Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Library Special Collections

179 bound manuscripts, 16 illuminated leaves, and hundreds of documents, leaves and bifolia.

Origins: Western Europe

Bulk Dates: 12th-17th centuries

     (Please click on the title above to download the guide to the complete Richard and Mary Rouse Collection)

             Guide Contents

• Manuscripts (Rouse MS 1 - Rouse MS 179) 
• Manuscript Leaves and Bifolia (Rouse LEAF/XII/ANG/1A, B - Rouse LEAF/XV/SLA/1)
• Illuminated Leaves (Rouse Illum. 1 - Rouse Illum. 16)
• Documents (Rouse DOC/XIV/ANG/1 - Rouse DOC/XV/FRA/61)
• This guide includes manuscripts and documents added to the collection after the print catalog was published, as well as descriptions of the illuminated manuscripts.
• Also included are links to select images of the manuscripts. 

NOTE: The published catalog, includes manuscripts, leaves and documents donated to the UCLA Library between 2005-2017 only. 

For a complete guide to the collection, including the published catalog, plus manuscripts and documents donated after the catalog was published, and for descriptions of illuminated leaves, see the above "Guide to the Richard and Mary Rouse Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" (pdf)

This print catalog below is also available in the UCLA Library (but is not as complete as the above PDF Guide).