POE: ULALUME, 1847.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLE
POUND: PISAN CANTOS.
ARTHUR RIMBAUD (1854-1891)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
E.E. CUMMINGS (1894-1962).
HUGO: LES CONTEMPLATIONS.
EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON
BYRON: MANFRED, 1816-17.
PAUL VERLAINE (1844-1896)
MALLARME: MANUSCRIPT, c1865.
Poem from the Devonshire Manuscript by Sir Thomas Wyatt, also spelled Wiat
WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE.
After the original MS by Samuel Taylor Coleridge of the poem Hymn Before Sunrise, written in 1802
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
JOHN KEATS (1795-1821).
ROBERT LEE FROST (1874-1963).
The illuminated manuscript Khamsa of Nizami.
TURKISH MINIATURE, 1330.
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE
PROUST: REMEMBRANCE.
WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892).
FREDERICK WILLIAM ROLFE
From a page in the manuscript of Madame Bovary in Gustave Flaubert's handwriting
Medieval astronomical charts, artwork
Medieval maps, artwork
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828).
Emperor Nero at his mother's dissection
EDUARD MOERIKE (1804-1875).
TURKEY: HEROES, 1330.
NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843).
COPTIC MANUSCRIPT, 893 AD.
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
WILLIAM OF RUBRUQUIS
Town defences, 15th-century manuscript
THOMAS EDISON (1847-1931).
ROSSINI: MANUSCRIPT PAGE.
POE: THE RAVEN.
ST. MATTHEW GOSPEL.
SYRIAC MANUSCRIPT.
KORAN, 8th CENTURY.
PENTATEUCH MANUSCRIPT.
MYSTERY PLAY, 15th CENTURY.
GEORGE ELIOT MANUSCRIPT.
CARROLL: ALICE, 1859.
HONORE de BALZAC (1799-1850).
Edgar Allan Poe, US author and poet
WASHINGTON: JOURNAL, 1781.
NUT BROWN MAID, c1503.
TALLEYRAND: MEMOIRS.
KORAN, 14th CENTURY.
WASHINGTON: DIARY, 1799.
MADISON: ACCOUNT BOOK.
MADISON: INVOICE, 1749.
DOLLEY MADISON (1768-1849)
CHAUCER: CANTERBURY TALES.
KORAN, 10th CENTURY.
MEDIEVAL KORAN.
MEDIEVAL KORAN
KALILA WA DIMNA.
SAINT VALENTINE.
CLAUDINE EN M NAGE, 1902.
MILTON: PARADISE LOST.
Medina mosque enclosure, illustration
MOZART: STRING QUARTETS.
LINCOLN: SPEECH, 1864.
STAR SPANGLED BANNER, 1814.
DE L'ESPRIT des LOIX, 1748.
FURY SAID TO A MOUSE, 1866.
WHITTIER: SNOW-BOUND
Mary Howitt.
THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771).
Chanson de geste, historical illustration
SCARLET LETTER, 1850.
The Emperor Lothair, from the Gospels of Lothair.
1477 edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France
LUTHER: PSALM 34.
EGYPTIAN KORAN.
THE MILLER.
THE PARDONER.
CODEX ALEXANDRINUS.
WYCLIFFE BIBLE
AUGUST von SCHLEGEL
PIERRE PATHELIN.
Geoffrey Chaucer, English author and poet
Nicolas Bourbon (1503-1550) by Hans Holbein
Joanna Baillie
TICKHILL PSALTER, c1310.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
MANUEL II PALAEOLOGUS
KATHLEEN WINSOR (1919-2003).
W.H. AUDEN: POEMS, 1930.
JOHANN STRAUSS (1825-1899).
WAGNER: DAS RHEINGOLD.
JANE FRANKLIN MECOM
RONSARD: LA FRANCIADE, 1572.
MEDIEVAL MUSIC MANUSCRIPT.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MOZART: REQUIEM, 1791.
DIABELLI'S WALTZ, 1823.
MEISTERGESANG, 16th CENTURY.
THEODORE ROOSEVEL
LATIN BIBLE MANUSCRIPT.
WASHINGTON: FAREWELL, 1796.
CODEX SINAITICUS.
COPTIC MANUSCRIPT.
MADISON: INAUGURAL, 1813.
MADISON: BOOK LIST.
The flower girl and the undertaker, 19th C illustration
WASHINGTON: LETTER, 1790.
MADISON: FAREWELL, 1816.
Govert Bidloo, Dutch anatomist
Satire on gluttony, 17th century
ELIOT: FOUR QUARTETS.
TORY PANDEMONIUM, c1775.
CAEDMON MANUSCRIP
PERSIAN WRITING.
SAND: 'ANDRE' MANUSCRIPT.
MONTESQUIEU: PENS ES.
After A Drawing By Gustave Dore For Edgar Allan Poe's Poem The Raven
EUCLID: LATIN MANUSCRIPT.
CHAUCER: THE WIFE OF BATH
WAGNER: DIE WALK RE, 1856.
WAGNER: SIEGFRIED, 1857.
Swollen lower leg, 19th-century Japan
INDIA: RAMAYANA, 1813.
ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE
KING DAVID.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
JOHANN PESTALOZZI
PHILIP THE GOOD (1396-1467).
Dyeing cloth, 15th-century manuscript
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN, c1586.
The floating bridge of dreams.
Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel.
SPENSER: FAERIE QUEENE.
Untired she read the legend page, of Holy Mark, from youth to age
COLERIDGE: MARINER.
The old man at death's gate, illustration
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
VIVALDI MANUSCRIPT.
RONSARD: WORKS, 1584.
Tiberius Psalter
GREEK BIBLE.
JOHN BROWN (1800-1859).
A POLO GAME, c1535.
ARIOSTO: ORLANDO FURIOSO.
Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar
Bias of Priene, Greek philosopher
BAUDELAIRE: SPLEEN, 1857.
Diana and Endymion
The chimney sweep
ROUSSEAU: CONTRAT SOCIAL.
EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.