Philosophy

Circular diagram with the earth as its centre. Image taken from f. 140v of Various works including De natura rerum, De temporibus, In libros Regum quaestiones XXX, computistical and calendrical writings and oth More

Drawing of the Hare [Lepus], with the stars marked as red dots. Image taken from f. 41v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval More

Drawing of the Swan, or Bird (Cygnus). Image taken from f. 38 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the B More

Drawing of the constellation Capricorn, with the stars picked out as red dots. Image taken from f. 39 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collecti More

Text page. Image taken from f. 37v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. T More

Drawing of Ara, the Altar. Image taken from f. 43v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Libr More

Drawing of the constellation the dog, Canis Major, with the stars picked out as red dots. Image taken from f. 44v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers t More

Drawings of the constellations Centaur (Centaurus), stretching his hand towards the Altar, holding the Beast (Fera), and below, the Hydra. Image taken from f. 44 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Writt More

Drawing of Delphinus, the Dolphin, with the constellations marked as red dots. Image taken from f. 40v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect More

Detail of drawing of the eagle, with the constellations marked as red dots. Image taken from f. 40 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection More

Text page. Image taken from f. 45 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. Th More

Detail of a drawing of the constellation Aquarius. Image taken from f. 36 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts h More

Image taken from ff. 42v-43 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. The Harl More

Drawing of Orion and his dog. Image taken from f. 41 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Li More

Drawing of an arrow, and of an eagle, with the constellations marked as red dots. Image taken from f. 40 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a colle More

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's severed head, with red dots for the constellations. Image taken from f. 37 of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a More

Image taken from f. 42v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. The Harley M More

Drawing of the constellation Pisces, with the stars picked out as red dots. Image taken from f. 36v of Phaenomena (also known as the Aratea). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection More

The front pastedown of the manuscript, containing many fragments of verse and proverbs in Middle English and Latin. Image taken from f. i verso of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a Latin herbal, excerpt f More

Text page containing many Latin proverbs and, at the bottom, a Middle English poem added by William Wey, beginning 'Lyke as women have facis'. Image taken from f. 45v of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a More

Text page containing verse and proverbs in Latin and English. Image taken from f. 1 of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a Latin herbal, excerpt from a Latin lapidary, Secretum, poem addressed to William Wa More

Text page containing the beginning of a poem addressed to William Waynflete (b. c. 1400, d. 1486). Image taken from f. 22v of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a Latin herbal, excerpt from a Latin lapidary, More

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Text page containing the end of a Latin prose text about a comet described by 'Clerkys of Oxenforde', and a Middle English poem added by William Wey, beginning 'Remember that there be in hell'. Image taken from More

Text page containing the end of a Middle English verse translation of a Latin text on the transitory world. Image taken from f. 53v of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a Latin herbal, excerpt from a Latin More

Text page containing the beginning of a Middle English verse sermon on Psalm 23:3-4, beginning 'Lystenythe a while and thenke ye nott longe'. Image taken from f. 54 of Miscellany, including an excerpt from a La 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

Drawing of Philosophy visiting Boethius in prison. Image taken from f. 22v of Miscellany, including a wind rose (f. 17), a Greek and Latin grammatical list (ff. 19-22), and an excerpt from the 'Proverbia Salomo More

Text page containing the end of a Latin poem on the transitory world, and the opening of its Middle English verse translation, which begins 'Lorde wherto ys this worlde soo gaye '. Image taken from f. 53 of Mis More

Miniature of the tomb of Aristotle on an island, in front of the town of Stagira, with pilgrims making offerings on an altar in the foreground. In the background is a ruined city, representing Troy. Image taken More

Miniature of Queen Olympias and Aristotle receiving a letter from Alexander. Image taken from f. 75v of Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae. Written in French. The "BL Harley More

Coloured drawing of Aristotle admonishing Wisdom (index Sagesse). Image taken from f. 19v of Pèlerinage de vie humaine (index Pelerinage de vie humaine, Pilgrimage of the life of man). Written in French. The " More

Detail of a miniature of Aristotle instructing Alexander, who holds a book covered with figures. Image taken from f. 8 of Roman d'Alexandre en Prose, imperfect at the end (index Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du More

Miniature of the Trinity and the Virgin Mary flanked by saints, with famous historical persons (including Avicen, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Pythagoras, Archimedes, Ptolemy, etc.) below, and in the cor More

Miniature of Aristotle teaching his pupil Alexander the Great. Image taken from f. 1 of Les Ethiques d'Aristote. Written in French. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Eger More

