5th Century:
Homer. Ilias Ambrosiana. Greek. Cod. Ambrosianus F. 205 inf. Bibliothecae Ambrosianae Mediolanensis. ca. 483-508. Link to catalog
Vergilius Vaticanus. Codex Vaticanus Lat. 3225. Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana. ca. 400. Link to catalog
6th & 7th Century:
Codex purpureus Rossanensis. Greek. NT. Matthew, Mark. Rossano calabro, Museo dell'Arcivescovado. Link to catalog
Evangeliarii Syriaci, vulgo Rabbulae. Rabbula Gospels. Plut. I, 56. Bibliotheca Medicea-Laurentiana. Link to catalog
Wiener Genesis. Codex theol. Gr.31. Österreichisch Nationalbibliothek. Link to catalog
8th Century:
Codex Aureus. Gospels. Latin. A.135. Kungliga Bibliotek, Stockholm. Link to catalog
Godescalc Gospels. Ms. Nouv. acq. lat. 1203. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814. Link to catalog
Lindisfarne Gospels. Anglo-Saxon. Cotton MS Nero D iv. British Library. ca.700. Link to catalog
Lorscher Evangeliar. Lorsch Gospels. Latin. Two parts: Biblioteca Documentara Batthyaneum in Alba Julia, Rumania, and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome. ca. 778-820. Link to catalog
9th Century:
Book of Kells. Gospels. Latin. Trinty College, Dublin. ca.800. Link to catalog
Drogo-Sakramentar. Ms. Lat. 9428. Bibliothèque nationale. Link to catalog
Liber de laudibus sanctae crucis. Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856. Codex Vindobonensis 652. Österreichisch Nationalbibliothek. Fulda, after 844. Link to catalog
Stuttgart Psalter. Ms. Biblia folio 23, Wuerttembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. c. 820. Link to catalog
Trierer Apokalypse. Latin. Codex 31, Stadtbibliothek Trier. First quarter of the 9th century. Link to catalog
Utrecht-Psalter. Latin. Handschrift 32. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. Link to catalog
Valenciennes Apocalypse. Latin. Manuscript 99. Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes. Link to catalog
10th Century:
Apocalipsis. Latin. Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, -797. M. 644. Pier Pont Morgan Library. Illuminated 940 - 945 by Maius. Link to catalog
Benedictional of Saint Æthelwold. Latin. British Library. Aethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, ca. 908-984. Link to catalog
Bibel des Leo Patricius, altes Testament, Reg. gr. I B. Greek. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript Codex Reg. gr. I B. Link to catalog
Egbert-Codex. Gospel lectionary. Stadtbibliothek Trier. Egbert, Archbishop of Trier, d. 993. Link to catalog
Evangeliar Ottos III. Latin. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. CLM4453. Link to catalog
Joshua roll. Josua-Rolle, Codex Vaticanus Pal. Graec. 431. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Link to catalog
Reichenau Pericopes. Gospel lectionary. Herzog August Bibliothek. ca. 979-989. Link to catalog
11th Century:
Echternach Gospel-book. Latin. Uppsala universitetsbibliothek. Manuscript. Codex C 93. 1051. Link to catalog
Echternach Sacramentary and Antiphonary. Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt. Link to catalog
Eusebian Canons. Evangeliary. Manuscript. Codex F. II. 1. Civica biblioteca queriniana di Brescia. Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340. Link to catalog
Old English illustrated Hexateuch. Cotton Claudius B. IV. British Museum. Link to catalog
Reichenau Pericopes. Gospel lectionary. Latin. Cod. Guelf. 84.5 Aug. 2. Herzog August Bibliothek. ca. 979-989. Link to catalog
Uta-Codex. Evangeliary. Latin. Handschrift Clm 13601. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Link to catalog
12th Century:
Bible moralisée. Latin, French. Codex Vindobonensis 2554. Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Link to catalog
De virginitate Sanctae Mariae. Latin. Biblioteca palatina di Parma. Manuscript. 1650. Link to catalog
Exultet. Latin. Roma, Biblioteca casanatense, Manuscript Cas. 724 (B.I.13) III. Link to catalog
Hildegard-Gebetbuch. Prayer book. Codex Latinus 935. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. second half of the 12th century. Link to catalog
Mosaner Psalter-Fragment. Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Kupferstichkabinett. MSS. (78 A6). Link to catalog
St. Alban's Psalter. Latin. HS St. God. 1. Dombibliothek zu Hildesheim. Created for Christina of Markyate, c.1096-. Link to catalog
13th Century:
Album de Villard de Honnecourt, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Fr 19093. ca. 1220-1240 Link to catalog
Beato del Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas de Burgos. Latin. M.429. Pierpont Morgan Library. 1220. Link to catalog
Book of Beasts. Bestiary. Latin. MS Bodley 764. Bodleian Library. Link to catalog
De arte venandi cum avibus. Falkenbuch Friedrichs II. cod. Pal. lat. 1071. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250. Link to catalog
Douce Apocalypse. Latin. MS Douce 180. Bodleian Library. Old French commentary. Link to catalog
Das Hainricus-Missale (Hainricus Sacramentary) Pierpont Morgan Library, Manuscript M.711 Link to catalog
Houghton Shahnameh. 1237. Illuminations by Firdawsī. Link to catalog
Maqamat Al-Hariri, illustrated by Y. Al-Wasiti. Ms Arabe 5847. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Arabic picaresque literature. Link to catalog
Medicina Antiqua. Latin. Codex Vindobonensis 93. Österreichische National Bibliothek, Wien. Link to catalog
Morgan Crusader Bible. Facsimile recreation of the picture Bible of Saint Louis, 1240? -1250? Facsimile recreation of the picture Bible of Saint Louis, the complete manuscript, of which 43 sheets are at the Pierpont Morgan Library, N.Y. (MS M.638); 2 sheets are at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Ms. nouv.acq. lat. 2294); 1 sheet is at the Jean Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (83.MA.55). Link to catalog
