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British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Collection

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Title

British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Collection

Type

Collection

Description

This is a searchable database of some of the western illuminated manuscripts in the British Library. Public Domain

Rights

Public Domain

Language

Multiple

Creator

British Library

Country

UK

Curator's Choice

James Freeman, intern in Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Section at The British Library, looks at cuttings from a huge 14th-century Italian choirbook and how digital technology is now helping scholars build a picture of the once intact original through virtually reuniting the “diaspora” of fragments.

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/cuttings-from-a-medieval-italian-choirbook/

Sandra Tuppen, curator of Music Manuscripts at the British Library, explores some highlights from their digitised collection of music manuscripts, including those penned by the hand of Haydn, Handel, Purcell, and a very messy Beethoven.

http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/

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