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Theatrical playbills from Britain and Ireland (OCR text only)
The dataset comprises 264 volumes of digitised theatrical playbills published between 1660 – 1902 (mostly 19th century) from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Digitised from the British Library's physical collection of over 500 volumes of playbills. The dataset contains text files (.TXT) in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) format. The playbills...British Library Labs
singlesheet, text, playbill, OCR, and playbills
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Digitised Books - Images identified as Medium Sized Images. c. 1567 - c. 1900. JPG
The dataset comprises c. 217,101 images identified as 'Medium Sized Images' from the British Library's Flickr Commons collections, dating between c. 1567 - c. 1900. The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900; Medium Sized...British Library ; British Library Labs
digitised, books, Microsoft, images, and medium sized images
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Digitised Books - Images identified as Embellishments. c. 1510 - c. 1900. JPG
The images were algorithmically gathered from 49,455 digitised books, equating to 65,227 volumes (25+ million pages), published between c. 1510 - c. 1900. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The images are in .JPEG format.British Library ; British Library Labs
embellishments, digitised, books, Microsoft, and images
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OCR text derived from digitised books published 1890 - 1899 in ALTO XML
This set consists 14847 volumes, published between 1890-1899. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised books created using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. The books cover a wide range of subject areas including philosophy, history, poetry and literature. The dataset is in Analysed Layout and Text Object (ALTO)...British Library ; British Library Labs
XML, books, digitised, metadata, Microsoft, nineteenth century, and ALTO
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Portraits of actors, views of theatres and playbills (covering 1750 - 1821 in a single volume)
166 page PDF of collated portraits and views (with OCR-derived text) The dataset comprises one digitised volume (166 pages) of a collection of portraits of celebrated actors and actresses, views of theatres and playbills, dating 1750 - 1821. The dataset is in Portable Document Format (PDF).British Library
text, theatres, views, portraits, actors, OCR, and playbills
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Volumes of signs of taverns in England and Wales. 1628 - 1858
The dataset comprises 14 digitised volumes (as PDFs) of a collection of tavern signs in and England and Wales dating 1628 – 1858 (with OCR-derived text.)British Library
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Volumes of performances connecting Sir Henry Irving. 1879 - 1905.
Sir Henry Irving's American and Provincial Tours 1883 - 1905; miscellaneous performances, including some given by Royal Command, 1883 - 1903; Lyceum Theatre 1879 – 1902; and Drury Lane Theatre, 1903 and 1905. The collection was formed by Bram Stoker.British Library
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Volumes of Lysons Collectanea (Trades), comprising advertisements, cuttings, and illustrations relating to trades, professions, medical cures. 1660-1825.
The dataset comprises the OCR text derived from four digitised volumes of a collection of advertisements, cuttings and illustrations relating to trades, professions and medical cures from 1660 - 1825.British Library
text, newspapers, OCR, trades, and adverts
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Volumes of Lysons Collectanea (Amusements), comprising broadsides, cuttings, advertisements on amusements 1660-1840
The dataset comprises nine digitised volumes of a collection of broadsides, cuttings and advertisements, relating to public exhibitions and places of amusement from 1660 - 1840 (with OCR-derived text.) Part of the Lysons Collectanea collection.British Library
amusements, text, newspapers, broadsides, OCR, and adverts
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Volumes of portraits and biographies of officers in the South African wars collected by John Malcolm Bulloch. 1900 - 1902.
The dataset comprises six digitised volumes (in PDF) of a collection of portraits and biographical details of some officers distinguished in the South African War (1900 - 1902) (with OCR-derived text.) The collection was formed by John Malcolm Bulloch..British Library
South Africa, text, portraits, war, army, OCR, biographies, and biography
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Volumes of Madden's cuttings, views, and pamphlets about the British Museum. 1755-1870.
The dataset comprises four digitised volumes of a collection of cuttings, views and pamphlets made by Sir Frederic Madden about the British Museum, dating 1755 - 1870 (with OCR-derived text.)British Library
British Museum, text, and OCR
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Volume of Christmas ballads and broadsides. 1750 - 1840
110 page PDF of miscellaneous Christmas ballads and prose broadsides (with OCR-derived text.) The dataset comprises one digitised volume (110 pages) of a collection of Christmas ballads and prose broadsides chiefly printed in London by J. Pitts between 1750 - 1840. The dataset is in Portable Document Format (PDF).British Library
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Digitised Quarterly Lists XML and Metadata
Two Centuries of Indian Print 1867-1947. The files in this dataset are derived from the British Library’s collection of bound volume Quarterly Lists: printed catalogue records of Indian books published quarterly and by province of British India between 1867 and 1947. The dataset comprises text from the collection of digitised...Derrick, Tom
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Digitised Quarterly Lists PDFs and Metadata
The files in this dataset are derived from the British Library’s collection of bound volume Quarterly Lists: printed catalogue records of Indian books published quarterly and by province of British India between 1867 and 1947. The dataset comprises full-text searchable PDFs of 215 volumes as well as the associated metadata...Derrick, Tom
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Early German Bookbindings in the British Library
This dataset comprises approx. 650 records relating to mainly early printed books (and some manuscripts) in the British Library that have bookbindings from Germany or German influenced or speaking regions. Most were bound from 15c to 17c. Workshops have been identified using standard online and printed resources (see separate document...Marks, P. J. M.
finishing tools, tools, blind tooled, workshop, leather, blind tooled bookbinding, pigskin binding, Einbanddatenbank, German binding, Kyriss, calf, Schwenke/Schunke, and bookbinding
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Resources used in attribution of early German Bookbindings in the British Library
This list of resources relates to the Early German Bookbindings in the British Library set. See the documents linked in the 'Related URL' field for more information.Marks, P. J. M.
finishing tools, tools, blind tooled, workshop, bookbinding, blind tooled bookbinding, pigskin binding, Einbanddatenbank, German binding, Kyriss, calf, Schwenke/Schunke, and leather
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UK Doctoral Thesis Metadata from EThOS
This dataset has been superseded by a more recent version: https://doi.org/10.23636/1137 If you require access to an earlier version, please email openaccess@bl.uk, including the dataset title, date, and DOI in your request. The data in this collection comprises the bibliographic metadata for all UK doctoral theses listed in EThOS, the UK's national thesis service. We...British Library ; Rosie, Heather
Higher education, dissertations, HE, research, doctoral, student, UK, theses, ethos, and thesis
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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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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: Or 46 to Sloane 2642
This dataset comprises 35 digitised Hebrew manuscripts (1000 - 1899), with their shelfmarks in alphabetical order (Or 46 - Sloane 2642). 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