Diagram from BL Harley 3091, f. 140v
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
Arrow and eagle from BL Harley 2506, f. 40
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
Hare from BL Harley 2506, f. 41v
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
Canis Major from BL Harley 2506, f. 44v
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
Centaur and Hydra from BL Harley 2506, f. 44
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 40v
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
Eagle from BL Harley 2506, f. 40
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 45
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
Aquarius from BL Harley 2506, f. 36
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 from BL Harley 2506, ff. 42v-43
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
Orion from BL Harley 2506, f. 41
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
Capricorn from BL Harley 2506, f. 39
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 37v
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 43v
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
Swan from BL Harley 2506, f. 38
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 37
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 from BL Harley 2506, f. 42v
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
Pisces from BL Harley 2506, f. 36v
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
Text on a comet; 'Remember that there be in hell' from BL Add 60577, f...
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
Poem addressed to William Waynflete from BL Add 60577, f. 22v
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
Johann Sadeler I - Greek Phyllis and Aristotle
Public domain image of a 16th-17th-century print, mannerism, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The transitory world from BL Add 60577, f. 53v
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
Middle English sermon from BL Add 60577, f. 54
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
Philosophy visiting Boethius from BL Harley 2688, f. 22v
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
Texts on the transitory world from BL Add 60577, f. 53
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
Front pastedown from BL Add 60577, f. i verso
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
Latin proverbs; 'Lyke as women have facis' from BL Add 60577, f. 45v
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 from BL Add 60577, f. 1
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
Zoroaster from BL YT 28, f. 51 - Public domain dedication image
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
The tomb of Aristotle from BL Add 24189, f. 6v
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
Trinity and Virgin and Child from BL Harley 4381, f. 3
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
Headpiece from BL Sloane 745, f. 2
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
Heraldry and signatures from BL Arundel 59, f. 1
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
Cato from BL Harley 4917, f. 4 - Public domain medieval manuscript
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
Coloured drawing from BL Harley 4399, f. 19v
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
Aristotle and Alexander from BL Royal 20 A V, f. 8
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
Queen Olympias and Aristotle from BL Harley 4979, f. 75v
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
Aristotle from BL Eg 737, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
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
Decorated line-filler and initials from BL Harley 5697, f. 71v
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
Initial words from BL Add 14763, f. 134
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
Division of the Red Sea from BL Add 14763, f. 135
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 from BL Add 14763, f. 190v
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 and border from BL Add 14763, f. 198v
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
Division of the Red Sea from BL Add 14763, f. 135
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
Foliate scroll from BL Add 14763, f. 167
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
Partial border from BL Add 14763, f. 201v
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 initial-word panel from BL Add 14763, f. 167
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 from BL Add 14763, f. 117v
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
Colophon from BL Add 14763, f. 160
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 from BL Add 14763, f. 165v
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
Decorated panels from BL Add 14763, f. 117
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 from BL Add 14763, f. 148
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 and border from BL Add 14763, f. 163
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
Decorated panels from BL Add 14763, f. 118v
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
Decorated panel from BL Add 14763, f. 76
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 from BL Add 14763, f. 198
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
Decorated panel from BL Add 14763, f. 160
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
Illuminated initial and added arms from BL Burn 161, f. 3
Illuminated initial 'S'(epe) including animal heads, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the added arms of the Maffei family of Volterra. Image taken from f. 3 of De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff.... More
Illuminated initial and the arms from BL Burn 154, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica. Image taken from f. 1 of Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6. Written in Latin.
Foliate initial and border, with arms from BL Burn 153, f. 1
Foliate initial 'N'(on), partial border, and arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's De finibus. Image taken from f. 1 of De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v). Written in Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Sloane 1610, f. 2
Decorated initial 'M'(edicina) at the beginning of a medical miscellany. Image taken from f. 2 of Medical miscellany, the Ars medicine, including portions of the Secretum secretorum (ff. 42v-43v), with texts he... More
Crowned woman from BL Harley 3487, f. 16v
Detail of historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a crowned woman holding a flowering sceptre probably representing the concept of 'Nature', and in the margin, a naked boy playing a harp, at the beginning of the t... More
Table giving the dates of Easter from BL Burn 140, f. 1
Added table giving the dates of Easter from 1480 to 1831. Image taken from f. 1 of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin, with a few words in Greek.
