British Library launches eBook Treasures
The British Library's remarkable 'eBook Treasures' series allows users to explore some of the British Library's most treasured manuscripts in detail, together with text, video and audio interpretation. Developed with Armadillo Systems, our eBook Treasures are viewable in full-screen high-definition, with realistic page-turning capabilities and, once downloaded, can be read offline. They can be read on the iPad, iPhone (3GS and 4) and iPod Touch (3rd and 4th generations). Additionally the series is now available as a Windows 8 app. It can be found in the Windows Store, under Books and Reference.
For more information about this series visit: www.ebooktreasures.org
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The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the most magnificent manuscripts of the early Middle Ages and was written and decorated around 700. To celebrate the opening of the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition we have now made the manuscript available as eBook Treasures facsimile editions. A highlights version is available as well as the complete manuscript and both contain commentary and audio on selected pages. The highlights version is free of charge from 1st July for 2 weeks (and £1.99 thereafter), and the complete version of over 500 pages is available for £3.49.
Full list of published titles
How do I get them?
eBook Treasures are available for download worldwide* from the iBookstore
Our eBook Treasures series is now available as a Windows 8 app, find it in the Windows Store under Books and Reference.
Selected titles are also available for Kindle Fire.
eBook Treasures are created by the British Library in partnership with Armadillo Systems.
*eBookTreasures are available in all iBookStore supported territories





