Manuscripts
- Cambridge, Caius College, MS 231/117, fols. 1r–86v. [Early copy of the English Apocalypse, fragmentary.]
- Cambridge, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 2498, fols. 226b–263b. [The English Apocalypse.]
- Cambridge, St. John’s College, MS G.25, fols. 17–67. Online at https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/G_25.htm(Opens in a new tab or window). [Apocalypse with biblical text primarily from the Wycliffite LV and commentary from the English Apocalypse.]
- Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.16.2, fols. 1r–31v. Online at https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.16.2(Opens in a new tab or window). [The Trinity Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman, illuminated.]
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 69, fols. 55v–65r, 72v–78r. Online at https://doi.org/10.48495/gb19ff152(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse.]
- London, British Library, Add. MS 42555, fols. 5r–82v. [The Abingdon Apocalypse in Latin and Anglo-Norman, illuminated.]
- London, British Library, MS Harley 874, fols. 2r–31r. Online at https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058663460.0x000001(Opens in a new tab or window). [Earliest known copy of the English Apocalypse, ca. 1340–1370.]
- London, British Library, MS Harley 3913, fols. 113v–203v. [Apocalypse with biblical text primarily from the Wycliffite LV and commentary from the English Apocalypse.]
- London, British Library, MS Royal 17 A.xxvi, fols. 67–206. [The English Apocalypse.]
- Manchester, Rylands Library, English MS 92, fols. 1r–46v. Online at https://www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-ENGLISH-00092/5(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse.]
- New York City, Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Plimpton Add. 03, fols. 203r–237r. Online at https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/17016797?counter=1(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse at the end of a complete Wycliffite LV New Testament.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS 277, fols. 370r–375r. [Wycliffite LV Apocalypse at the end of a complete Old and New Testament.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180, fols. 1–61r. Online at https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/800ee953-8af1-4b97-9a12-9d179331d3a8/surfaces/a9e13b68-ffdc-4dbc-9920-d53a78c9bb9f/(Opens in a new tab or window). [The Douce Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman, illuminated.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Fairfax 2, fols. 380ra–385rb. Online at https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_4854(Opens in a new tab or window). [Wycliffite LV Apocalypse at the end of a complete Old and New Testament.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 33, fols. 96v–144r. Online at https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_7139(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 235, fols. 265r–300r. Online at https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_7046(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse.]
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C.750, fols. 1r–51v. Online at https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_8337(Opens in a new tab or window). [The English Apocalypse, fragmentary.]
- Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS Français 403, fols. 1–45v. Online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8447298r(Opens in a new tab or window). [Illustrated Apocalypse in Anglo-Norman by the Master of Sarum.]
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