British Library 3D Models
British Library 3D Models
British Library 3D Models
This collection comprises 45 3D models of British Library collection items created between 2015-2023. The models reflect the diversity of objects in the Library’s collections, from Hebrew manuscripts to Chinese Oracle Bones, and include highlights such as Jane Austen’s writing desk and the Constance Graduale – the earliest extant book of printed music using moveable type. Out of the 45 records, 29 items have models to downloads, while 16 are metadata only records. The 3D models are available for download in four different formats: GLB, GLTF, USDZ or OBJ. They are out of copyright and can be used under a CC BY licence. All the British Library's models are also available on Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com/britishlibrary).
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Item type:3D image, Richard Cushee, Celestial Globe, 1730, Maps G.14a(2020-03-23)British LibraryA new celestial globe, by Richard Cushee. Forms a pair with his celestial globe, 1730 (Maps G.14.b.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900499634901092512 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Board's Collections Vol 1767, IOR/F/4/1767(2021-06-29)British LibraryIndia Office Records and Private Papers. BL catalogue record: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-0007501636 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606, Maps G.6b(2020-03-24)British LibraryNova et accurata Terrae Marisq. Sphaera, denuo recognita et correcta à Gulielmo Blaeu. Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1606 (1621). 1 globe : hand coloured; 13.5 cm. in diameter. This globe by Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) was originally published in 1606 but has been revised to include the discoveries at the tip of South America in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten (active 1590–1618) and Jacob Le Maire (1585–1616). The globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.6.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900496306801092515 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Great Omar Jewelled Bookbinding, C.188.c.27(2023-03-17)British LibraryAn elaborately gold tooled, jewelled and onlaid bookbinding covering an 1884 Boston [Mass] edition of Rubà¡iyà¡t of Omar Khayyà¡m, the astronomer-poet of Persia, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an accompaniment of drawings by Elihu Vedder; a bequest to the British Library by Mr & Mrs Stanley Bray in 2005. The bookbinding firm of Sangorski & Sutcliffe were famous for their jewelled bookbindings. Their first binding (created 1909-1911) on this edition of the Rubà¡iyà¡t was lost on the Titanic as it was being exported to the U.S.A. in 1912. The binding was was recreated by Sutcliffe’s nephew, binder Stanley Bray, from 1932 to 1939 but was destroyed in the London Blitz of 1941. Bray created a third jewelled binding from 1985 taking 4 years of his retirement. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/1jgdp16/alma990037056250109251 CC Attribution (CC BY © British Library Board)24 22 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Covers of Batak pustaha manuscript, Or 11761(2022-12-16)British LibraryCovers of Batak pustaha manuscript The wooden front cover has a decorative ridged spine, through which holes have been drilled for a carrying string This pustaha, which appears to contain texts on protective magic (pagar), is one of a number collected by Baron Oscar von Kessel who travelled in the Batak country from Tobing vis Sipirok to Sigompulon in 1844. The wooden front cover has a decorative ridged spine, through which holes have been drilled for a carrying. For more information: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/generic_works/94d819c9-797f-446f-b52b-688e81f63125 BL catalogue record: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/032-0038951014 8 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Prayerbook of Princess Elizabeth, Royal MS 7 DX(2021-08-31)British LibraryPrayers and meditations (the ‘Prayerbook of Princess Elizabeth’) In December 1545, King Henry VIII was presented with this carefully embroidered volume as a New Year’s gift. The prayer book had been assembled by his twelve-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, who would herself ascend to the throne in 1558. BL catalogue record: https://searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-002106250 CC Attribution (CC BY © British Library Board).3 10 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Richard Cushee, Terrestrial Globe, 1730, Maps G.14b(2020-03-24)British LibraryA new globe of the earth laid down according to the latest observations. [London] : sold by R. Cushee at the globe and _ St. Dunstans church in Fleet Street London, 1730. 1 globe, 26 cm. in diameter. Mounted on a four-legged wooden stand with a brass meridian ring and wooden horizon ring. Forms a pair with Richard Cushee’s celestial globe, 1730 (Maps G.14.a.). This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900499635001092512 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Joseph Moxon, Terrestrial Pocket Globe, 1679, Maps C.4.a.4.(7.)(2020-02-17)British Library[A pocket terrestrial globe.] Londini sumptibus J. Moxon. 1 globe: hand coloured, 7 cm. in diameter. This is the ‘pocket globe’ of Joseph Moxon (1627–1691) which ?rst appeared in the 1670s. In a catalogue of items advertised for sale, Moxon describes the arrangement as ‘Concave hemispheres of the starry orb, which serves for a case to a terrestrial globe of 3" diameter made portable for the pocket.’ The terrestrial pocket globe shows the tracks of Sir Francis Drake and Thomas Cavendish, and California is depicted as an island. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900497591301092515 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Thomas Tuttell, Celestial Globe, 1700, Maps G.53(2020-03-23)British LibraryA celestial globe measuring 36 cm. (14 inches) in diameter, published by Thomas Tuttell (c. 1674–1702) in London, 1700. This globe is identical to a celestial globe made by Joseph Moxon in 1653, except that it includes an additional constellation in the northern hemisphere, Cor Caroli (Heart of Charles), which was named by Sir Charles Scarborough to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Tuttell is known to have worked with James Moxon, son of Joseph Moxon, on a book entitled ‘Mathematicks made Easie’ around 1700, and this connection makes it likely that he would have been able to acquire globes by Moxon. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise a number of globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma9900501186001092512 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:3D image, Embroidered for Queen Elizabeth I, C.24.b.8(2023-03-13)British LibraryAuthor Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, had this copy of his book De antiquitate Britannicae Ecclesiae (London, 1572) specially bound for the Queen, who was known to appreciate embroidered covers. The design on green velvet incorporates a deer park, perhaps a punning reference to Parker’s name, Tudor roses and other flowers. It was probably the work of a professional needle worker. BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/1jgdp16/alma990027798160109251 British Library Online Image Database of Bookbindings record: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305152925/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage.aspx?RecordId=020-000002662&ImageId=ImageId=40936&Copyright=BL For more information see: https://bl.iro.bl.uk/concern/generic_works/86f4acc8-ab75-421e-a5a3-ea9adeed7a68 and https://web.archive.org/web/20230921075901/https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/bookbindings CC Attribution (CC BY © British Library Board)13 11