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Medical Writings

Southern France: late 8th or early 9th century MS Hunter 96 (T.4.13)

Folios 21v - 22r	Folios 47v - 48r	Folios 66v - 67r

Hunterian Psalter

England: c.1170  MS Hunter 229 (U.3.2)
See the on-line Treasures exhibition for a description and further images from this manuscript.
(Please note that access to the original manuscript is by permission of the Keeper of Special Collections only).

Folio 1r	Folio 13v	Folio 17v

Raymond of Peñafort: Summa de casibus poenitentiae

France?: mid 13th century  MS Gen. 339

Folio 41v	Folio 42r	Folios 6v - 7r	Folios 7v - 8r

Miroir de l'Humaine Salvation

Bruges, Flanders: 1455  MS Hunter 60 (T.2.18)
See the on-line Treasures exhibition and the  September 2000 book of the month article for a description and further images from this manuscript.

Detail from folio 3r	Detail from folio 21r	Detail from folio 47v

Biblia Pauperum (Blockbook Bible)

Netherlands: mid 15th century Sp Coll Hunterian Ds.2.4
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Pages 11 - 12	Pages 13 - 14	Pages 21 - 22

Chroniques de Saint-Denis

France: third quarter of the 15th century MS Hunter 203 (U.1.7)

Folio 7r	Folios 8v - 9r	Folio 15r

Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles

France: fourth quarter of the 15th century MS Hunter 252 (U.4.10)
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(Please note that access to the original manuscript is by permission of the Keeper of Special Collections only).

Detail from folio 27v	Detail from folio 147r	Detail from folio 152v

Petrarch: Canzone

France: second quarter of the 16th  century Sp Coll S.M.M. 2
See the on-line Treasures exhibition and the November 1999 book of the month article for a description and further images from this manuscript.

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