Christ blessing from BL Harley 3487, f. 191
Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a soul being raised by angels and Christ blessing above. Image taken from f. 191 of Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" re... More
Argos from BL Harley 647, f. 9v
Illustration of the constellation Argos, a boat, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation. Image taken from f. 9v of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figu... More
Text page from BL Harley 647, f. 1
Text page. Image taken from f. 1 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
White vine initial from BL Harley 2630, f. 50
White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum. Image taken from f. 50 of De amicitia (ff. 1-26), De senectute (ff. 26-50), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-62v), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 62v... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4970, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uedam) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of De animalibus. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts ... More
Delphinus from BL Harley 647, f. 7v
Illustration of the constallation Delphinus the dolphin, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation. Image taken from f. 7v of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellat... More
Seated man from BL Harley 3487, f. 39v
Historiated initial 'S' with a seated man, and on the bar border, a dog and a bird. Image taken from f. 39v of Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 5060, f. 34v
Decorated initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) with pen-flourishing and human face at the beginning of Book 2. Image taken from f. 34v of De officiis (ff. 1-82v); Oratio pro Marcello (ff. 82v-88v). Written in Latin. The "B... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 4927, f. 14v
Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) at the beginning of book 4 of In Catilinam. Image taken from f. 14v of Various works including Orationes in Catilinam, Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-55v), De amicitia (ff. 110v-120v), i... More
Knight from BL Eg 2976, f. 1 - Public domain document scan of drawing
Drawing of a knight on horseback, with a lance, with an account of Macrobius and his work, and opposite, various ownership inscriptions and the book-plate of Dunn. Image taken from f. 1 of Somnium Scipionis (ff... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 6331, f. 44
Decorated initial 'V'(erus) with foliate decoration including acanthus extending into the margins in Aristotle's Physica. Image taken from f. 44 of Various works including Physica (ff. 3-55v), De somno et vigil... More
Text page with coloured initial from BL Harley 5635, f. 251
Text page with coloured initial. Image taken from f. 251 of Collection of letters and philosophical, medical, scientific, and grammatical treatises attributed to classical authors. Written in Greek. The "BL Ha... More
Decorated headpiece and initial from BL Harley 5599, f. 1
Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 1 of Works, including 'Categoriae' (ff. 11-25v), 'Analytica priora' (ff. 35-92), 'Analytica posteriora' (ff. 92-126), 'Topica' (ff. 126-191), a... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2623, f. 58
Decorated initial 'E'(t si) at the beginning of De rhetorica. Image taken from f. 58 of De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 2-57v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 58-110). W... More
White vine initial from BL Harley 1322, f. 1
White vine initial 'A'(ristotilis) with bird intertwined with the letter at the beginning of the preface. Image taken from f. 1 of Ethica (index Ethics). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to ... More
White vine initial from BL Harley 2491, f. 1
White vine initial 'C'(icero) a the beginning of Epistulae ad Brutum, and added arms in the margin. Image taken from f. 1 of Epistulae ad Brutum (ff. 1-12v), Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem (ff. 12v-39v), Pseudo-C... More
Aquila from BL Harley 647, f. 7
Illustration of the constallation Aquila the eagle, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation. Image taken from f. 7 of Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation fi... More
Detail from BL Burn 136, f. 3 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Image taken from f. 3 of De amicitia (ff. 3-31v), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 32-46v). Written in Latin.
Zoomorphic initial from BL Arundel 348, f. 51v
Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium. Image taken from f. 51v of De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ration... More
Decorated initial from BL Arundel 299, f. 4v
Decorated initial with a deer and satyr holding a cup. Image taken from f. 4v of De generatione et corruptione (ff. 1-23); De memoria et reminiscentia (ff. 23v-26v); De sensu et sensato (ff. 27-35v); De anima (... More
Detail from BL Burn 145, f. 109
Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 109 of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin.
Illuminated initial from BL Burn 65, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'P'(ropositum) at the beginning of Boethius's translation of Aristotle's Topica. Image taken from f. 1 of Translation of Aristotle's Topica, with glosses. Written in Latin.
Detail from BL Lansdowne 831, f. 1
Image taken from f. 1 of Rhetoricorum veterum. Written in Latin.
Text page from BL Burn 159, f. 158
Text page. Image taken from f. 158 of Orationes. Written in Latin.
Illuminated initial from BL King's 19, f. 1
Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino. Image taken from f. 1 of Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Cice... More
Arithmetic from BL Burn 275, f. 336
Historiated initial 'I'(n) with a woman (perhaps the personification of Arithmetic) and clerks; a puzzle initial, a grotesque, a fox with a chicken and a rabbit in the margin above, and on the lower bar border,... More
Illuminated initial from BL Burn 145, f. 47v
lluminated white vine initial 'Q'(uod) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares. Image taken from f. 47v of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin.
Illuminated initial from BL Burn 154, f. 46v
Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requentia), at the beginning of book 4 of Cicero's Philippica. Image taken from f. 46v of Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6. Written in Latin.
Musicians from BL Burn 275, f. 359v
Historiated initial with a woman playing bells and other musicians, and in the upper border, a dog chasing a rabbit. Image taken from f. 359v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 383, f. 45
Puzzle initial 'F'(orma), at the beginning of Gilbertus Porretanus's Liber de sex principiis. Image taken from f. 45 of Translations of Aristotle, etc., and others, some with glosses. Written in Latin. The Aru... More
Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 390v
Detail of lower bar border with different animals holding various astronomical instruments. Image taken from f. 390v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Burn 160, f. 1
Foliate initial 'C'(ogitanti) at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore, and a wreath enclosing the Maffei arms. Image taken from f. 1 of De oratore. Written in Latin.
Border from BL Burn 275, f. 166
Detail of lower bar border, with two hybrid creatures with swords and shields fighting. Image taken from f. 166 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Burn 159, f. 152v
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 152v of Orationes. Written in Latin.
Foliate initial and partial border from BL Arundel 124, f. 89
Foliate initial 'T'(Tite), [should be 'O'], and partial border, at the beginning of Cicero's De senectute. Image taken from f. 89 of De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v)... More
Detail from BL Burn 140, f. 36 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 36 of Epistolae ad familiares. Written in Latin, with a few words in Greek.
Detail from BL Burn 157, f. 121v
Image taken from f. 121v of Orationes, etc. Written in Latin.