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About the remarkable journey of manuscript 3 A 2, the Weesp missal. The adventures of this stolen Catholic heirloom form a remarkable story.

In 1956 Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library acquired some special papyri and parchment manuscripts, a few containing unique texts.

A collection of twenty folios of manuscript fragments which were once part of a 12th century antiphonary and belonged to St. Paul's Abbey in Utrecht.

The Codex Boreelianus is a Greek manuscript written in Constantinopel around the year 1000. It contains texts of gospels of Matteüs, Markus, Lucas en Johannes.

A manuscript about Rome's late Republican period.

Where and how was the Middle Dutch translation of Jan Beke's Chronographia made?

About two half pages from a 9th-century sacramentary: texts for the Mass. The pages were used as flyleaves for Manuscript 163.

About the mansucript Profectus religiosorum (Hs. 1020 (5 F 18)) ; a textbook for monks

About some Martyrologia; medieval catalogues of matyrs. Such catalogues of martyrs can ‘commemorate’ other information as well.

The oldest version of a 15th century manuscript "Rosarium Jesu et Mariae" by the Carthusian monk Jacobus van Gruitrode.

One page from Egmond Breviary (433 pages), acquired by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library in 1960. About the Master of Zweder van Culemborg.

A book of hours, dating from the 15th century, full of animals in the margins of the miniatures.

About manuscript 1037 (2 E 19) of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library; a medieval book of hours and book of prayers from ca. 1430.

Ms. 688 contains several medical and astrological texts which have been recorded over a 100-year period and eventually ended up in one book.

In five chapters the Passionarius discusses the frequent ailments in the human body and their cures.

Manuscript 694 from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library is a composite manuscript of various texts and indices of medicines. The book doesn't only contain medical knowledge of authorities, but seems to be an inventive aid for looking up medicines.

De 'Sermo de membris genitalibus' treats the anatomy, physiology and illnesses of the male and female reproduction organs.

A well-used convolute, including the Aphorismi by Hippocrates. Who were all the people using this manuscript?

This small pocket book hides a treasure of medieval medical information. Never judge a book by its size!