The Bible as book

the transmission of the greek text

A medieval herbal

a facsimile of british library Egerton MS 747

The "Tractatus de herbis", reproduced here, is one of the many rare and precious manuscripts in the collections of the British Library. It is an illustrated herbal which comes from a collection of pharmacological texts written in southern Italy around AD 1300AD, which is now ...

Sultan Baybars' Qur'an

On 04 September 2002, the Library launched its latest addition to the series. Sultan Baybars' Qur'an, one of the most magnificent surviving manuscripts of the Qur'an, was produced in 14th-century Cairo in seven volumes. It is considered a masterpiece of Islamic calligraphy and ...

Queen Elizabeth II

a jubilee portrait in stamps

Magic pencil

children's book illustration today

The Sherborne Missal

The CD-ROM features 32 pages from the Sherborne Missal, which the viewer can 'turn' using the computer mouse to click and drag the page. In addition there are zoom facilities and accompanying text about each page and an illustrated essay explaining the history and significance ...

Medieval birds in the sherborne missal

Music in medieval manuscripts

British wood-engraved book illustration, 1904-1940

a break with tradition

Five hundred years of book design

Astrology

a history

Short-title catalogue of books pinted in France and of french books printed in other countries

from 1470 to 1600. Supplement