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{{Short description|Part of the British Library}}
[[File:BL Harley Gospels 109r.jpg|thumb|[[Harley Golden Gospels]], [[Incipit]] to [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], 800-825]]
[[File:The Ramsey Psalter, BL Harley Ms 2904, Initial B, folio 4.jpg|thumb|[[Beatus initial]], f.4 of the [[Ramsey Psalter]]]]
[[File:BL Harley Gospels 109r.jpg|thumb|[[Harley Golden Gospels]], [[Incipit]] to [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], 800–825]]
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The '''Harleian Library''', '''Harley Collection''', '''Harleian Collection''' and other variants ({{lang-la|Bibliotheca Harleiana}}) is one of the main "closed" collections (namely, historic collections to which new material is no longer added) of the [[British Library]] in London, formerly the library of the [[British Museum]].
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[[File:Minuscule 113 (GA) 173v-174.jpg|thumb|[[Minuscule 113|Harley 1810]] is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]]]]
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[[File:The old service-books of the English Church (1904) (14778044895).jpg|thumb|A gospel book (Harley 7026); the last page shows the donor Lord Lovel presenting the book to Salisbury Cathedral]]
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The '''Harleian Library''', '''Harley Collection''', '''Harleian Collection''' and other variants ({{lang-la|Bibliotheca Harleiana}}) is one of the main "closed" collections of the [[British Library]] in London (formerly the library of the [[British Museum]]).


The collection is 7660 manuscripts, including 2200 illuminated manuscripts, <ref name="Laura Nuvoloni">{{cite book |url=http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2008articles/pdf/ebljarticle72008.pdf|author=Laura Nuvoloni|title=The Harleian Collection|publisher=published by ''The British Library''|accessdate=2015-07-26}}</ref> more than 14,000 original legal documents; and more than 500 [[Scroll|roll]]s. It was formed by [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Robert Harley]] (1661–1724) and his son [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Edward]] (1689-1741). In 1753, it was purchased for [[GBP|£]]10,000 by the British government. Together with the collections of [[Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington|Sir Robert Cotton]] (the [[Cotton library]]) and [[Hans Sloane]] (the [[British_Museum#History|Sloane library]]) it formed the basis of the British Museum's collection of manuscripts, which moved to the new British Library in 1973.<ref>British Library. "[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/harleymss/harleymss.html History of the Harley Library]".</ref>
The collection comprises 7,660 manuscripts, including 2,200 [[illuminated manuscript]]s,<ref name="Laura Nuvoloni">{{cite book|url=http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2008articles/pdf/ebljarticle72008.pdf|author=Laura Nuvoloni|title=The Harleian Medical Manuscripts|publisher=published by The British Library|access-date=2015-07-26|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224749/http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2008articles/pdf/ebljarticle72008.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> more than 14,000 original legal documents; and more than 500 [[Scroll|roll]]s. It was assembled by [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Robert Harley]] (1661–1724) and his son [[Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer|Edward]] (1689–1741). In 1753, it was purchased for [[GBP|£]]10,000 by the British government. Together with the collections of [[Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington|Sir Robert Cotton]] (the [[Cotton library]]) and [[Hans Sloane]] (the [[British Museum#History|Sloane library]]) it formed the basis of the British Museum's collection of manuscripts, which were transferred to the new British Library in 1973.<ref>British Library. "[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/harleymss/harleymss.html History of the Harley Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005052/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/manuscripts/harleymss/harleymss.html |date=2018-08-30 }}".</ref>


The collection contains [[illuminated manuscript]]s spanning the early [[Middle Ages]] to the [[Renaissance]]. There are important early British manuscripts, many from Western Europe, and several Byzantine manuscripts in Greek and other languages.
The collection contains illuminated manuscripts spanning the early [[Middle Ages]] to the [[Renaissance]]. There are important early British manuscripts, many from Western Europe, and several Byzantine manuscripts in Greek and other languages.


==Manuscripts==
==Manuscripts==
[[File:The Ramsey Psalter, BL Harley Ms 2904, Initial B, folio 4.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Beatus initial]], f.4 of the [[Ramsey Psalter]]]]
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[[File:Minuscule 113 (GA) 173v-174.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Minuscule 113|Harley 1810]] is a [[Greek language|Greek]] [[Lower case|minuscule]] [[manuscript]] of the [[New Testament]]]]
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[[File:The old service-books of the English Church (1904) (14778044895).jpg|thumb|upright|A gospel book (Harley 7026); the last page shows the donor Lord Lovel presenting the book to Salisbury Cathedral]]

