You are in Introduction. Click here to skip the navigation.
British Library
Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Detail from the Lindisfarne Gospels
About Simple search Manuscript search Advanced search Tours Glossary Contact us Main
print Print this page
home Home
site search Search British Library website
back Back
search tips Search tips
new search New search
modify search Modify last search
Browse Indexes of
Places of origin
Scripts
Scribes
Artists
 
 

Manuscript search

*
Collection:
MS Number:
*
* *
 
This page allows you to search using the manuscript numbers that identify each item listed in the catalogue. For full information on how to search see Search tips

PLEASE NOTE: This website currently contains only some of the illuminated manuscripts owned by the British Library. In particular, note that it does NOT yet include the following two collections:

  • Additional
  • Cotton

If you are looking for pictures or descriptions of manuscripts from these collections, please see the Further online resources page.

It does include illuminated manuscripts from the following collections:

  • Arundel
  • Burney
  • Davis
  • Egerton
  • Hargrave
  • Harley (in part; currently in progress)
  • Henry Davis
  • Hirsch
  • King’s
  • Lansdowne
  • Royal (in part; currently in progress)
  • Sloane
  • Stowe
  • Yates Thompson

For further information on the catalogue, see the links below.

Background
About the records
Further online resources; Reproductions and copyright
Visiting the British Library