British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Collection

British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Collection

Collection

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

Public Domain

Multiple

British Library

UK

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/