from BL Add 11639, f. 115
Full-page miniature of a palm of a right hand with chiromantic descriptions. Image taken from f. 115 of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Mi... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 11639, f. 306v
Inhabited initial-word panel with the name of the scribe ('Benjamin, the scribe') and the first word of a hymn for Passover composed by Benjamin ben Azriel. Image taken from f. 306v of Miscellany of biblical an... More
Rooster from BL Or 10752, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail: initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing and a rooster on top of the upper panel. Image taken from f. 1 of Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Hybrid from BL Or 42, f. 27v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Hybrid next to the initial word, at a liturgical poem for Rosh ha-Shanah composed by Rabbi Simeon bar Isaac ben Abun of Mainz (Davidson vol. 1, no. 8906). Image taken from f. 27v of Festival prayer book (~mahzo... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 26896, f. 130v
Initial-word panel ~or~ (light) with letters inhabited by hybrids, and framed by foliate scroll, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1962). Image taken from f. 130v o... More
Unfinished initial word from BL Add 11830, f. 32v
Unfinished initial word. Image taken from f. 32v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Ashkenazi rite. Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial word from BL Add 26896, f. 166v
Initial word with modest penwork decoration around the letters, at the beginning of a poem for the second day of Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7129). Image taken from f. 166v of Festival pray... More
King David from BL Add 11639, f. 117v
Full-page miniature of King David playing a harp. Caption: 'This is King David playing a harp'. Image taken from f. 117v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 't... More
Leviticus from BL Add 11639, f. 51v
Miniature of a horse in a panel at the bottom of the first text column, at the end of Exodus. Initial-word panel ~Wa-yiqra~ (And the Lord called unto Moses) inhabited by two hybrids, at the top of the second te... More
The Book of Ruth from BL Add 22413, f. 71
Historiated initial-word panel of the story of Ruth with Ruth, Naomi and Boaz and his servants working of the field, at the beginning of the Book of Ruth to be read at Shavuot. Image taken from f. 71 of Festiva... More
Decorated initial-word panels from BL Add 16577, f. 13v
Decorated initial-word panels at the customs of Shabbat. Image taken from f. 13v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Decorated initial words from BL Add 16577, f. 29v
Detail of decorated initial-word panel and initial words surrounded by foliate scrolls. Image taken from f. 29v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Stag from BL Add 16577, f. 61 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Initial word decorated with a foliate scroll and accompanied by a resting stag, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover. Image taken from f. 61 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Sukkot from BL Add 22413, f. 85
Historiated initial-word panel of a man with animal head holding a ~lulav~ and an ~etrog~ (four different kinds of plants with symbolic significance connected to the feast of Sukkot), at the beginning of a litu... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 16577, f. 260v
Initial-word panel inhabited by two birds, at the beginning of the customs of Sukkot. Image taken from f. 260v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Illuminated initial from BL Eg 3763, f. 51
Illuminated initial 'M'(isericors). Image taken from f. 51 of Prayer book (The 'Prayer book of Archbishop Arnulph II of Milan'). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, ... More
Leviathan from BL Add 11639, f. 518v
Full-page miniature of one of the eschatological animals, the Leviathan. Caption: 'This is Leviathan'. Image taken from f. 518v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or ear... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 19064, f. 37v
Detail of a page: initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover. Image taken from f. 37v of ~Keter Malkhut~ (T... More
Deer and dog from BL Add 26896, f. 259v
Detail: initial word accompanied by a deer and a dog, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 2941). Image taken from f. 259v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the S... More
Decorated initial from BL Burn 338, f. 10
Decorated initial with a vase. Image taken from f. 10 of Prayer Book. Written in Dutch.
Wolf from BL Add 16577, f. 45v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of an initial word surrounded by foliate scrolls and accompanied by a wolf, at ~Shabbat ha-Hodesh~. Image taken from f. 45v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Esther and Ahasverus from BL Add 11639, f. 260v
Full-page miniature of Ahasverus handing over the golden scepter to Esther in an architectural frame (Esther 8:4). Caption: 'This is Ahasverus held out the golden sceptre toward Esther, the queen'. Image taken ... More
Moses and Aaron and Hor from BL Add 11639, f. 525v
Full-page miniature of Moses keeping his hands lifted by the help Aaron and Hor during the war against the Amalekites (Ex. 17:12). Caption: 'This is Moses, and Aaron and Hor supporting his hands'. Image taken f... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Or 5600, f. 4v
Initial-word panel decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing at the beginning of the section for the New Year. Image taken from f. 4v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, North... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 27126, f. 92
Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, at ~Seder Shabbat~ (the section on Shabbat). Image taken from f. 92 of Prayer book, Sephardic rite. Written in Hebrew.
