Harleian Collection
From Textus Receptus
The Harleian Collection (or Harley Collection) is one of main collections of the British Library, London, England.
The manuscript collection of more than 7,000 volumes, more than 14,000 original legal documents, and 500 rolls, formed by Robert Harley (1661–1724), and his son Edward Harley (1689-1741). In 1753, it was purchased for £10,000 by the British government and together with the collections of Robert Bruce Cotton (1571–1631), and Hans Sloane were formed the basis of the British Museum library (after 1973 British Library).<ref>History of the Harley Library at the British Library</ref>
The collection contains illuminated manuscripts spanning the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The manuscripts came from France, Germany and Italy.
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See also
- Cotton Library
- Harleian Genealogies
- Minuscule 104 (Harley 5537)
- Minuscule 113 (Harley 1810)
- Minuscule 505 (Harley 5538)
- Harley MS. 7334
- Harley 1419 A & B, The Inventory of Henry VIII
References
Further reading
- British Library Journal vol. 15 (1989) is devoted to Robert Harley and his collections.
- C. E. and C. R. Wright, eds. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715–1726, 2 vols (London, 1966).
External links
- The foundation collections at the Catalogue of Illuminated manuscripts
- List medicine and alchemist manuscripts PDF, 192 KB
- Trilinguical Psalter
