Fountains Abbey Bestiary
Explore he wondrous creatures of this bestiary made in England, ca. 1325–1350.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Digital Facsimiles
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Browse the earliest surviving manuscript of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, the text of which forms the basis for the novel’s first printed edition.
Edme Bouchardon's Vade Mecum
Browse drawings made by Edme Bouchardon in eighteenth-century Rome.
Sacramentary (MS G.21)
Sacramentary, use of Sant’Apollonaire in Classe, in Latin, Northeastern Italy, perhaps the Abbey of St. Fonte Avellana, ca. 1050.
Gospels of Judith of Flanders (MS M.708)
Browse this gospel book made in England, between 1051 and 1064, for Judith of Flanders.
Gospel Book from Cologne
Browse this gospel book made in the eleventh century in Cologne, Germany.
Paul Cézanne Sketchbook
Cézanne used this plain, linen-bound sketchbook for roughly a decade (1875–85) at a time when he was particularly engaged with drawing.
Pirro Ligorio’s Life of Hippolytus
This manuscript contains sixteen autograph drawings by the painter, architect, and antiquarian Pirro Ligorio (1513–1583).
Da Costa Hours
Browse every page of the Da Costa Hours, illuminated by Flemish painter Simon Bening, ca. 1515.
Contes de ma mère l'Oye
This is the original manuscript of the Tales of Mother Goose, attributed to Charles Perrault (1628–1702).
The Berthold Sacramentary
Browse the entire Berthold Sacramentary, commissioned by Berthold of Weingarten, who was abbot from 1200 to 1232.
Il Fior di Battaglia: A Renaissance Fighting Manual
This manuscript, along with two others, comprise the earliest illuminated copies of Fiore dei Liberi’s treatise on fencing and martial arts entitled Fior di battaglia (The Flower of Battle).