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Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150]
Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150]
Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150]
Text page from BL Royal 15 B IX, f. 58v
Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150]
Exposicio mistica super exod[um]. [Germany, ca. 1150]
De musica - Public domain medieval manuscript
Initial and border from BL Royal 13 E I, f. 242
Decorated headpiece and initial from BL Harley 5636, f. 1
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Battle from BL YT 51, f. 39v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Battle from BL YT 51, f. 45v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Фема Бриганда из BL YT 51, f. 34
Codex Ephraemi f52 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Битва с кентавром из BL Stowe 54, f. 116
Armies from BL YT 51, f. 35 - Public domain medieval manuscript
IB450 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Battle from BL Burn 169, f. 50 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Благовещение пастухам из BL YT 37, f. 53v
Battle from BL YT 51, f. 38v - Public domain medieval manuscript
Резюме
Miniature of a horseman doing battle with the Peceneg. Image taken from f. 38v of Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). Written in Russian Church Slavonic.
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.