Rheinauer Psalter. Ms. Rh. 167. Zentralbibliothek Zürich. ca. 1260. Link to catalog
Roman de la Rose. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Urb. lat. 376 Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230.; Berthaud, d'Achy, active 12th century-13th century. Link to catalog
14th Century:
Apocalypsis Yates Thompson 10. British Museum. France. Late 14th century. Link to catalog
Cloisters Apocalypse. Latin. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Early 14th century. Link to catalog
De Lisle Psalter. MS Arundel 83 II. British Library. Lisle, Robert de, 1288-1344. Link to catalog
Grandes heures of Jean, Duke of Berry. Manuscript (Latin 919). Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Berry, Jean de France, duc de, 1340-1416. Link to catalog
Hereford world map: mappa mundi. Hereford Cathedral, England. ca. 1300. Link to catalog
Heures de Turin-Milan (Ms. Très belles heures de Nôtre-Dame). Latin. Museo civico d'arte antica, Turin. Several illuminators, ca.1380 – 1420, school of Limbourg brothers; Van Eyck brothers. Link to catalog
Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux. Latin. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters. French ms. illuminations attributed to Jean Pucelle. 1325-1328. Link to catalog
Hunting Book of Gaston Phébus. French. Manuscrit français 616. Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391. Link to catalog
Livre du Chastel de labour. German & French (Middle French). Widener I, Free Library of Philadelphia. Jacques Bruyant, 14th c. Link to catalog
Luttrell Psalter. Latin. British Library. Luttrell, Geoffrey, Sir, d. 1345. Link to catalog
Menologion bizantino de Oxford. Greek. Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Gr. th. f.1. Link to catalog
Peterborough Bestiary. Latin. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College. ca.1300. Link to catalog
Petites heures du duc de Berry. Latin. Ms. lat. 18014. Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Illuminations attributed to Andre Beauneveu and Jacquemart de Hesdin. fl.1380-1411. Link to catalog
Ramsey Psalter. Latin. Cod. 58/1. Benediktinerstift St. Paul, Austria; M.302. Pierpont Morgan Library. Early 14th c. Link to catalog
Rylands Haggadah. Manuscript. Hebrew 6. John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Mid-14th-Century Catalonia. Link to catalog
Sachsenspiegel. Middle Low German. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Manuscript. Cod. Guelf. 3.1 Aug. 2o. Original text attributed to Eike von Repgow, ca. 1180 – ca. 1233. Link to catalog
Sachsenspiegel. Low Saxon, German. Sächsische Landesbibliothek--Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden. Manuscript M32. Link to catalog
Sachsenspiegel, German, Low German. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Manuscript. Cod. Pal. Germ. 164. Link to catalog
Speculum Humanae Salvationis. Codex Cremifanensis 243. Benediktinerstift Kremsmünster. Link to catalog
Très riches heures du duc de Berry. Latin. Ms. 65. Bibliothèque, Musée Condé, Chantilly, Illuminations by the brothers Jean, Herman, and Pol de Limbourg; the work was completed by Jean Colombe. Jean de France, duc de Berry, 1340-1416. Link to catalog
15th Century:
Angelico, fra, ca. 1400-1455. Messale di San Domenico. Ms. 558. Museo di San Marco, Firenze. Link to catalog
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone. French. Manuscript. 5070. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Translation into French, 1414. Manuscript was copied mid15th century by Guillebert de Mets for Duke of Bourgogne Phillipe le Bon. Link to catalog
Buchaltärchen = Livre-autel. Codex 1800, Österreichisch Nationalbibliothek, Wien. Personal prayer-book/diptych belonging to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. ca. 1450. Link to catalog
Gaston III Phœbus, Count of Foix, 1331-1391. Phébus des déduiz de la chasse des bestes sauvaiges et des oyseaux de proye. Le livre de la chasse. Manuscrit français 616 d. Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Link to catalog
Haggadah de Pessah: la pâque juive. Hebrew. Cod. Bodmer 81. Fondation Martin Bodmer. Copied, illuminated by Joël ben Siméon Feibusch Ashkénazi. Link to catalog
Haggadah. Hebrew. Manuscript. Additional 14762. British Library. Mid-15th century. Link to catalog
Lyon Apocalypse. Latin. Ms. 439. Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. ca. 1450. Link to catalog
Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502. Trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Codice Ashburnham 361. Biblioteca medicea laurenziana di Firenze. Link to catalog
Offizium der Madonna. Book of Hours. Ms. Vat. Lat. 10293. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. ca. 1500. Link to catalog
Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492. L'Archimede di Piero. Riccardiano 106. Biblioteca riccardiana, Firenze. Link to catalog
Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492. Libellus de quinque corporibus regularibus. Manuscript. Urb. Lat. 632. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Link to catalog
Polo, Marco. Le Livre des Merveilles. Manuscrit Francais 281. Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Ms. presented to Jean de Berry January 1413, illuminated by the Boucicaut master and associates. Link to catalog
Prayer book of Charles the Bold. Ms. 37, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Link to catalog
Rothschild miscellany. Hebrew. Ms.180/5. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 15th cent. northern Italy. Link to catalog
Das Turnierbuch fur Rene d’Anjou (Le Pas de Saumur) Link to catalog
16th Century:
Bilder-Pentateuch von Moses dal Castellazzo, Venedig 1521. Codex 1164. Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw. Link to catalog
Portolan-Atlas von Battista Agnese (1546) Link to catalog