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Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
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Use this website to find and view descriptions and images of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the British Library, one of the richest collections in the world.

 

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Updated 28 September 2009. Please note that cataloguing of manuscripts in the Royal collection is in progress, and that manuscripts in the Cotton and Additional collections are not yet included in the Catalogue.

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