Illuminated Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066AD

From The Viking Age Compendium

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Viking Age Compendium catalogues of Manuscripts & Art:

The following list of manuscripts is based on the work of Elzbieta Temple who listed in chronological order every known illuminated manuscript from AD900 – 1066 (TEMPLE 1976). Each manuscript below is shown with its corresponding Temple number to aid in referencing.
Two good sources for complete facsimiles are Ohlgren’s ‘Anglo-Saxon Textual Illustration’ and Budny’s ‘Insular, Anglo-Saxon, and Early Anglo-Norman Manuscript Art at Corpus Christi College Cambridge’. Ohlgren’s book includes 16 complete manuscripts along with a description of every illustration and a reference index. (OHLGREN 1992). Budny’s two volume work does something similar but only for manuscripts from Cambridge (BUDNY 1997).
Manuscript dates are from Temple unless a revised date has been published. In this case Temple's date is in brakets after the newer suggested date.

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London, British Library, MS Cotton Galba A XVIII

Common Name: Aethelstan Psalter
Catalogue No.: T5a
Folios:
Manuscript Date: before 939AD / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Manuscript Subject: Psalter
Discussion:
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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 183

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T6
Folios: 1 illustrated folio (1v)
Manuscript Date: c.937 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Manuscript Subject: Bede, Lives of St. Cuthbert
Discussion:
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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 27

Common Name: Junius Psalter
Catalogue No.: T7
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.925-950 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Manuscript Subject: Psalter
Discussion:
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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Tanner 10 (S.C. 27694)

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T9
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.900-950 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / Unknown
Manuscript Subject: Bede, Historica ecclesiastica
Discussion:
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Oxford, St. John’s College, MS 194

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T12
Folios: 1 illustrated folio (1v)
Manuscript Date: Mid C10th / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject: Gospels
Web Source:
Discussion: 2 faint images of the Evangelist (20v, 31v) are C9th.
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Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.16.3 (379)

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T14
Folios: 5? illustraded folios (1v, 3r, 6v, 17v, 30v)
Manuscript Date: Mid C10th / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Web Source: Trinity College
Discussion:
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London, British Library, MS Add. 40618

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T15
Folios: 2 illustrated folios (22v, 49v) Mid C10th 1 illustrated folio (21v) C8th-C9th
Manuscript Date: Mid C10th / (900-979) C8th-C9th / (Pre 793)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Southern Irish
Manuscript Subject: Gospels
Discussion:
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Salisbury, Cathedral Library, Lib 150

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T18
Folios: 3 illustrated folios (63r, 5r, 60v)
Manuscript Date: c.969-978 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:


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London, British Library, MS Add. 49598

Common Name: Benedictional of St. Æthelwold
Catalogue No.: T23
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.971-984 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Manuscript Subject: Benedictional
Discussion:
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Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat 640I

Common Name: Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Catalogue No.: T32
Folios: 3 Anglo-Saxon Illustrations (5v, 158v, 159r). 1 Continental Illustration (13v)
Manuscript Date: c.975-1000 & c.1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / France, Fleury French
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:
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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 389

Common Name: Vita St. Pauli Eremitae and Felix, Vita St. Guthlaci
Catalogue No.: T36
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.975-1000 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion:
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London, British Library, MS Harley 2904

Common Name: Ramsey Psalter
Catalogue No.: T41
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.975-1000 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject: Psalter
Discussion:
T42.jpg

London, British Library, MS Harley 2506

Common Name: Harley Aratea
Catalogue No.: T42
Folios:
Manuscript Date: late C10th / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion:
T43.jpg

Orléans, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 175

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T43
Folios:
Manuscript Date: late C10th / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:
T45.jpg

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS 827

Common Name: Boulogne Gospels
Catalogue No.: T45
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1000 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion:
T50.jpg

Munich, Staatsbibliothek, CLM 29031b

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T50
Folios:
Manuscript Date: Late C10th / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject: Prudentius Psychomachia
Web Source:
Discussion:


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Damme, Belgium, Musee Van Maerlant

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T53
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1000 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject: Gospels
Web Source:
Discussion:
T57.jpg

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 577

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T57
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1000 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject: Gospels
Web Source:
Discussion:
T58.jpg

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 (S.C. 5123)

Common Name: Caedmon Manuscript
Catalogue No.: T58
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1000 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion:
T59.jpg

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 155

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T59
Folios: 2 illustrated folios (93v, 146r).
Manuscript Date: early C11th / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion: There is also a C16th illustrated folio (f.iii) of St. Matthew.
T64.jpg

