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You can • perform a quick search (this searches for a word or number in all sections of each catalogue entry, including images); • perform a simple search using keywords and dates; • look for information about a particular manuscript if you know its collection name and manuscript number; • perform an advanced search using different types or combinations of information; • explore the virtual exhibitions of various aspects of the British Library's western illuminated manuscript holdings; and • check the illustrated glossaries of terms. Updated 29 November 2011. Please note that cataloguing of manuscripts in the Royal collection is in progress, and that manuscripts in the Cotton and Additional collections (except Italian cuttings and Hebrew manuscripts) are not yet included in the Catalogue. New: Descriptions and images for over 100 illuminated European Hebrew manuscripts in the British Library. For further information see Hebrew illuminated manuscripts. New virtual exhibitions: • Writing and Picturing History: Historical Manuscripts from the Royal collection • Books of Beasts in the British Library: the Medieval Bestiary and its context See digitised manuscripts for full digital coverage of many more British Library manuscripts. For details of how to use the system, see our search tips.
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