Datasets:
_id stringlengths 21 40 | name stringlengths 13 38 | century stringlengths 15 19 | approx_year stringlengths 4 47 | origin stringlengths 6 53 | type stringlengths 18 56 | illuminated stringclasses 2
values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MS-VC-400-CODEX_ALEXANDRINUS | Codex Alexandrinus | V (5th century) | 400–440 | Byzantine Empire (prob. Alexandria or Constantinople) | Biblical manuscript (Greek Bible) | No |
MS-VC-400-CODEX_BEZAE_CANTABRIGIENSIS | Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis | V (5th century) | circa 400–450 | Western Mediterranean | Gospel manuscript (Greek-Latin diglot) | No |
MS-VIC-512-VIENNA_DIOSCURIDES | Vienna Dioscurides | VI (6th century) | circa 512 | Constantinople | Medical/Scientific manuscript (herbal) | No |
MS-VIIC-650-BOOK_DURROW | Book of Durrow | VII (7th century) | circa 650–700 | Ireland | Insular Gospel manuscript | No |
MS-VIIIC-715-LINDISFARNE_GOSPELS | Lindisfarne Gospels | VIII (8th century) | circa 715–720 | Northumbria (England) | Illuminated Gospel manuscript | Yes |
MS-VIIIC-700-CODEX_AMIATINUS | Codex Amiatinus | VIII (8th century) | circa 700–716 | Northumbria (England), produced in Italy | Latin Bible manuscript | No |
MS-IXC-800-BOOK_KELLS | Book of Kells | IX (9th century) | circa 800 | Ireland / Scotland | Illuminated Gospel manuscript | Yes |
MS-IXC-820-UTRECHT_PSALTER | Utrecht Psalter | IX (9th century) | circa 820–850 | Carolingian Empire (France) | Psalter manuscript | No |
MS-XC-970-BENEDICTIONAL_AETHELWOLD | Benedictional of St. Æthelwold | X (10th century) | circa 970 | England | Liturgical manuscript | No |
MS-XIC-1086-DOMESDAY_BOOK | Domesday Book | XI (11th century) | 1086 | England (Norman administration) | Administrative record manuscript | No |
MS-XIIC-1240-MORGAN_BIBLE_CRUSADER_BIBLE | Morgan Bible (Crusader Bible) | XII (12th century) | circa 1240 (late 12th–early 13th century roots) | France | Illuminated biblical manuscript | Yes |
MS-XIIIC-1220-BIBLE_MORALISEE | Bible moralisée | XIII (13th century) | circa 1220–1230 | France | Illuminated moralized Bible | Yes |
MS-XIVC-1300-CHRONICLES_FROISSART | Chronicles of Froissart (early copies) | XIV (14th century) | circa 1300–1400 | France | Historical chronicle manuscript | No |
MS-XVC-1412-TRES_RICHES_HEURES_DUC | Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry | XV (15th century) | 1412–1416 (and later additions) | France | Illuminated Book of Hours | Yes |
MS-XVC-1454-GUTENBERG_BIBLE | Gutenberg Bible | XV (15th century) | circa 1454–1455 | Mainz, Holy Roman Empire | Early printed Bible (transition from manuscript culture) | No |
Medieval Manuscripts archive
This dataset is intended for use in historical research and digital humanities. Contains medieval manuscript records from the 5th to 15th centuries. Each record documents an individual manuscript with metadata covering its historical context, origin, typology, and illumination status.
Cultures
Byzantine, Insular, Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and French Gothic.
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