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Anthropomorphic initial from BL Harley 3052, f. 113
Detail from BL Burn 239, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Petrus de Crescentiis zu teutsch, mit Figuren
Detail from BL Harley 2895, f. 38
St. Barbara holding a palm and a book, before the tower
The fall of man: Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
St. John the Evangelist writing
Detail from BL Burn 65, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Paul from BL Royal 4 D VI, f. 98v
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Cuthbert at a synod from BL YT 26, f. 53v
Aelfflaed being cured by Cuthbert's girdle from BL YT 26, f. 48v
Aelfflaed meets Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 50v
A crow bringing lard to Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 44
Cuthbert expelling birds from BL YT 26, f. 42v
Cuthbert digging with a monk from BL YT 26, f. 41
Cuthbert building his hermitage from BL YT 26, f. 39
Ecgfrith visiting Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 51
Cuthbert from BL YT 26, f. 1v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Cuthbert discovering a roof beam from BL YT 26, f. 45v
Summary
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; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.