swap_horiz Codex Vigilanus Alternatives

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Magna Carta (1215 original copies)

The surviving 1215 Magna Carta manuscripts are engrossments, formally written copies of a royal charter issued after neg...

Medieval Historical English Legal

9.83 Brilliant

2

Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)

The sole surviving medieval witness to the Old English epic Beowulf forms part of the Nowell Codex. Copied around the la...

Epic Literary 10TH Century Anglo Saxon

9.50 Brilliant

3

Très Riches Heures - Limbourg Brothers

Commissioned by Jean, Duke of Berry, in the early fifteenth century, the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry is an illumi...

French Illuminated Gothic 15TH Century

9.50 Brilliant

4

Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp

Produced at the Safavid court in the sixteenth century, the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp presents Ferdowsi's Persian epic t...

Illuminated Literary Persian 16TH Century

9.46 Excellent

5

Archimedes Palimpsest

The Archimedes Palimpsest preserves ancient Greek mathematics beneath the writing of a medieval Christian prayer book. I...

Mathematics Greek 10TH Century Parchment

9.36 Excellent

6

Vienna Dioscurides

The Vienna Dioscurides is an early sixth-century Byzantine illuminated manuscript containing Dioscorides' De materia med...

Illuminated Byzantine Botanical Greek

9.24 Excellent

7

Exeter Book

The Exeter Book is a late tenth-century manuscript and the largest surviving collection devoted to Old English poetry. I...

Literary Poetry 10TH Century Anglo Saxon

9.22 Excellent

8

Grimani Breviary

The Grimani Breviary is an extensively illuminated book of hours and liturgical offices produced in the southern Netherl...

Renaissance Illuminated 16TH Century Flemish

9.12 Excellent

9

Catalan Atlas

The Catalan Atlas is an illuminated world map produced around 1375 and commonly attributed to the Majorcan Jewish cartog...

Illuminated Catalan 14TH Century Portolan

9.08 Excellent

10

Manesse Codex

The Manesse Codex is a large illuminated anthology of Middle High German lyric poetry produced in Zurich during the earl...

German Illuminated Poetry 14TH Century

9.04 Excellent

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Codex Manesse (Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift)

The Codex Manesse, also called the Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, is an illuminated manuscript compiled in Zurich...

German Illuminated 14TH Century Minnesang

9.04 Excellent

12

Paris Psalter (BnF gr. 139)

The Paris Psalter, catalogued as Bibliotheque nationale de France grec 139, is a Byzantine Greek manuscript conventional...

Illuminated Byzantine Psalter Greek

8.92 Great

13

Gospels of Otto III

The Gospels of Otto III is an Ottonian illuminated Gospel book produced around the year 1000, probably at the monastery...

Illuminated Gospel Imperial 10TH Century

8.82 Great

14

Beatus of Facundus

The Beatus of Facundus is an illuminated manuscript of the commentary on the Apocalypse traditionally attributed to the...

Spanish Illuminated Apocalypse 11TH Century

8.76 Great

15

Gerona Beatus

The Gerona Beatus is a richly illuminated manuscript of the commentary on the Book of Revelation associated with Beatus...

Spanish Illuminated Apocalypse 10TH Century

8.67 Great

16

Morgan Beatus (MS M.644)

The Morgan Beatus, catalogued as MS M.644, is a tenth-century Spanish illuminated manuscript containing Beatus of Liéban...

Spanish Illuminated Apocalypse 10TH Century

8.61 Great

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Pamplona Bible

The Pamplona Bible is a medieval illustrated picture Bible produced in the Kingdom of Navarre around the turn of the 13t...

Spanish Illuminated Biblical 13TH Century

8.00 Great

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Jruchi Gospels

Illuminated Georgian Gospel manuscripts from the 10th–11th century, among the finest surviving examples of medieval Geor...

Medieval Illuminated Gospel Georgian

7.96 Good

19

Breviary of Martin of Aragon

The Breviary of Martin of Aragon is a richly illuminated Christian liturgical manuscript commissioned for Martin I, king...

Spanish Illuminated Gothic 15TH Century

7.88 Good

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Avila Bible

The Ávila Bible is a large illuminated Latin Bible associated with the Romanesque tradition of medieval Spain. Produced...

Spanish Illuminated Biblical Romanesque

7.82 Good