A Guide To The Autograph Letters, Manuscripts, Original Charters, And Royal, Baronial And Ecclesiastical Seals - Softcover

British Museum. Dept. Of Manuscripts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461640228 ISBN 13: 9780461640229

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

A Guide To The Autograph Letters, Manuscripts, Original Charters, And Royal, Baronial And Ecclesiastical Seals. This volume serves as a bibliographic catalog of historic documents and seals housed by the British Museum's Department of Manuscripts. It surveys items exhibited to the public, organized into sections on Autographs (ranging from English and foreign eminent men to sovereigns and notable figures), Original Charters, Oriental Manuscripts, Illuminated Manuscripts, and Ornamental Bindings. The collection includes letters and documents from monarchs, church leaders, statesmen, poets, and scholars, with notes on provenance, dating, language, and occasion. It also details recent acquisitions, cataloging autographs, illuminated manuscripts, papyri, and parchments from various collections such as the Harleian, Sloane, Cottonian, Egerton, and Lansdowne collections. The book functions as a reference guide for researchers of medieval and early modern manuscripts, epistolary material, and documentary seals, outlining the breadth of the British Museum’s manuscript holdings as of the 19th century. The 1873 edition was printed by order of the Trustees and is presented here in a modern reprint format.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461640228
• ISBN 13: 9780461640229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60