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PLEASE NOTE: This website currently contains only some of the illuminated manuscripts owned by the British Library. In particular, note that it does NOT yet include the following two collections:
If you are looking for pictures or descriptions of manuscripts from these collections, please see the Further online resources page.
It does include illuminated manuscripts from the following collections:
- Arundel
- Burney
- Davis
- Egerton
- Hargrave
- Harley (in part; currently in progress)
- Henry Davis
- Hirsch
- King’s
- Lansdowne
- Royal (in part; currently in progress)
- Sloane
- Stowe
- Yates Thompson
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