Hillel from BL Add 26970, f. 62v
Illustration of a mishnaic story in the lower margin: Rabbi Hillel seated in a chair with and open book in front of him, and points to the caption above: 'Hillel says, because you drowned others they drowned yo... More
Inhabited initial-word panel from BL Add 19064, f. 72v
Detail of an initial-word panel inhabited by animals, dragons and griffins, at the beginning of the section on fast days. Image taken from f. 72v of ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabiro... More
Diagram in the calendar from BL Add 11639, f. 542v
Full-page diagram in the calendar. Image taken from f. 542v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Ha... More
Receiving the Law from BL Add 22413, f. 3
Detail of a page; historiated initial-word panel of the Receiving the Law with Moses streching his hands for the tablets and Aaron (shown as a Christian bishop) and the Israelites (divided according to sex) wa... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 56v
Text page with a coloured initial 'A'(lso lorde). Image taken from f. 56v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in ... More
John the Baptist from BL Harley 5764, f. 81
Miniature of John the Baptist with an angel, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders including hybrid and human figures, at the beginning of the Hours of John the Baptist. Image taken from f. 81 of Pra... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 44
Text page with a decorated initial 'O' (marcifull God). Image taken from f. 44 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts hel... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 103v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'S'(ave me O God) with a coloured initial and line fillers. Image taken from f. 103v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers... More
Initial word from BL Add 11830, f. 22
Initial word ~melekh~ embedded into an architectural frame with an arch, three towers and a foliate scroll, inhabited by a dragon. There is a marginal drawing of a naked figure in the outer margin, probably add... More
Book of Ecclesiastes from BL Add 22413, f. 106
Inhabited initial-word panel, ~Divrei~ (The words of the Preacher), at the beginning of Ecclesiastes. The panel includes the first word of the biblical book written with gold letters, as well as the first word ... More
The Bread of Affliction from BL Add 11639, f. 205
Ritual illustration of celebrants around a Seder table with the master of the house lifting the first cup, at the beginning of the Haggadah. Image taken from f. 205 of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('T... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 97v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'I'(nclyne), with coloured initials and line fillers. Image taken from f. 97v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a c... More
Receiving the Law from BL Add 22413, f. 3
Historiated initial-word panel of the Receiving the Law with Moses streching his hands for the tablets and Aaron (shown as a Christian bishop) and the Israelites (divided according to sex) waiting at the foot ... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 28v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'B'(lyssed). Image taken from f. 28v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in... More
Scenes from the life of Abraham from BL Add 11639, f. 118v
Full-page miniature of scenes from Genesis 18. Upper register: the angel of God and Abraham talking about the whereabouts of Sarah who is standing in the house. Caption: 'This is Sarah who is in the tent and th... More
Shemini Atzeret from BL Add 22413, f. 131
Inhabited initial-word panel at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Shemini Atzeret (Davidson vol. 1, no. 1835). The red panel of the gold letters is surrounded by a larger panel with foliate deco... More
Initial-word panel from BL Or 11594, f. 47
Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 47 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik. Written in Hebrew.
Lion from BL Add 16577, f. 47 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of initial words surrounded by foliate scrolls and accompanied by a lion, at ~Shabbat ha-Gadol~. Image taken from f. 47 of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Book of Ecclesiastes from BL Add 22413, f. 106
Detail of a page: inhabited initial-word panel, ~Divrei~ (The words of the Preacher), at the beginning of Ecclesiastes. Image taken from f. 106 of Festival prayer book for Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) and Sukkot (F... More
Genesis from BL Add 11639, f. 5v
Detail of an initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (In the beginning) at the beginning of Genesis. The initial-word panel inhabited by dragons and connected to a vertical band running on the outer margin of the folio.... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2882, f. 48
Decorated initial 'S'([an]c[t]a) with penwork decoration at the beginning of a prayer to Mary Magdalen. Image taken from f. 48 of Prayer book, including verse (imperfect). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manu... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 109v
Text page with an illuminated initial 'O'(ure father), and a coloured line filler. Image taken from f. 109v of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collectio... More
Text page from BL Harley 2342, f. 32
Text page with a decorated initial 'B'(lissed) and a blue line filler. Image taken from f. 32 of Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book. Written in English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval ... More
Decorated initial-word panel from BL Add 16577, f. 188v
Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of the customs of Yom Kippur. Image taken from f. 188v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.
Brazen Serpent from BL Add 11639, f. 742v
Full-page miniature of the Israelites gazing the Brazen Serpent (Num. 21:4-9). Image taken from f. 742v of Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum... More