British Library Archive
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New Testament from the oldest complete Bible available online for the first time
Posted on December 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe New Testament volume from one of the British Library’s most valuable treasures, Codex Alexandrinus, has been made available online for the first time on the British Library’s website. -
Medieval Arabic manuscripts, East India Company papers, to go online
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsThe British Library and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development have unveiled an ambitious partnership to transform people’s understanding of the history of the Middle East, and the region’s relationship with Britain and the rest of the world. -
British Library purchases the St Cuthbert Gospel for £9 million
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe British Library has announced that it has successfully acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel, a miraculously well-preserved 7th century manuscript that is the oldest European book to survive fully intact and therefore one of the world’s most important books. -
BBC show on The Private Lives Of The Medieval Kings to begin airing next week
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsIn Illuminations: The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings BBC Four will tell the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library’s Royal Manuscripts collection which contains some of the most priceless documents in the country's history. -
Book Review: Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsRoyal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination makes for a good compliment to those who have had the chance to view the exhibition, adding indepth details about this collection as well as dozens of wonderful images from the Middle Ages. -
‘Synge we now alle and sum’: Three Fifteenth-Century Collections of Communal Song
Posted on December 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe manuscripts British Library, Sloane MS 2593, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. e.1, and St John’s College, Cambridge, MS S.54 are compact collections of song lyrics written during the fifteenth century, largely without notation. -
British Library launches new Medieval and Renaissance images app
Posted on October 19, 2011 | No CommentsIn conjunction with their exhibition Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination, the British Library has created a Royal Manuscripts app for Apple iPad and iPhone users, which features over 500... -
British Library hosts Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsBeginning on November 11th, the British Library will be hosting a new exhibition entitled Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination. It is the Library’s first major exhibition to bring together... -
British Library announces £9m campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel – the earliest intact European book
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe British Library has announced an ambitious fundraising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the United Kingdom. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of...