Patterned headpiece. Image taken from f. 2 of Excerpts from Aristotle veterinaria. Written in Greek. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of B More

The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin. Image More

Miniature of Cato in dispute with Scipio Africanus and Gaius Laelius Sapiens. Image taken from f. 4 of De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié (De Amicitia). Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscrip More

Decorated line-filler and initials, and figure of division. Image taken from f. 71v of Commentaries on Aristotle's 'Organon' (ff. 1-103) and Hermogenes (ff. 117-132); 'Institutio physica' (ff. 135-138v). Writte More

Illustration of the explanation about the division of the Red Sea, at chapter 5 of Maimonides' commentary on tractate Avot of the Mishnah: 'They [the waters] were divided into many paths equal to the number of More

Decorated initial-word panel and foliate scroll between the two text columns. Image taken from f. 167 of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn More

Panels decorated with foliate scrolls around the text columns, and partial border, at the end of the Guide of the Perplexed and the colophon of the scribe. Image taken from f. 117 of Miscellany of philosophical More

Decorated panel at the closure of a text column framing the end of Maimonides' ~Tehiyyat ha-metim~ (Epistle on the resurrection of the dead) and the colophon of the scribe. Image taken from f. 148 of Miscellany More

Decorated panel around the initial words of Solomon ibn Gabirol's ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) and partial border in the inner margin. Image taken from f. 163 of Miscellany of philosophical works inclu More

Panels decorated with foliate scrolls, at Maimonides' treatise on ~Pereq Heleq~ (the tenth chapter of the mishnaic tractate, Sanhedrin). Image taken from f. 118v of Miscellany of philosophical works including e More

Partial border between the two text columns, at the Hebrew translation of al-Farabi's ~Sefer Hathalot ha-Nimtzaot~ (The Book of Principles). Image taken from f. 201v of Miscellany of philosophical works includi More

Decorated panel framing the closure of the text column, at Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. Image taken from f. 76 of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonide More

Decorated panel surrounding the closure of the text column at the end of the Hebrew translation of Aristotle's Meteorology (by Samuel ibn Tibbon). Image taken from f. 198 of Miscellany of philosophical works in More

Initial words decorated with blue and red flourishing. Image taken from f. 134 of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew transla More

Detail of a page: illustration of the explanation about the division of the Red Sea, at chapter 5 of Maimonides' commentary on tractate Avot of the Mishnah: 'They [the waters] were divided into many paths equal More

Diagram of the four main winds, in Aristotle's Meteorology. Image taken from f. 190v of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew t More

Decorated panel around the initial words of the Hebrew translation of al-Farabi's ~Sefer hathalot ha-nimtzaot~ (The Book of Principles) and partial border in the inner margin. Image taken from f. 198v of Miscel More

Detail of a page: decorated initial-word panel and foliate scroll between the two text columns. Image taken from f. 167 of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimoni More

Decorated panel with foliate scroll at the closure of the text column framing the colophon of the scribe, Solomon, at the end of Samuel ibn Tibbon's ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms). Ima More

Decorated panel and partial border, at the beginning of Maimonides' treatise on ~Pereq Heleq~ (the tenth chapter of the mishnaic tractate, Sanhedrin). Image taken from f. 117v of Miscellany of philosophical wor More

Detail of a page: dcorated panel with foliate scroll at the closure of the text column framing the colophon of the scribe, Solomon, at the end of Samuel ibn Tibbon's ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of fo More

Decorated panel around the closure of the text column, at the end of Solomon ibn Gabirol's ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship). Image taken from f. 165v of Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. th More

Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 96v of Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium). Written in Latin.

Text pages with ink drawings in the lower margin, including a decorated catchword and the monogram of the scribe John Clement. Image taken from ff. 73v-74 of Secretum secretorum. Written in Latin.

Image taken from f. 2 of Orationes, etc. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 212 of Orationes. Written in Latin.

Illuminated initials 'A'(dversus) and 'P'(rimum), at the beginning of Leonardo Bruni's Latin translation of Demosthenes's Oratio pro Ctesiphonte (or De corona). Image taken from f. 164v of Orationes, etc. Writt More

Initial 'E'(tsi) drawn in ink with white vine-stem decoration, incorporating a butterfly, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Ad Herennium, unfinished, and perhaps a later addition. Image taken from f. 107 of More

Decorated initial 'S'(unt) with pen-flourishing, in Cicero's De officiis. Image taken from f. 19v of De officiis. Written in Latin.

