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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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