E.E. CUMMINGS (1894-1962).
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821).
EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON
POE: ULALUME, 1847.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
ROBERT LEE FROST (1874-1963).
BYRON: MANFRED, 1816-17.
POUND: PISAN CANTOS.
Poem from the Devonshire Manuscript by Sir Thomas Wyatt, also spelled Wiat
PAUL VERLAINE (1844-1896)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLE
MALLARME: MANUSCRIPT, c1865.
WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE.
HUGO: LES CONTEMPLATIONS.
The illuminated manuscript Khamsa of Nizami.
TURKISH MINIATURE, 1330.
ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1854-1891)
After the original MS by Samuel Taylor Coleridge of the poem Hymn Before Sunrise, written in 1802
Medieval astronomical charts, artwork
Medieval maps, artwork
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828).
Emperor Nero at his mother's dissection
TURKEY: HEROES, 1330.
GEORGE GERSHWIN.
W.H. AUDEN: POEMS, 1930.
BEETHOVEN: GHOST TRIO.
CLAUDINE EN M NAGE, 1902.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER, 1814.
FRANKLIN: ALPHABET.
JOHN BROWN (1800-1859).
Title page from Alexander Pope's 'The Dunciad'.
ELIOT: FOUR QUARTETS.
Medina mosque enclosure, illustration
FRANKLIN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
WHITTIER: SNOW-BOUND
BALZAC: LA FEMME SUP RIEURE.
HONORE de BALZAC (1799-1850).
MILTON: PARADISE LOST.
GEORGE ELIOT MANUSCRIPT.
Alba Bible introduction, 15th century
PROUST: REMEMBRANCE.
CARROLL: ALICE, 1859.
SCARLET LETTER, 1850.
KATHLEEN WINSOR (1919-2003).
The Emperor Lothair, from the Gospels of Lothair.
1477 edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France
William Gifford, British poet and editor
Nicolas Bourbon (1503-1550) by Hans Holbein
Joanna Baillie
STRAVINKSY: CONCERTINO.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
DINESEN: MS. PAGE, 1909.
FURY SAID TO A MOUSE, 1866.
Mary Howitt.
EUCLID: LATIN MANUSCRIPT.
Page from 'XV O'es' by William Caxton.
HEBREW MANUSCRIPT, 1492.
Mansur's Anatomy, 15th century
INDIA: RAMAYANA, 1813.
RONSARD: LA FRANCIADE, 1572.
ROSNARD: TITLE PAGE, 1553.
ROSNARD: LE BOCAGE, 1554.
ROSNARD: TITLE PAGE, 1555.
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN, c1586.
ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE.
CAEDMON MANUSCRIP
PERSIAN WRITING.
PROKOFIEV: QUARTET, 1930.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORN
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, 1755.
THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931).
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
SIGMUND FREUD: DIARY, 1936.
Republican collection of poetry.
SPENSER: FAERIE QUEENE.
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Dyeing cloth, 15th-century manuscript
Chanson de geste, historical illustration
Boris Pasternak.
Wright's theory of the universe, 1750
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533)
James Beattie (1735-1803)
King Lear 1604
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod 1925
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Sailed off in a wooden shoe 1925
Sailing the Wooden Shoe by Moonlight 1925
Edward Lear in 1881
Manuscrit de la Sonate en la MINEUR POUR CLAVECIN by Mozart.
Decorative poem by Geoffrey Chaucer.
CHAUCER: CANTERBURY TALES.
DANTE: DIVINE COMEDY.
MONTESQUIEU: PENS ES.
From a page in the manuscript of Madame Bovary in Gustave Flaubert's handwriting
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA
UNICORN, 12th CENTURY.
Manuscript of the Symphony No. 31, known as the Paris Symphony, by Mozart.
MIDDLE ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT.
CHAUCER: THE WIFE OF BATH
King Richard II and Anne of Bohemia, his Queen.
The Tower of London.
Petrarch's Virgil (title page) c. 1336 Manuscript. Illustrated by Simone martini
KALILA WA DIMNA.
Govert Bidloo, Dutch anatomist
Satire on gluttony, 17th century
The distressed poet.
Geoffrey Chaucer, English author and poet
Part four of a six-part mural.
Von Jacquin botanical notes, 18th century
RONSARD: WORKS, 1584.
Tiberius Psalter
BEOWULF, 1000 A.D.
WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER
LANGLAND: MANUSCRIPT, c1375.
HINDI WRITING.
LANGLAND: PIERS PLOWMAN.
EDUARD MOERIKE (1804-1875).
WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892).
EMILY BRONT : POEM.
ALESSANDRO MANZONI
FRIEDRICH G. KLOPSTOCK
Philippe Auguste bringing Ferrand Portugal, Count of Flanders, and Renaud, Count of Boulogne, made prisoner.
LOUIS XVI: EXECUTION, 1793.
ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS
A monk copying a manuscript.
The Virgin Mary and Child.
14th century. Armenian Evangelical manuscript. The Virgin Mary and infant Jesus
DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
COPTIC MANUSCRIPT, 893 AD.
PASTORIUS: PENNSYLVANIA
NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843).
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS
LETTER: INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1755.
CORNFLOWER
BENJAMIN BANNEKER
SONG OF ROLAND MANUSCRIP
JANE FRANKLIN MECOM
DOMESDAY BOOK, 1086.
SAND: 'ANDRE' MANUSCRIPT.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
A river crossing on horseback.
Prester John.
LIBERTY BELL, 1839.
TORY PANDEMONIUM, c1775.
STRAVINKSY: RITE OF SPRING.
DEBUSSY MANUSCRIPT.
Biblical astronomer Jonicus, 15th-century manuscript
Circumcising the Israelites, 1430 artwork
Town defences, 15th-century manuscript
RACHMANINOFF: MANUSCRIPT.
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MEXICO: MIXTEC PAINTING.
WAGNER: GOTTERDAMMERUNG.
ALCHEMY: ETHER.
WAGNER: TRISTAN & ISOLDE.
Armenian Christian illustrated manuscript showing Jesus before Caiaphas. 14th century. Joseph Caiaphas. known simply as Caiaphas. in the New Testament. was the Jewish high priest who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus
Vie de saint Denis, Gilles de Pontoise donates a manuscript to Philippe V.
BERLIOZ: HAROLD EN ITALIE.
BEETHOVEN MANUSCRIPT, 1825.
MOZART: COSI FAN TUTTE.
Manuscript Astrolabe, 1492