Decorated foliate initial 'U'(ndecimo) in Cicero's Epistolae ad Atticum. Image taken from f. 181v of Ad Brutum (ff. 7v-19), Ad Quintum, I-II (ff. 19-45v), Ad Octavianum (ff. 45v-47v), Ad Atticum (ff. 47v-236v). More

Decorated initial 'C'(rotoniate) including animal heads in Cicero's De inventione. Image taken from f. 27 of De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Heren More

Image taken from f. 1 of De amicitia. Written in Latin.

Illuminated white vine initial 'V'(enio) in Cicero's In verrem. Image taken from f. 148v of Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium). Written in Latin.

Detail of heraldry in the lower border. Image taken from f. 1 of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin, some words in Greek.

Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 21v of De officiis. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646). More

Image taken from f. 2 of Philippics. Written in Latin.

Puzzle initial 'B'(onorum), at the beginning of Aristotle's De anima. Image taken from f. 36 of De generatione et corruptione (ff. 1-23); De memoria et reminiscentia (ff. 23v-26v); De sensu et sensato (ff. 27-3 More

Inhabited illuminated initial 'Q'(ue), depicting a clothed cherub holding a shield (with the arms of the Lan family of Treviso ?) Image taken from f. 121v of Orationes, etc. Written in Latin.

The last page of the text, with a verse added by an unidentified sixteenth-century reader: 'Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram/ Pretereundo cave. ne sileatur ave'. Image taken from f. 55v of De amicitia. More

Illustration of the lyre, for the sign Lyra, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation. Image taken from f. 5 of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures. More

Detail of historiated initial with a seated Christ, and conjoined figures below. Image taken from f. 202 of Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a col More

Text page with decoration in brown ink probably added by Petrarch. Image taken from f. 24 of Various works including Orationes in Catilinam, Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-55v), De amicitia (ff. 110v-120v), imperfe More

Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a crowned king carrying a sceptre, with a nude figure playing a harp in the lower section of the initial. Image taken from f. 16v of Libri Naturales, with extensi More

Miniature of Laurent du Premierfait presenting his translation to Louis, Duc de Bourbon, decorated initial 'A' (tres), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the dedicatory prologue. Image taken from f. More

Text page. Image taken from f. 2 of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts he More

Illuminated initial and border. Image taken from f. 1 of Secretum Secretorum. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of Britis More

Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with a portrait of Aristotle or Leonardo Bruno (Aretino) wearing spectacles, and, in the lower margin, the arms and initials of Iñigo Dávalos. Image taken from f. 5v of Ethica (ind More

White vine initial 'E'(t). Image taken from f. 142v of Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares), imperfect. Written in Latin (and some Greek). The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection o More

Detail of a miniature with a man standing before an assembly of ?lawyers, a scribe writes down the proceedings, decorated initial 'Q'(uanquam) with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 2 of Orationes. Writte More

Detail of historiated initial with a man teaching. Image taken from f. 116 of Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscript More

Historiated initial 'I'(gitur) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle. Image taken from f. 24v of Ethica (index Ethics). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect More

Diagram of the division of philosophy. Image taken from f. 9v of Theological miscellany. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscr More

Illustration of the constellation Orion. Image taken from f. 8 of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect More

Detail of historiated initial 'G'(eneratione) with a couple in bed, and a nursemaid with an infant in a cot below, at the beginning of the third book 'On Coming Into Being and Passing Away' ('De Generatione et More

Illuminated initial 'E'(t si) at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Milone. Image taken from f. 139 of Orationes; Quirites. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscript More

Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um) and heading in multi-coloured display capitals, at the beginning of the volume. Image taken from f. 1 of Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-91v), De finibus (ff. 93-178v), Ac More

Flourished puzzle initial 'F'(inem) at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, book 12. Image taken from f. 133v of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial 'E(t si) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of book 13. Image taken from f. 148 of Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares) (imperfect). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Man More

Detail of table. Image taken from f. 438v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

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Title and initial in display capitals at the beginning of Cicero 'Orationes in Catilinam'. Image taken from f. 115 of Works, including 'Epistolae ad Familiares' (ff. 1v-51v), 'Philippics' (index Philippicae) (f More

Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 1 of Secretum Secretorum. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in the development of British More

Illustration of the constellation Pisces, with text or scholia written within the figure of the zodiacal sign. Image taken from f. 3v of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation fig More

Historiated initial 'D'(um) and foliate border. Image taken from f. 57v of De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De More