Book Illustrations

Did you listen to the audiobook edition of my book? Or perhaps you want to see the full-page, full-colour illustrations instead of cropped, black-and-white versions? Below are links to all the images included in The Wordhord and The Deorhord on the British Library’s website.

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English

  • page 6 (Beowulf): British Library, MS Cotton Vitellius A XV, folio 132r
  • page 45 (Harrowing of Hell): British Library, Cotton MS Nero C IV, folio 24r
  • page 64 (manuscript repair): British Library, Harley MS 55, folio 5r
  • page 70 (Latin with Old English gloss): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A III, folio 60v
  • page 123 (Bald’s Leechbook): British Library, Royal MS 12 D XVII, folio 23v
  • page 160 (Cain killing Abel): British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, folio 8v
  • page 187 (cart): British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI, folio 5v
  • page 199 (whale): British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 69r
  • page 227 (unmanna vs. iu wæron): British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian D XXI, folio 20r and folio 20v
  • page 230 (Homodubii): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, folio 80r
  • page 242 (St Guthlac): British Library, Harley Y 6, roundel 9
  • page 259 (end of Gospel of Luke): British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV, folio 203r
  • page 261 (end of Gospel of Nicodemus): British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 86v
  • page 262 (end of De temporibus anni): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, folio 28v

The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

  • page 21 (St John and eagle): British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV, folio 209v
  • page 36 (spiders): British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III, folio 23v
  • page 45 (shepherd): British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI, folio 5r
  • page 48 (St Luke and calf): British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV, folio 137v
  • page 56 (Noah’s ark and dove): British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, folio 15v
  • page 71 (hens): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, folio 79r
  • page 73 (two-headed beast): British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 99r
  • page 75 (lertex): British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 102r
  • page 77 (griffin): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B/1, folio 86v
  • page 87 (gold-digging ants): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B/1, folio 80v
  • page 97 (Matthew Paris’s elephant): British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, folio 169v
  • page 99 (elephant and castle): British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, folio 11v
  • page 111 (St Mark and lion): British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV, folio 93v
  • page 114 (lions licking cubs): British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, folio 6r
  • page 126 (deer): British Library, Add MS 62925, folio 87r
  • page 148 (phoenix): British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, folio 49v
  • page 159 (panther): British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, folio 16r
  • page 172 (whale): British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 69r
  • page 185 (two-headed snake): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, folio 79v
  • page 199 (dragon): British Library, Stowe MS 1067, folio 5r
  • page 200 (hell-mouth): British Library, Harley Y 6, roundel 8
  • page 208 (wolf): British Library, Add MS 11283, folio 9r
  • page 220 (sea creatures): British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 68r
  • page 248 (Alexander fighting an arine): British Library, Royal MS 20 B XX, folio 51v
  • page 256 (badgers): British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 30r
  • page 258 (fox): British Library, Stowe MS 1067, folio 2r
  • page 261 (hedgehogs): British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, folio 8v
  • page 270 (swan): British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 41v
  • page 280 (tusked woman): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, folio 85r
  • page 284 (healf-hunding): British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, folio 100r