THE BRITISH LIBRARY Manuscript Catalogue
A wren from the Sherborne Missal
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What printing presses yield we think good store / But what is writ by hand we reverence more.
- John Donne
This catalogue has been developed
with the aid of grants from
  The Heritage Lottery Fund
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
 

This catalogue has now been migrated to the Library’s new integrated archives and manuscripts system and its records can now be searched online via Search our Catalogues: Archive and Manuscripts alongside the records of the Library’s other archive and manuscript collections.

This catalogue will be finally switched off at the end of September 2012.


Use this website to search the main catalogues of the British Library's collection of Western manuscripts, covering handwritten documents of all kinds from pre-Christian, Classical, medieval and modern times.

You can
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   •   carry out a descriptions search using keywords or manuscript references;
   •   read about the scope of the catalogue.

For information on how to use the system, see our search tips.


There are currently no images linked to this catalogue. To view selected images from the collection see Images Online or the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts. To view full digital coverage of 284 Greek manuscripts see digitised manuscripts.

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