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
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
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 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
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
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.
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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