Summary guide to Medieval manuscripts

Medieval manuscripts held in Special Collections cross three collection boundaries: Brotherton Collection manuscripts, non-Brotherton Collection manuscripts and Ripon Cathedral Library manuscripts.

Medieval manuscripts have been given manuscript [MS] numbers for identification. Manuscripts are in Latin unless otherwise stated. Many of the manuscripts below are described in N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, (5 volumes, 1969-2002), Vol. 3 for Brotherton Collection and non-Brotherton Collection manuscripts and Vol. 4 for Ripon Cathedral manuscripts. Half of the bound volumes contain illumination or similar decoration. The illuminated manuscripts can be searched with images on LUDOS.