Category
page 1Scientific illuminated manuscripts
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
Codex Arundel
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
Leiden Aratea
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
manuscript