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Scientific illuminated manuscripts

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Voynich manuscript

illustrated codex hand-written in an unknown writing system

Archimedes Palimpsest

manuscript prayer book written over a work by Archimedes

Codex Leicester

scientific manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci

Codex Atlanticus

manuscript codex by Leonardo da Vinci

Hortus deliciarum

12th century illuminated medieval encyclopedia compiled by Herrad of Landsberg

Vienna Dioscurides

book by Pedanius Dioscorides

book by Leonardo da Vinci

De arte venandi cum avibus

treatise by Emperor Frederick II

Codex Trivulzianus

book by Leonardo da Vinci

Codex on the Flight of Birds

book by Leonardo da Vinci

The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries

book by al-Biruni

Illuminated copy of an astronomical treatise by Germanicus based on the Phaenomena of Aratus

Aurora consurgens

15th century alchemical treatise

Tractatus de Herbis (Sloane MS 4016)

15th century treatise on medicinal planta

Naples Dioscurides