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Handlist of Post-1600 French Literary Manuscripts and Letters in the Department of Manuscripts of the British Library
This list provides an overview of post-1600 literary manuscripts and letters in the French language held in the British Library’s Western Manuscripts Collections. It was compiled in 1996 by Julian Conway, superintendent of the Manuscripts Reading Room. It focuses primarily on diverse manuscript material written by literary figures, with an...Conway, Julian
manuscripts, letters, autograph, French, correspondence, and literary
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First report from the Will Self archive: family matters
Will Self’s review (for the New Statesman) of Peter Ackroyd’s Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination (2002) begins with the suggestion that his grandfather would have enjoyed the book. Before telling us why (Cockney visionaries both, with a tendency to compendiousness), we are treated to a pen-portrait of grandfather...Beckett, Chris
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The writing of J. G. Ballard’s Crash: a look under the bonnet
Shock greeted the publication of J. G. Ballard’s Crash in 1973. Cult status quickly followed. Today, the novel is widely considered to be a modern classic, a novel that speaks both of its time – the darkening close of a decade of colourful liberation – and speaks dystopically to us...Beckett, Chris
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No Longer in the Garage: The Archive of Galloping Dog Press, Poetry Information and Not Poetry
The small press publisher Peter Hodgkiss begins his memoir essay ‘It’s All in the Garage’ contemplating ‘a tatty cardboard box’ with ‘GDP’ written in fading red felt-tip pen on the side: ‘It has moved from landing to attic to garage 1 to garage 2 in two houses in Newcastle to...Beckett, Chris
literature, poetry, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and new collection items
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‘Post-it’ notes in the Will Self archive
'My books begin life in notebooks, then they move on to Post-it notes, the Post-its go up on the walls of the room […] short story ideas, tropes, metaphors, gags, characters, etc. When I'm working on a book, the Post-its come down off the wall and go into scrapbooks.’ (‘Writers'...Beckett, Chris
literature, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and new collection items
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Archive of Joan Bakewell joins the British Library’s Contemporary Archives Collections
Joan Bakewell’s autobiography, The Centre of the Bed (2003), begins in a white room – a room as white as ‘a fresh sheet of paper’ – at the top of the house in which she has lived for many years. Boxes and packets of papers long-forgotten have been retrieved from...Beckett, Chris
literature, television, Contemporary Britain, manuscripts, and archival research
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398
This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1816; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 26938 - Add MS 9398). These manuscripts are out of copyright. We would appreciate it if users could read our Ethical terms of use guide before reusing our Hebrew manuscripts...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2406 - Or 2509
This dataset comprises 41 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1300 - 1799; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2406 - Or 2509). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 9399 - Harley MS 5708
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1499; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 9399 - Harley MS 5708). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Harley 5772 to Or 14580
This dataset comprises 42 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1871), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Harley 5772 - Or 14580). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for image and...Cronin, Catherine
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058
This dataset comprises 25 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1599), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 10456 - Add MS 17058). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 18229 - Add MS 26897
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1799; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 18229 - Add MS 26897). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2626 - Or 6425
This dataset comprises 43 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (920 - 1845; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2626 - Or 6425). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 2365 - Or 2405
This dataset comprises 27 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1200 - 1867; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 2365 - Or 2405). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Add MS 5242 to Arundel Or 50
This dataset comprises 22 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1100 - 1799), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Add MS 5242 to Arundel Or 50). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...King, Ellie
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Metadata
This dataset contains metadata (TEI XML catalogue records) of all British Library digitised Hebrew manuscripts. These TEI XML files can be opened and manipulated using an XML editor.Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew
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Dataset
Digitised Hebrew Manuscripts: Or 1103 - Or 2201
This dataset comprises 46 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1250 - 1699; unknown date), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 1103 - Or 2201). These manuscripts are out of copyright. These JPEG files were converted from TIFF files using IrfanView, and then further compressed using JPEGMini. They can be used for...Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi
manuscripts, Jewish, and Hebrew