Poetry

Text page. Image taken from f. 59v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text page. Image taken from f. 132v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 42v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) ( More

Text page. Image taken from f. 120 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Initial with foliate decoration on a text page faced by a full-page engraving showing the orb (representing the world) surmounted by the cross, the ocean with caravels and the four winds. Image taken from ff. 1 More

Miniature of John enthroned, caressing his dog; below, a genealogical table of his descendants. Image taken from f. 8v of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edwar More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 45v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) ( More

Text page. Image taken from f. 122 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text page. Image taken from f. 157v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 58 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 58v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 60v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text and initial with pen-work decoration. Image taken from f. 127v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) More

Initial word ~melekh~ (king) with its third letter filled with foliate motifs, at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for the first day of Rosh ha-Shanah (Davidson, vol. 3, no. 1529). The word ~hayyim More

Image taken from f. 18v of Collection of Poems. Written in Latin.

Decorated initial-word panel with gold letters and foliate motifs, in colour; foliate border in the outer margin inhabited by animals, birds and human figures, at the beginning of ~parashiyot~ and ~haftarot~ fo More

Detail: two decorated initial words with a hybrid in between, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694). Image taken from f. 337v of Fes More

Initial word decorated with a foliate scroll and accompanied by a resting lioness, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover. Image taken from f. 78v of Festival prayer book, Italian rite. Written in Hebrew.

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 48v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Detail of a page; Historiated initial-word panel ~Ha lahma aniya~ (The Bread of Affliction), at the beginning of the text of the Haggadah. Beneath the initial words, a miniature depicting a family by the Seder More

Illuminated initial ‘M’ in colours and gold with a partial bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury. Image ta More

Full-page initial-word panel with gold letters and foliate decoration at the conclusion of the Haggadah: ~La-Shanah ha-Baah bi-rushalayim, amen~ (Next year in Jerusalem, Amen). Image taken from f. 88 of Haggada More

Text page. Image taken from f. 130 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 62v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) ( More

Folio 36v: historiated initial-word panel with gold letters: ~Mi-thilah~ at the beginning of the passage, 'In the beginning our fathers were idolators'. Around the initial-word panel, two midrashic scenes: on t More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 54v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) ( More

Detail of an historiated initial 'I' with the coat of arms of Bury St Edmunds (~azure~ three imperial crowns ~or~ two and one) and foliate feathering at the beginning of the first poem. Image taken from f. 1 of More

Miniature of Vortigern within his burning castle, and a king standing with courtiers and a hawk. Image taken from f. 3 of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edwar More

Miniature in the lower panel of a border of Ursula and eleventh thousend virgins, and a faceted initial 'M'(auris), at the beginning of book 1. Image taken from f. 4 of Poem on Ursula and the eleven thousand vi More

Text page. Image taken from f. 157 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Initial word ~Lel~ (night) accompanied by two dogs, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 3, no. 726). Image taken from f. 125 of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Spec More

This image has been taken from scan 000077 from "Little Loving-Hearts Poem-Book ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British More

Decorated initial-word panel ~Barukh~ (Blessed) and full foliate border inhabited by hybrids and including a scene of a pig-like figure lifting the first cup of wine and a hare placing a stick upon a dog's head More

The twenty-second figural poem of book 1, depicting the Chi-Rho monogram of Christ in Greek letters in gold. Image taken from f. 27v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 (ff. 6v More

Text page. Image taken from f. 156 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Two decorated initial-word panels with gold letters, in colour with a border in the outer margin. On top of the upper initial-word panel, a dog is catching a hare. The border is created by a staff with a white More

Inhabited initial-word panel at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Shemini Atzeret (Davidson vol. 1, no. 1835). The red panel of the gold letters is surrounded by a larger panel with foliate deco More

Text page. Image taken from f. 155v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 49v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 123v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Text page explicating the twenty-seventh figural poem of book 1 (on facing page). Foliate initial 'N'(ovi) in gold, silver and colours. Image taken from f. 33 of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material More

Full border bar border with a historiated initial 'M'(aintes) of the lovers sleeping. Image taken from f. 2 of Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-147v), le Testament (ff. 148-179), le Songe (ff. 179-181), le Codicile (ff. More

The second figural poem of book 1, bordered by foliage, depicting a golden cross within a red, blue, and green frame. Image taken from f. 7v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 More

Decorated initial 'Q'(uodum) outlined in red (partially oxidised), on green, blue and yellow grounds, with foliate motifs and a dragon. Image taken from f. 1v of Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae More

Miniature of a hand holding hearts. Image taken from f. 8 of Collection of poems in praise of Charles II. Written in Latin and English. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts More

Illuminated initial 'Q'(uod) enclosing flowers combined with a full panel border with flowers and a bird. The roses, greyhound, and dragon are heraldic motifs referring to the royal Tudor family. Image taken fr More

The eleventh figural poem of book 1, bordered by crouching animals, depicting a gold cross formed of five squares. Image taken from f. 16v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 ( More

Anthropomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing man at the beginning of Caesarius of Arles' Homiliae X ad monachos. Image taken from f. 113 of Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. More

Text page with puzzle initial, decorated initial and paraphs. Image taken from f. 5 of Religious and moral poems and a prose treatise; Manuel de Pechies (index: Péchés, Péchéz ); Le Chasteau d'Amour. Written in More

Keywords of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Passover, ~lel shimurim~ (The night of the vigils) are included into panels with penwork and foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 30 of Haggadah with commentary More

Four initial-word panels with gold letters and white vine motifs; in the outer margin, two elderly men, Rabbi Yosi ha-Galili and Rabbi Eliezer are seated holding an open book. Image taken from f. 14v of Haggada More

