The collection fills 250 boxes and conatins material from the 12th to the 20th centuries, including nearly 800 medieval deeds relating to Lilleshall Abbey, Wombridge Priory, Shrewsbury Abbey and th
A collection of some 500 volumes from the library of the liturgical scholar BJ Wigan
Gives proof that the Newspaper tax of 1712 was being evaded through a loophole in the law governing the quantity of paper used
50 photographic views of Lucknow and environs with accompanying descriptions. Presented by the Hon. Mrs Desmond Cooke
Dr John Cherry writes: One of the most important documents for the history of Ludlow Castle to emerge in recent times, this heraldic roll appear
Presented by Mrs C O Higgon, great great grand daughter. Mostly concerns Luxboroughs scandalous wife and daughter. Add MS 45889
In July 2018, with support from the Friends of the National Libraries, and also from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, and a private
The unique copy of the first edition of the Sarum text of the Mass, printed for Caxton in 1487 by the Parisian printer Guillaume Maynyal, who was known for his mastery of red and black printing.
A hitherto unknown late medieval manuscript on vellum containing fourteen different types of decorative alphabets, ranging from simple letters in Gothic script to large coloured anthropomorphic ini
Includes material concerning the dispute with Leibnitz over priority in the invention of the calculus
The Macclesfield Psalter is a work of art of exceptional beauty. Its 250 leaves are painted with exquisite finesse, page after page of precious pigments and gold.
The soke of Conisbrough was no single-village manor; centred upon its celebrated chief messuage Conisbrough Castle (n
