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A vase sitting on a ledge next to a window. Mont saint michel, travel vacation.

A vase sitting on a ledge next to a window. Mont saint michel, travel ...

French Castles: Free images of castles in France, available for commercial use, free download. A vase sitting on a ledge next to a window

Cuthbert welcomed by Boisil from BL YT 26, f. 16

Cuthbert welcomed by Boisil from BL YT 26, f. 16

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

Decorated initial from BL Royal 13 C V, f. 2

Decorated initial from BL Royal 13 C V, f. 2

Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'. Image taken from f. 2 of Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis... More

Annals from BL Eg 3088, f. 133 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Annals from BL Eg 3088, f. 133 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Text page from Annals for the years 1041 to 1080, with a list of emperors and kings. Image taken from f. 133 of Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, an... More

Dirk II of Holland and his wife Hildegard present the Gospels to Egmond Abbey

Dirk II of Holland and his wife Hildegard present the Gospels to Egmon...

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Dirk II and his wife Hildegard kneel before St. Adalbert, patron of Egmond Abbey

Dirk II and his wife Hildegard kneel before St. Adalbert, patron of Eg...

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Living Cross from BL Stowe 39, f. 23v

Living Cross from BL Stowe 39, f. 23v

Text page with a marginal drawing of the Living Cross. Image taken from f. 23v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v). Written in English.

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Miniatures of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from f. 8v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate... More

Tree from BL Stowe 39, f. 14 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Tree from BL Stowe 39, f. 14 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing of a diagrammatic tree inscribed with the twelve degrees of meekness. Image taken from f. 14 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 3... More

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of figures, in the lower register of Mercy and Pity, offering bread and drink to a young man with crutches, and right, Confession with a priest. Image taken from f. 9 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. ... More

A statue of a woman holding a child. France eastern pyrenees codalet, people.

A statue of a woman holding a child. France eastern pyrenees codalet, ...

A statue of a mother and child / A statue of a mother and child sculpture.

A close up of a pillar with a sky background. France eastern pyrenees codalet.

A close up of a pillar with a sky background. France eastern pyrenees ...

The ancient greek city of delphi, is a roman city in the province of delphi, greece / A close up of a column with a sculpture of a man with a baby on top / Public domain stock photo.

A group of statues of people sitting on the ground. France eastern pyrenees codalet, religion.

A group of statues of people sitting on the ground. France eastern pyr...

A group of statues of the nativity scene / Statues of the three wise men sculpture.

Text page from BL Add 61735, recto

Text page from BL Add 61735, recto

Text page Image taken from recto of Farming memoranda of Ely Abbey. Written in English.

Hunting horn, sculpture collection Rijksmuseum

Hunting horn, sculpture collection Rijksmuseum

This horn once hung with a similar one (now lost) in the middle of the Mariakerk, Utrecht. Both were given to the Bishop of Utrecht in 1095 but came from the abbey of Saint Hubert (patron saint of hunters) in t... More

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Miniatures of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from f. 8v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate... More

Building from BL Stowe 39, f. 24v

Building from BL Stowe 39, f. 24v

Marginal drawing of a man building. Image taken from f. 24v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v). Written in English.

Head of a saint from BL Add 61735, verso

Head of a saint from BL Add 61735, verso

Drawing of a saint's (or Christ's) head, Latin pen-trials and neumes. Image taken from verso of Farming memoranda of Ely Abbey. Written in English.

A statue of a man laying on a table. France eastern pyrenees codalet, religion.

A statue of a man laying on a table. France eastern pyrenees codalet, ...

The statue of / A sculpture of a woman laying down sculpture.

Tree from BL Stowe 39, f. 24 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Tree from BL Stowe 39, f. 24 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing of a diagrammatic tree. Image taken from f. 24 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v). Written in English.

