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Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)Single leaf of parchment, cut to size for use as a binding cover. The text is from Homilia in Evangelia by Pope Gregory I
Categoriae Decem (Fragment)Single quarto sized leaf, parchment, with text from the Categoriae Decem, a summary of the categories of Aristotle, originally attributed to St Augustine. Text in a minuscule script in dark brown
Decretales Gregorii IX (Fragment)Leaf fragment, parchment, from a copy of Decretals of Gregory IX (Decretales Gregorii IX, also known as the Liber Extra). The text on this leaf is from Book III.XVII
Bible FragmentsThree non-consecutive leaves from the same manuscript, possibly a bible. Contains extracts from Zachariah 14 and the Book of Malachi 1-2 (f.1); Matthew 27-28 and the Prologue to Mark (f.2)
Justinian Digesta, Book XXXIII (Fragment)Double folio, parchment, from Justinian's Digesta. Main body text in black ink written in two columns with contemporary marginal and interlineal gloss
Codex Justinianus, Book VIII (Fragment)Double folio, parchment, from a copy of Justinian's Codex. Main body text in two columns in black ink surrounded by gloss, also black. Date: Late 13th Century
Psalter (Fragment)Fragment of a psalter, parchment double leaf, quarto size. Text on f.1r begins at Psalm 46:7 Psallite deo nostro psallite: psallite regi nostro psallite: Quonia(m) rex omnis terre deus
Donatus Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis (Fragments)Two double leaves (bifolia), parchment, from Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis, part of Donatus Ars Grammatica, specifically Ars Minor
Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso
Missal (Fragment)Fragment from a Missal, parchment. A double leaf that has been cut in half horizontally so the bottom of each folio is missing. Date: Mid 15th Century
Medical Text (Pietro D'Abano?) (Fragment)Six folios from a medical text, parchment. The text has yet to be positively identified but has been suggested as Pietro D'Abano's adaptation of the Universal Canons of Johannes Mesue
Justinian's Codex, Book VI. XXXXI (Fragments)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI.XXXXI. Comprised of main body text and a marginal gloss with an additional minute gloss
Justinian's Codex, Book V. XXXVIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI. XXXVIII De Uerborum Et Rerum Significatione 4.1
Justinian's Codex, Book IIII. XX (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book IIII.XX De Testibus 20. Comprised of a main body text and a marginal gloss with additional minute gloss
Breviary (Fragment)Two leaves, probably from a breviary, parchment. The leaves are from the same work but do not appear to be consecutive. Main body text in two columns in a Gothic textualis rotunda in dark brown ink
Justinian's Codex, Book III. XVIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book III.XVIII, De Probationis 7. Main body text with a marginal gloss and additional minute gloss
Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)Half of a leaf, paper. Text in black in three columns in a cursive documentary script. It is heavily abbreviated but appears to be a philosophical text. The top half of the leaf is missing
Euripides Medea (Fragment)Minute fragment from Euripides Medea, v.1057-1062, parchment. From a codex, main body text in brown in a rounded unical hand
Biblical Commentary (Fragment)Fragment of a leaf from a religious text, probably a biblical commentary, parchment. Contains a commentary on and text from Romans
Justinian Digesta, Books V and VI (Fragment)Bifolium from a copy of Justinian's Pandects, or Digesta Justiniani Augusti, parchment. Containing part of the end of Book V (De Judiciis) and the beginning of Book VI (De Rei Vindicatione)
Gospel of St Mark: Summaries of Chapters (Fragment)Fragment of a leaf, parchment, with text from the Capitula to the Gospel according to Mark. Date: Late 7th Century
Hebrew Manuscript FragmentsTwo folios, parchment, probably from the same manuscript but not necessarily consecutive. Text is from the Book of Genesis, beginning at Chapter 7, verse 18 on f.1, and ends at Chapter 48 on f.2
Unidentified FragmentsThree fragments from an unidentified text
List?Single folio, paper, with numbered paragraphs on the recto, possibly an itemised list. Blank on the verso. Text in a German cursive in brown ink, no line rulings. Date: 15th Century
Financial Records?Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles
Der Sachsenspiegel (Fragment)Fragment of a copy of Der Sachsenspiegel or Sassen Speyghel, which is a compendium of German law notable for having been written in Middle Low German (rather than Latin) in about 1220
Unidentified FragmentFragment of a leaf of a manuscript, parchment. Text in Middle German(?). The text block has wide margins above, beneath and to the left-hand side but the leaf has been cut down the right-hand side
Gebetbuch (Fragment)Five leaves from a prayer book (Gebetbuch) in Middle Dutch, parchment. Consists of one bifolium and three loose leaves, probably consecutive
Lotze Manuscript (Fragment)Two manuscript leaves from Rudolph Hermann Lotze's Metaphysik, written and corrected in the same hand. Corrections are made in ink and red pencil. On paper
Leven Van Jesus (Fragment)Leaf from a manuscript of Leven Van Jesus (Life of Christ), parchment. The text is a verse in Middle Dutch based on Matthew 26:2-5 and 14-16, Matthew 27, and Luke 12:9-15. Date: 14th Century
Charter (Fragment)Fragment of a charter, parchment, apparently recording the sale of a house by (-) Wingartman and his wife in the neighbourhood of Trier in the year (13-)
Charter (Fragments)Charter recording a mortgage for a house, cut into two pieces for use as book binding material. On parchment. Text in dark brown-black ink in a gothic cursive hand
List of Names (Fragment)Parchment leaf. A namenregister comprising a list of names in two columns, mostly men but including a few women. It has been suggested that it is perhaps a list of those who have subscribed to a
Virginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Fragment)Fragment of a bifolium from the Virginal or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Dietrich's First Departure), parchment. An epic poem from the Dietrich cycle
Von Eschenbach, Willehalm (Fragment)Fragment of a copy of Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Willehalm, parchment. The text is a poem in rhyming couplets. The item has been photographed as a whole
DiaryLeaf from a diary, paper. Dated December (1644) to February 1645. Has a foolscap (jester's head) watermark. Date: 1644 - 1645
InventorySheet of paper, possibly the endpaper from a book, with a handwritten list or inventory in French dated 16 February 1605. With pieces of the binding thread attached in the gutter
John Gower, Confessio Amantis (Fragments)Four leaves (2 bifolia) from an illuminated manuscript copy of Gower's Confessio Amantis, parchment. The text is the B version and is part of Book V
Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbricesRoman Villa of Cambre. 2nd-4th centuries AD. Typical Roman roofing system using tegulas and imbrices. Archaeological Museum of Cambre. Province of La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. Date: 2021
Fragment of door post. 6th-8th centuries. Sandstone. From Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018
Fragment of a frieze. Apse of First Cathedral. 7th centuryFragment of the frieze from the apse of the First Cathedral. 7th century. Sandstone with traces of polychromy. Cathedral of Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018
Antropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. PalenqueAntropomorphic head. Head of the sacrificed. Drawn on the VIII sheet of the Excavation Memory. It was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Maya culture
Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest, wearing sandal. Drawn on the XI sheet of the Excavation Memory, was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Textile fragments. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450)Textile fragments. There were different types of textiles qualities. During the Inca period, the finest was cumbi, made with vicuna. Central coast. Late Intermediate Horizon (1000-1450). Peru
The Beth Shean Gate lintel inscribed with Ramesses IIIThe Beth Shean Gate lintel inscribed with the name of Ramesses III. 12th Century BC. Limestone. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem, Israel. Date: 2014
Fragment of a Roman mosaic from the Great PalaceFragment of a Roman mosaic with frieze that decorated the pavements of the palace. Southwest corridor. 4th-6th centuries. Great Palace Mosaic Museum. Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 2013
Fragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. From CrFragment of a roman sarcophagus tub. 2nd century AD. Marble. From Crete (Greece). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew. ArArchbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Fragment of a column with funerary inscription in Hebrew of Abramo Roccas (d.1587) in the cloister. Rome. Italy