The twenty-sixth figural poem of book 1, bordered by a quatrefoil pattern, depicting a golden cross. Image taken from f. 31v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 (ff. 6v-34), bo More

The Three Living and the Three Dead, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II). Three living princes, on the left, encounter three corpses, on the right. Below is a Middle French poem describing the encounte More

Initial-word panel ~Ayyelet~ (doe) inhabited by hybrids, a dog and a deer, at the beginning of a poem for the second day of Shavuot (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 2960). Image taken from f. 329 of Fest More

Two initial-word panels with gold letters, white vine and foliate decoration. The first panel, ~Lefikakh~ is the beginning of the text, 'Thus it is our duty to thank', the moment when the second cup of wine sho More

Illustrated initial-word panel: ~Ha lahma~ ('This is the bread of affliction'). On the left side of the panel is an elderly bearded man with a book, on the right side, a servant pouring the first cup out of the More

Full-page miniature, upper register: Aaron's rod turning to a snake and swallowing the magicians' rod (Ex. 7:12), lower register: the first plague: blood. Image taken from f. 3v of Haggadah with commentary and More

Decorated initial-word panel, ~R. Akiva~, and in the outer margin; a miniature of an elderly man holding an open book representing Rabbi Akiva. Image taken from f. 15 of Haggadah with commentary and liturgica More

Detail of a miniature of Richard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne. Image taken from f. 8 of Drawings with various inscriptions, disti More

Detail of a page: inhabited initial-word panel with foliate and vine scroll decoration, and a hybrid, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for the second day of Sukkot composed by Eleazar ha-Kallir (Davidson v More

Decorated initial 'I'(n) with foliate decoration including acanthus extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (common version to 1430) More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 60 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff More

The twentieth figural poem of book 1, bordered by pairs of dragons, depicting four lambdas in gold. Image taken from f. 25v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 (ff. 6v-34), boo More

Text page explicating the nineteenth figural poem of book 1 (on facing page). Foliate initial 'H'(aec) in gold, silver and colours, with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 25 of De laudibus sanctae crucis More

Initial word ~shoshan~ (lily) with its letters filled with geometric design and with modest penwork decoration around them, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Yom Kippur (for the poem, see Davidson vol. More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 43 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 152 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Decorated initial-word panel, ~Rabban Gamliel~ at the beginning of the Mishnaic dictum, 'Rabban Gamliel used to say'; in the outer margin, a miniature depicting Rabban Gamliel seated reading a book. Image taken More

The eighteenth figural poem of book 1, bordered by a foliate pattern, depicting a cross formed of four stepped triangles. Image taken from f. 23v of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), b More

Detail of an historiated initial-word panel: ~Pesah~ (Passover lamb) depicting a young man roasting the Passover lamb. Image taken from f. 60 of Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (Th More

Detail: initial-word panel ~or~ (light) with letters inhabited by hybrids, and framed by foliate scroll, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1962). Image taken from f More

Historiated full-page initial-word panel: ~Matzah zo~ (This unleavened bread). Between the two words a man seated holding unleavened bread in both of his hands. Beneath the initial words, a giant ~matzah~ embed More

Inhabited band between two columns of text, connected to an initial word. The main text on this folio is the Aramaic translation of Exodus 19-20 with poems. Image taken from f. 217v of Miscellany of biblical an More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 52v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 62 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 136v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Text page explicating the twenty-first figural poem of book 1 (on facing page). Foliate initial 'H'(anc) in gold, silver and colours, with some penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 27 of De laudibus sanctae More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 40v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 132 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text page. Image taken from f. 133 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text page explicating the seventh figural poem of book 1 (on facing page). Foliate initial 'R'(ecte) in gold, silver and colours with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 13 of De laudibus sanctae crucis, pr More

Puzzle initial 'V'(on) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Karl der Grosse und die schottischen Heiligen (Poem on Ch More

Text and initials with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 54 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (f More

Text page. Image taken from f. 131 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Text and initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 45 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff More

Miniature of William I enthroned, and below, his children seated at a table. Image taken from f. 5v of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), More

Text page explicating the second figural poem of book 1 (on facing page), with a detail of an illuminated initial 'A'(st). Image taken from f. 8 of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), bo More

Text page. Image taken from f. 153 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Illuminated initial 'T'(o) with a partial bar and foliate border. Image taken from f. 91 of The Regement of Princes, with other poems. Written in English. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the More

Text page. Image taken from f. 135 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by W More

Illuminated white vine initials 'C'(oelius) and 'M'(ultas) in Catullus's Poems. Image taken from f. 58v of Carmina. Written in Latin.

Two decorated initial words with a hybrid in between, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694). Image taken from f. 337v of Festival pr More

Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857). Image taken from f. 1 More

Miniature of Henry I on his throne, mourning, with a genealogical table of his children with Matilda, and a drawing of the sinking of the white ship. Image taken from f. 6v of Drawings with various inscriptions More

Detail of a historiated initial-word panel: Barukh (blessed) at the beginning of the benediction for the ending of the Shabbat (Havdalah ceremony). An elderly man lifts a goblet while performing the ~Havdalah~ More

Original flyleaf. Image taken from f. 162 of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poe More

Initial-word panel with gold letters, white vine and foliate decoration, at the end of ~Dayyenu~, the thanksgiving hymn for Passover. Image taken from f. 16v of Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for More

Initial-word panel with gold letters decorated with foliate motifs, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Passover, 'The strength of your miraculous powers' (Davidson vol. 1, 1871). Next to the panel, the t More

Text page. Image taken from f. 143v of Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by More

Historiated initial-word panel with gold letters: ~Avadim~ at the beginning of the passage, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh'. Beneath the initial word, the Israelites build a tower under the supervision of a task ma More