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, ff. 8v-9

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, ff. 8v-9

Miniatures of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from ff. 8v-9 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Deb... More

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain document scan of drawing

Detail of drawing of nuns, including the personification of Decorum with acolyte and nuns, as see, hear, speak, and think no evil. Image taken from f. 9 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Des... More

Doorway from Abbey of Notre-Dame at Nevers

Doorway from Abbey of Notre-Dame at Nevers

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Debate for the Soul from BL Stowe 39, f. 32v

Debate for the Soul from BL Stowe 39, f. 32v

Miniature of the Debate for the Soul, with a naked man being held by the hair by a devil with a hook, and speared by death, with an angel on the right, Christ with raised hands, and a kneeling Mary interceding ... More

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Nuns from BL Stowe 39, f. 9 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Miniature of nuns in various activities, personifying various traits described in the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from f. 9 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of ... More

Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 95

Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 95

Detail of a miniature of Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from a tomb in the abbey. Image taken from f. 95 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu. Written in French. The BL Royal Manu... More

Preacher from BL Stowe 39, ff. 10v-11

Preacher from BL Stowe 39, ff. 10v-11

Miniature of a preacher, and of a man holding a rosary with lions. Image taken from ff. 10v-11 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v... More

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a miniature of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from f. 8v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 1... More

Rebuilding of the Abbey of Fecamp from BL YT 33, f. 74

Rebuilding of the Abbey of Fecamp from BL YT 33, f. 74

Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church. Image taken from f. 74 of Grande Chronique de Norm... More

Pilgrim from BL Harley 4826, f. 1*

Pilgrim from BL Harley 4826, f. 1*

Detail of an inserted miniature of a kneeling pilgrim, accompanied by a monk, presenting a book to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and ... More

Battle of Hastings from BL YT 33, f. 167

Battle of Hastings from BL YT 33, f. 167

Detail of a miniature of the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, including relatives seeking their dead, four monks carrying Harold's body to Waltham Abbey, and victorious Normans issuing from their pavilions,... More

Mary and Child from BL Stowe 39, f. 10

Mary and Child from BL Stowe 39, f. 10

Miniature of a standing Mary holding the Christ Child, who holds a gird on a string, with a kneeling woman and heraldic device. Image taken from f. 10 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Deser... More

Entombment of Edmund from BL Harley 2278, f. 117

Entombment of Edmund from BL Harley 2278, f. 117

Detail of a miniature of the entombment of Edmund in the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds. Image taken from f. 117 of Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the p... More

Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 95

Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from BL Royal 14 E III, f. 95

Miniature of Sir Galahad casting out a fiend from a tomb in the abbey. Image taken from f. 95 of Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Colle... More

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail from BL Stowe 39, f. 8v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a miniature of nuns in various activities, illustrating the treatise The Abbey of the Holy Ghost. Image taken from f. 8v of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 1... More

Dialogue with Death from BL Stowe 39, f. 32

Dialogue with Death from BL Stowe 39, f. 32

Miniature of a pope, a king, and a knight, being threatened by a skeleton with a spear illustrating the Dialogue with Death. Image taken from f. 32 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert o... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 12v

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 12v

Details of armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 12v of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harle... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 27

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 27

Armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 27 of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley Manuscript... More

Display script in capitals from BL Burn 340, f. 1

Display script in capitals from BL Burn 340, f. 1

Display script in three-colour capitals giving the title of the text as Tractatus Origenis de Balaham et Balac, with the twelfth-century ownership inscription of the abbey of Corbie above. Image taken from f. 1... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 18

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 18

Armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 18 of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley Manuscript... More

Historiated initial from BL Harley 3661, f. 36

Historiated initial from BL Harley 3661, f. 36

Historiated initial 'C'(ombien) with the coat of arms of Anne de Montmorency, abbess of the Abbey of the Sainte Trinité in Caen. Image taken from f. 36 of Account of the election of Agnès de Thieuville as abbes... More

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 56

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 56

Text page in the section listing the possessions of the abbey. Image taken from f. 56 of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerto... More

Tympanum from the abbey church of Egmond

Tympanum from the abbey church of Egmond

Public domain image of medieval portrait, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Holyrood Abbey; Interior - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Holyrood Abbey; Interior - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of a historic building, 13th, 14th, and 15th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Coloured initials from BL Eg 2733, f. 132

Coloured initials from BL Eg 2733, f. 132

Coloured initials. Image taken from f. 132 of Cartulary of Peterborough abbey, with table of contents, 60 royal and papal charters, and miscellaneous additions. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collect... More

