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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