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Unfinished miniatures of Pope Felix and of Simplicius and Faustina, with illuminated initials and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of their legends. Image taken from vol. 2, f. 27v of La légende dorée More

Miniature of Cuthbert at a dining table, having a vision of a man whose soul was carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 64 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extract More

Miniature of Cuthbert helping a monk who suffers from diarrhoea to enter his boat as he departs, from Chapter 38 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 71v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts More

Miniature of the young Cuthbert being welcomed and embraced by Boisil when arriving at Melrose Abbey, from Chapter 6 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 16 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac More

Miniature of monks at Cuthbert's hermitage signalling with torches to the monks of Lindisfarne that Cuthbert is dead, from Chapter 40 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert; and a text page. Image taken from ff. 7 More

Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed at the feet of Cuthbert; she is begging him for information and prophecy concerning her brother, king Ecgfrith, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken More

Miniature of a priest ministering to the dying wife of a gesith with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, which heals her instantly, from Chapter 29 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 58v of Pr More

Miniature of Cuthbert's vision of the soul of a man, who was killed by falling from a tree, being carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 63v of Prose Life of More

Miniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. More

Miniature of Cuthbert discovering three loaves of bread in a previously empty storehouse (a miracle from God in return for his kindness to a visiting angel), from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. More

Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 51 of Prose Life of Cuthber More

Miniature of Cuthbert, lying in his sickbed, speaking to Boisil, from Chapter 8 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 21 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (H More

Miniature of Cuthbert praying in the sea, while the spy watches him above; at the lower right, Cuthbert emerges from the sea to have his feet miraculously dried by otters, from Chapter 10 of Bede's prose Life o More

Miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 25 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 54 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the More

Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 13 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 30 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histor More

Miniature of a monk healing the eye of a youth by touching it with hairs from Cuthbert's head, from Historia ecclesiastica, bk. iv, 32, in Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 84v of Prose Lif More

Cuthbert in a boat at sea, with two other men, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 26 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the Eng More

Decorated initial 'P'(rincipium), from Chapter 2 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 7v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church an More

Miniature of a monk (Bede?) kissing the feet of Cuthbert, from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 1v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histor More

Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left. Image taken from f. 9 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). W More

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; extra More

Miniature of a crow bringing lard to Cuthbert, in atonement for the crows carrying off straw from the house of his brethren, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 44 of Prose More

Miniature of Cuthbert praying to God to change the winds beside the river Tyne; miniature of two monks at the monastery of Tynemouth praying for the safety of those blown away in a gale, from Chapter 3 of Bede' More

Miniature of a priest performing the last sacraments for Cuthbert as he lies on his deathbed, from Chapter 39 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 73 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from More

Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 31v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histo More

Miniature of Cuthbert building his hermitage with the help of an angel on the island of Farne, from Chapter 17 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 39 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fro More

Miniature of Cuthbert praying to God to change the winds beside the river Tyne, from Chapter 3 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 10v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia More

Miniature of Cuthbert anointing an ill girl with holy oil and healing her immediately, from Chapter 30 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 60 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Hi More

Decorated initial 'D'(omino). Image taken from f. 2v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thompson (1838 More

Text page. Image taken from f. 63 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 Britis More

Miniature of a man being healed by shoes belonging to Cuthbert, from Chapter 45 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 80 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (H More

Miniature of Cuthbert digging a water pit with a monk for his hermitage on the island of Farne, from Chapter 18 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 41 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fr More

Miniature of a scribe writing at a desk (thought to be Bede), from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 2 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (His More

Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks; miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 24 & 25 of Bede's prose Life of S More

Miniature of the young Cuthbert interrupted kneeling in prayer by his horse pulling down from the roof bread and cheese wrapped in linen, from Chapter 5 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. More

Miniature of Cuthbert healing an ill man, Hildemer the prefect, with bread that he had blessed, from Chapter 31 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 61 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fr More

Miniature of the young Cuthbert washing the feet of an angel, who is visiting him the the guise of a traveller, from Chapter 7 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 17v of Prose Life of Cuthb More

Miniature of Cuthbert and Ecgfrith's widow being shown the city walls and fountain, from Chapter 27 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 55v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Hist More

Miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bed More

Miniature of Cuthbert discovering a dolphin cut and prepared for cooking, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 26v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Eccle More

Miniature of a sick man being healed while praying at Cuthbert's tomb, from Chapter 44 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 79 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesias More

Miniature of Cuthbert healing a child ill with the plague, from Chapter 33 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 62v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (Histo More

Miniature of Cuthbert teaching the monks in the monastery of Lindisfarne, from Chapter 16 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 35v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Eccle More

Miniature of Cuthbert's arm emerging from his tomb to heal a paralytic who is praying before it, from Historia ecclesiastica, bk. iv, 31-32, in Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 83 of Prose More

Miniature of Cuthbert healing the wife of Hildmaer, who was beset by demons, from Chapter 15 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 33v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ec More

Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to the birds and driving them away from the crops which he had sown, from Chapter 19 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 42v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac More

Miniature of an eagle bringing Cuthbert and his companion a fish, which they share with the eagle, from Chapter 12 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 28v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extrac More

Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to a crowd and giving instruction in the way of salvation to those who have come to him from across Britain, from Chapter 22 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from More

Text page with a coloured initial 'A'. Image taken from f. 75 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People). Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thomp More

Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed and one of her nuns being healed by Cuthbert's girdle, which she wraps around her head, from Chapter 23 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 48v of Prose Li More

Miniature of monks at Cuthbert's hermitage signalling with torches to the monks of Lindisfarne that Cuthbert is dead, from Chapter 40 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 74vF of Prose Life More

Detail of a decorated initial 'P'(rincipium), from Chapter 2 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 7v of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the Engli More

Miniature of two monks at the monastery of Tynemouth praying for the safety of those blown away in a gale, from Chapter 3 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 11 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; e More

Miniature of Cuthbert performing a miracle by tasting water and giving it the flavour of wine, from Chapter 35 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. Image taken from f. 66 of Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts fro More

Detail of a mminiature of Zoroaster with two demons, from Pseudo-Aristotle's Secreta secretorum. Image taken from f. 51 of Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v More

Detail of a circular diagram of the Six Ages of the World, with an angel at the centre with outspread arms. Each of the Ages of the World is represented by an emblematic scene. First Age (from Adam to Noah): More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 116 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Miniature of the Virgin Mary and Apostles with the dove of the Holy Spirit descending upon them at Pentecost, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 255 of Breviari d'Amor (Catala More

Detail of a miniature of Lothbrocus kneeling before King Edmund, with standing nobles behind, and a dog in the foreground, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. Image taken from f. 32 of Lives More

Detail of a miniature of the battle outside Antioch. Image taken from f. 29 of Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthro More

Image taken from f. 40v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. Th More

Miniature of the Circumcision of Christ, as the Christ Child lays in the lap of the Virgin Mary; miniature of the Three Magi following the star of Bethlehem in search of the Messiah, in Matfré Ermengau of Bézie More

Miniature of the Nine Choirs of Angels. In the central roundel are seated God, Christ, and the Virgin Mary in prayer; they are surrounded by the text of the Sanctus repeated three times. Around this roundel a More

Detail of a miniature of Dante breaking a branch from one of the trees in the wood of the suicide, which shouts in pain and bleeds, Dante and Virgil conversing with the wounded tree, Piero delle Vigne, and watc More

Miniature of the arrested Christ being brought before an enthroned Herod, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 237 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish More

Miniature of Christ distributing food during the miracle of the loaves and fishes; miniature of Christ giving the keys to the kingdom of God to Peter, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image tak More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 95 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl More

Back fly leaf vi. Image taken from back fly leaf vi of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable coll More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 2v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl More

Detail of a miniature of Pygmalion kneeling before his sculpture-turned-woman. Image taken from f. 138v of Roman de la Rose. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and phil More

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice before the Virgin and Child, seated in a garden and surrounded by angels and a kneeling Bernard, in illustration of Paradiso XXXIII. Image taken from f. 186 of Divina More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 77 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 101v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 57v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Miniature of a woman gathering grapes while a man stands in a wine cask, representing September; miniature of a man sowing seed, representing October, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image tak More

Image taken from f. 18v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. Th More

Image taken from f. 23 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The More

Image taken from f. 22v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. Th More

Miniature of a dragon and demons being cast out of heaven and falling towards the earth, from Revelation 12:7-9; miniature of a dragon attacking a winged woman, from Revelation 12:13-16. Image taken from f. 20v More

Detail of a miniature of the Battle of Hastings. Image taken from f. 155v of Grande Chronique de Normandie. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who as More

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice before Dante's vision of the Virgin. Image taken from f. 190 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a Bri More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 140v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem More

Miniature of Dante encountering Casella and Cato. Image taken from f. 68 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropis More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 28v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun writing the opening words of his poem (which begins on f. 28), in the Roman de la Rose. Image taken from f. 69v of Roman de la Rose. Written in French. Henry Yates Thompso More

Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice before Thomas Aquinas, who presents the two to Dominic and Francis, both standing on winged cherubim, in illustration of Paradiso, Canto XI. Image taken from f. 148 o More

Miniature of Virgil holding Dante's eyes to prevent him seeing the Gorgon pass, and Virgil and Dante entering the city of Dis, in illustration of Canto IX. Image taken from f. 16 of Divina Commedia (index Divin More

Miniature of Dante being shown the Florentine towns. Image taken from f. 157 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthr More

Image taken from f. 25 of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 86 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembl More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 58v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. Image taken from f. 221 of Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version). Written in Spanish (Catalan), with some Hebrew (ff. More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 104 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Miniature of Dante and Beatrice before Justinian, who recounts the history of the Roman Empire. Image taken from f. 139 of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838- More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 121v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem More

Miniature of the Christian forces overcoming the pagan forces in battle. Image taken from f. 45v of Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). Written in Russian Church Slavonic. Henry Yat More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 175v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assem More

Image taken from f. 36v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. Th More

Illuminated initials on a text page. Image taken from f. 49v of Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy). Written in Italian. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assemb More

Image taken from f. ii v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. T More