Marginal drawings from BL Harley 3891, f. 124

Marginal drawings from BL Harley 3891, f. 124

Marginal drawings of a hand, a crowned head, a stag's head and a man. Image taken from f. 124 of Cartulary of Holm Cultram abbey. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval... More

Puzzle initial from BL Lansdowne 442, f. 2

Puzzle initial from BL Lansdowne 442, f. 2

Puzzle initial and flourished initials, at the beginning of the Cartulary. Image taken from f. 2 of Cartulary of the collegiate church of Edington in Wiltshire, containing charters relating to Romsey abbey in H... More

Decorated initial from BL Harley 3776, f. 31

Decorated initial from BL Harley 3776, f. 31

Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others. Image taken from f. 31 of Various religious and histori... More

Decorated initial from BL Davis 80, f. 1

Decorated initial from BL Davis 80, f. 1

Decorated initial 'E'(zechiel), and the ownership inscription of Fountains abbey Image taken from f. 1 of Glossed Ezekiel, with the prologue of Jerome. Written in Latin.

Benefactors of Crowland Abbey from BL Harley Roll Y.6, Roundel 18

Benefactors of Crowland Abbey from BL Harley Roll Y.6, Roundel 18

Roundel of benefactors at Guthlac's shrine making donations to Crowland Abbey, and a demoniac being healed. Image taken from Roundel 18 of Life of Guthlac (the 'Guthlac Roll') (index Vita Sancti Guthlaci). Writ... More

Guthlac is tonsured from BL Harley Roll Y.6, Roundel 2

Guthlac is tonsured from BL Harley Roll Y.6, Roundel 2

Roundel of Guthlac receiving the tonsure at Repton Abbey. Image taken from Roundel 2 of Life of Guthlac (the 'Guthlac Roll') (index Vita Sancti Guthlaci). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to... More

Henry III from BL Royal 20 A II, f. 9

Henry III from BL Royal 20 A II, f. 9

Miniature of Henry III enthroned, flanked by Westminster Abbey and church bells; below, a genealogical table of his descendants. Image taken from f. 9 of Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (... More

Detail from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 9

Detail from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 9

Image taken from f. 9 of Register of Chertsey abbey. Written in Latin.

Illuminated initial from BL Arundel 231, vol. 1, f. 13

Illuminated initial from BL Arundel 231, vol. 1, f. 13

Initial 'C'(um) on a gold ground, with a hybrid creature in the bowl of the letter and the ownership inscription of Fountains abbey in the upper margin. Image taken from vol. 1, f. 13 of Homilies for Sundays, w... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 17v

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 17v

Armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 17v of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More

Detail from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 124

Detail from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 124

Image taken from f. 124 of Register of Chertsey abbey. Written in Latin.

Lanthony Abbey - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Lanthony Abbey - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of a medieval city, castle, cathedral, architecture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illuminated initial from BL Stowe 39, f. 4

Illuminated initial from BL Stowe 39, f. 4

Illuminated initial and border. Image taken from f. 4 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10); Vado mori; Desert of Religion (ff. 10v); Debate for the Soul (f. 32r-32v). Written in English.

Virgin and Child from BL Lansdowne 417, f. 4

Virgin and Child from BL Lansdowne 417, f. 4

Drawing of a Virgin and Child as space-filler in the table of contents of the Cartulary of the Abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Image taken from f. 4 of Cartulary of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Writt... More

Tintern Abbey in Wales - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Tintern Abbey in Wales - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of a medieval city, castle, cathedral, architecture, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A painting of a woman holding a baby. Christ middle ages art, religion.

A painting of a woman holding a baby. Christ middle ages art, religion...

Architecture stock photograph: And / A painting of a woman holding a baby.