London, British Library, MS Harley 603

Common Name: Harley Psalter
Catalogue No.: T64
Folios: ff.2r-27v, 50r-57v (c.1000-1025) &
ff.58r-73v (c.1025-1050) ff.17r, 28r-29r (c.1075-1100) &
ff. 29v-35v (c.1125-1150)
Manuscript Date: c.1000-1025 & c.1025-1050 / (980-1041) c.1075-1100 & c.1125-1150 / (1080-1179)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject: Psalter
Discussion: The illustrations were completed in 4 phases: ff.2-27v, 50-57v 1000-1025AD; ff.58-73v 1025-1050AD; ff.17v, 28, 29v 1075-1100AD; ff.29-35 1125-1150AD. Hand E did some small illustrations on ff.15, 15v, 53, 58v-72v 1025-1050AD?
T65.jpg

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.10.4 (215)

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T65
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1000 - 1025 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:
T67.jpg

Hanover, Kestner-Museum, WM XXIa 36

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T67
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1020 / (900-979)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:
T69.jpg

Florence, Biblioteca Mediceo Lauenziana, MS Plut XVII 20

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T69
Folios:
Manuscript Date: 1000-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion:
T72.jpg

Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS. Y.6 (274)

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T72
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1020 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source: BVMM
Discussion:
T76.jpg

Besancon, Bibliotheque Municipale, MS14

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T76
Folios: 3 illustrated folios (10v, 11v, 58v)
Manuscript Date: c.1020-1030 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Manuscript Subject: Gospels
Web Source: BVMM
Discussion:
T77.jpg

London, British Library, MS Cotton Titus D XXVI

Common Name: Aelfwine Prayerbook
Catalogue No.: T77a
Folios: 1 Illustration
Manuscript Date: 1023-1035 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion: Prayer book split between two volumes. London, British Library, MS Cotton Titus D XXVII contains Part II

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London, British Library, MS Cotton Titus D XXVII

Common Name: Aelfwine Prayerbook
Catalogue No.: T77b
Folios: 2 Illustrations
Manuscript Date: 1023-1035 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source:
Discussion: Prayer book split between two volumes. London, British Library, MS Cotton Titus D XXVI contains Part I
T80.jpg

Cambridge, University Library, MS ff.I.23

Common Name: Winchcombe Psalter
Catalogue No.: T80
Folios: 4 illustrated folios (4v, 88r, 171r, 195v)
Manuscript Date: 1030-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Subject: Psalter
Discussion:
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London, British Library, MS Royal 15 A XVI

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T85
Folios: 1 (84r)
Manuscript Date: 1025-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Discussion:
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London, British Library, MS Cotton Claudius B IV

Common Name: Old English Hexateuch
Catalogue No.: T86
Folios:
Manuscript Date: 1025-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject: Hexateuch
Discussion:
References:
188 f.25r; 189 f.67r; 191 f.38r
265 f.2; 266 f.139v; 267 f.32; 268 f.36; 269 f.15v; 270 f.38; 271 f.110v; 272 f.111; Fig 34 f.139v
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London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius B V

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T87
Folios:
Manuscript Date: 1025-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject: Cicero Aratea, Marvels of the East
Discussion:
T90.jpg

Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS A.27 (368)

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T90
Folios:
Manuscript Date: 1025-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England,
Manuscript Subject:
Web Source: BVMM
Discussion:


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Warsaw, Bibliothèque Narodowa, MS I. 3311

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T92
Folios: 1 folio (83v) c.1000 Northern France; 2 folios (15r, 53r) 1025-1050 Anglo-Saxon
Manuscript Date: c.1000; Add. 1025-1050 / (980-1041)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject: Evangeliary
Web Source:
Discussion:
T94.jpg

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS 708

Common Name: Judith of Flanders
Catalogue No.: T94
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1065 / (1042-1079)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Discussion:
T98.jpg

London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius C VI

Common Name: Tiberius Psalter
Catalogue No.: T98
Folios:
Manuscript Date: c.1050 / (1042-1079)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Winchester
Discussion:
T101.jpg

Durham Cathedral, MS B III 32

Common Name:
Catalogue No.: T101
Folios: 1 Illustration (56v)
Manuscript Date: c.1050 / (1042-1079)
Manuscript Origin: Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject: Aelfric's Grammer
Web Source: DigiPal
Discussion:


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External Links

As a starting point try DMM - Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
The main sites for Anglo-Saxon manuscripts are:
London, British Library - Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
London, British Library - Online Gallery
London, British Library - Images Online
London, British Library - Digitised Manuscripts
Cambridge, Parker Library - on the Web
Oxford, Bodleian Library - Luna