Coloured symbol from BL Harley 391, f. 33

Coloured symbol from BL Harley 391, f. 33

Coloured Chi-ro symbol for Christ. Image taken from f. 33 of Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Briti... More

Decorated initials from BL Eg 2796, f. 43

Decorated initials from BL Eg 2796, f. 43

Decorated 'KL' letters at the beginning of the marytrology for November. Image taken from f. 43 of Martyrology of the abbey of St Bavo, Ghent, imperfect, and portions of services (f. 1); lunar tables (f. 52). W... More

Decorated initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 53

Decorated initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 53

Decorated initial 'A'(lanus) at the beginning of the cartulary. Image taken from f. 53 of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egert... More

Decorated initial from BL Harley 3739, f. 28v

Decorated initial from BL Harley 3739, f. 28v

Decorated initial with zoomorphic motifs. Image taken from f. 28v of Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, Essex. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the B... More

Decorated initial from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 124

Decorated initial from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 124

Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with foliate forms, in a cartulary of Chertsey abbey. Image taken from f. 124 of Register of Chertsey abbey. Written in Latin.

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 94

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 94

Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]. Image taken from f. 94 of Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey. Written in Latin. ... More

Decorated initial from BL Eg 2823, f. 70

Decorated initial from BL Eg 2823, f. 70

Decorated and coloured initials. Image taken from f. 70 of Cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Byland, imperfect. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Ege... More

Puzzle initial. from BL Eg 3245, f. 156v

Puzzle initial. from BL Eg 3245, f. 156v

Puzzle initial 'M'. Image taken from f. 156v of Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. Written in English. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is na... More

Abbot from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 9

Abbot from BL Lansdowne 435, f. 9

Historiated initial 'A'(nno) with an abbot holding a crosier, and full border with faces in diamond shapes, at the beginning of a cartulary of Chertsey abbey. Image taken from f. 9 of Register of Chertsey abbey... More

Diagram from BL Harley 3667, f. 8

Diagram from BL Harley 3667, f. 8

Byrhtferth's diagram' relating to the computation of the date of Easter and other astrological and natural science topics. Image taken from f. 8 of Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey. Written in Latin.... More

Bernard taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux from BL YT 32, f. 9v

Bernard taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux from BL YT 32, f. ...

Miniature of Bernard with the monks of Citeaux taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, decorated initial 'S'(aint), and scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Ancien... More

Puzzle initial from BL Eg 3759, f. 5v

Puzzle initial from BL Eg 3759, f. 5v

Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day. Image taken from f. 5v of Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual'). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collec... More

Decorated initials from BL Stowe 937, ff. 92v-93

Decorated initials from BL Stowe 937, ff. 92v-93

Decorated initials in the cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Pipewell, Northamptonshire. Image taken from ff. 92v-93 of Cartulary of Pipewell Abbey, Northamptonshire. Written in Latin.

Dialogue with Death from BL Stowe 39, ff. 31v-32

Dialogue with Death from BL Stowe 39, ff. 31v-32

Illuminated initial 'O' and miniature illustrating the Dialogue with Death, with a pope, a king, a knight, and death personified as a skeleton with a spear. Image taken from ff. 31v-32 of The Abbey of the Holy ... More

Ownership inscription from BL Burn 40, f. 90v

Ownership inscription from BL Burn 40, f. 90v

Ownership inscription of the benedictine abbey of Camaldoli, near Poppi in Arezzo province: ‘Iste e(st) fr(atru)m s(an)c(t)i B(e)n(e)d(ict)i ordi(ni)s [last word erased:] Camaldule(n)sis’. Image taken from f. 9... More

Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1708, f. 16

Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1708, f. 16

Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins including birds at the beginning of the foundation charter. Image taken from f. 16 of Cartulary of Reading abbey, imperfect. Written i... More

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 95v

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 95v

Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]. Image taken from f. 95v of Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey. Written in Latin. ... More

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 54v

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 54v

Text page. Image taken from f. 54v of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder,... More

Abbey of Westminster and Council of Lyons from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 138v

Abbey of Westminster and Council of Lyons from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 1...

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of the Abbey of Westminster and the Council of Lyons. Image taken from f. 138v of Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora. Written in Latin. ... More

Cross and ownership inscription from BL Harley 2767, f. 145v

Cross and ownership inscription from BL Harley 2767, f. 145v

Cross and the ownership inscription of Goderamnus, 'prepositus' of the abbey of St. Pantaleon, Cologne. Image taken from f. 145v of On Architecture (De architectura). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More

Initials from BL Eg 2802, f. 55v

Initials from BL Eg 2802, f. 55v

Decorated initials 'I'(gitur) and 'P'(rimum) at the beginning of the listing of the possessions of the abbey. Image taken from f. 55v of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see No... More

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 53v

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 53v

Text page. Image taken from f. 53v of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder,... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 26v

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 26v

Armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 26v of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley Manuscrip... More

Initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 86v

Initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 86v

Coloured initial and addition to a charter. Image taken from f. 86v of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Colle... More

Long cross penny and ams from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 142

Long cross penny and ams from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 142

Drawing of a long cross penny referring to the coinage reform of 1247, a marginal drawing of the vase of the holy blood referring to its presentation to the abbey of Westminster by Henry III, and a drawing of t... More

Historiated initial from BL Harley 3661, f. 2

Historiated initial from BL Harley 3661, f. 2

Historiated initial 'C'(u nom) with the coat of arms of Agnès de Thieuville, abbess of the Abbey of the Sainte Trinité in Caen, and a full border with acanthus, flowers, a bird and hybrid creatures (the letter ... More

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 13

Armorials from BL Harley 337, f. 13

Details of armorials of English knights. Image taken from f. 13 of Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley... More

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 95

Text page from BL Eg 3034, f. 95

Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]. Image taken from f. 95 of Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey. Written in Latin. ... More

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 54

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 54

Text page. Image taken from f. 54 of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, ... More

Tintern Abbey, The North Door - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Tintern Abbey, The North Door - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with ruins, historical building, classical architecture, medieval, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Detail from BL Lansdowne 417, f. 4

Detail from BL Lansdowne 417, f. 4

Image taken from f. 4 of Cartulary of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire. Written in Latin.

Lion and bear from BL Stowe 39, ff. 22v-23

Lion and bear from BL Stowe 39, ff. 22v-23

Illuminated initial 'I'(n) and miniature of a a lion and a bear before a tree, and a diagrammatic tree illustrating the Desert of Religion. Image taken from ff. 22v-23 of The Abbey of the Holy Ghost (ff. 4-10);... More

Initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 86 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Initial from BL Eg 2802, f. 86 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Decorated initial 'O'(mnibus) at the beginning of a charter. Image taken from f. 86 of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton ... More

Decorated initial from BL Harley 229, f. 5v

Decorated initial from BL Harley 229, f. 5v

Decorated initial with faces. Image taken from f. 5v of Chronicle of Evesham abbey (index Chronicon Abbatiae Eveshamensis). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manus... More

Abbey of Westminster and Council of Lyons from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 138v

Abbey of Westminster and Council of Lyons from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 1...

Bas-de-page scene of the Abbey of Westminster and the Council of Lyons. Image taken from f. 138v of Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora. Written in Latin. The BL Royal... More

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 55

Text page from BL Eg 2802, f. 55

Text page. Image taken from f. 55 of Cartulary of the abbey of the Holy Cross at Quimperle in Brittany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, ... More

Ownership inscription from BL Royal 13 D II, f. 173v

Ownership inscription from BL Royal 13 D II, f. 173v

Detail of a text page with the ownership inscription of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Margam, Glamorganshire, reading 'Liber monacho[rum] s[an]c[t]e / marie de margan.' Image taken from f. 173v of Gesta regu... More

Abbey of Vezelay from BL Royal 16 G VI, f. 328v

Abbey of Vezelay from BL Royal 16 G VI, f. 328v

Detail of a miniature of the Abbey of Vezelay being attacked by three archers with crossbows; a complaint being made to Louis VII. Image taken from f. 328v of Chroniques de France ou de St Denis. Written in Fre... More

Abbey of Vezelay from BL Royal 16 G VI, f. 328v

Abbey of Vezelay from BL Royal 16 G VI, f. 328v

Miniature of the Abbey of Vezelay being attacked by three archers with crossbows; a complaint being made to Louis le Jeune, with an illuminated initial 'A'(ussi). Image taken from f. 328v of Chroniques de Franc... More

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