Among the most significant manuscripts are:
Among the most significant manuscripts are:
*[[Lacnunga]] (Harley 585)
*[[Lacnunga]] (Harley MS 585)
*[[Harley Psalter]] (Harley 603)
*[[Harley Psalter]] (Harley MS 603)
*[[Kildare Poems]] (Harley 913)
*[[Kildare Poems]] (Harley MS 913)
*''[[Sumer Is Icumen In]]'', in Harley 978
*''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', in Harley MS 3859; including medieval Welsh genealogies and other items
*[[Inventory of Henry VIII of England]] (Harley 1419)
*''[[Sumer Is Icumen In]]'', in Harley MS 978
*[[Gospels of Mael Brigte]] (Harley 1602)
*[[Inventory of Henry VIII of England]] (Harley MS 1419)
*[[Gospels of Mael Brigte]] (Harley MS 1602)
*[[Harley 1775]], an illuminated Gospel Book produced in Italy during the last quarter of the 6th century
*[[Harley 1775]], an illuminated Gospel Book produced in Italy during the last quarter of the 6th century
*[[Minuscule 113]] (Harley 1810) - and many others, see the category at bottom of the page
*[[Minuscule 113]] (Harley MS 1810) - and many others, see the category at bottom of the page
*[[Harley Lyrics]] (Harley 2253)
*[[Harley Lyrics]] (Harley MS 2253)
*[[Harley Golden Gospels]] (Harley 2788)
*[[Harley Golden Gospels]] (Harley MS 2788)
*[[Ramsey Psalter]] (Harley 2904)
*[[Ramsey Psalter]] (Harley MS 2904)
*[[Book of Nunnaminster]] (Harley 2965)
*[[Book of Nunnaminster]] (Harley MS 2965)
*[[Minuscule 3686]]
*[[Minuscule 3686]]
*[[Harleian Genealogies]] (Harley 3859)
*[[Harleian Genealogies]] (Harley MS 3859)
*[[Minuscule 104]] (Harley 5537)
*[[Minuscule 104]] (Harley MS 5537)
*[[Minuscule 505]] (Harley 5538)
*[[Minuscule 505]] (Harley MS 5538)
*[[Uncial 0121a]] (Harley 5613)
*[[Uncial 0121a]] (Harley MS 5613)
*[[Ptolemy's Geography|Ptolemy's ''Geography'']] (Harley 7182 & 7195)
*[[Ptolemy's Geography|Ptolemy's ''Geography'']] (Harley MS 7182 & 7195)
*[[Harley MS. 7334]]
*[[Harley MS 7334]]
*[[Harleian prayerbook]] (Harley 7653)
*[[Harleian prayerbook]] (Harley MS 7653)
*The [[Harley Glossary]] (eleventh-century Latin-Old English glossary, Harley MA 3376)

==See also==
*[[Cotton Library]]


==References==
==References==
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* ''British Library Journal'' vol. 15 (1989) is devoted to Robert Harley and his collections.
* ''British Library Journal'' vol. 15 (1989) is devoted to Robert Harley and his collections.
* C. E. and C. R. Wright, eds. ''The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715–1726,'' 2 vols (London, 1966).
* C. E. and C. R. Wright, eds. ''The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715–1726,'' 2 vols (London, 1966).

==Catalogue==
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Nares |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-link=Robert Nares |editor2-last=Ellis |editor2-first=Henry |editor2-link=Henry Ellis (librarian) |editor3-last=Horne |editor3-first=Thomas Hartwell |editor3-link=Thomas Hartwell Horne |title=A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum |location=London |publisher=[[Record Commission]] |date=1808–1812 }} (4 vols): [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t88h4wv5j&view=1up&seq=9 vol. 1] (MSS 1–1309); [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t83j9rx1j&view=1up&seq=9 vol. 2] (MSS 1310–3099); [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t6549107k&view=1up&seq=9 vol. 3] (MSS 3100–7639); [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t75t9z24c&view=1up&seq=9 vol. 4] (indexes)


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons|Category:British Library Harley Manuscripts|the Harleian Collection}}
{{Commons category|British Library Harley Manuscripts|the Harleian Collection}}
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourCollFound.asp#Harley The foundation collections] at the Catalogue of Illuminated manuscripts
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourCollFound.asp#Harley The foundation collections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002104240/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourCollFound.asp#Harley |date=2019-10-02 }} at the Catalogue of Illuminated manuscripts
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/pdf/harleiancollectionlist.pdf List of medicine and alchemist manuscripts] PDF, 192 KB
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/pdf/harleiancollectionlist.pdf List of medicine and alchemist manuscripts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223050911/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/pdf/harleiancollectionlist.pdf |date=2022-02-23 }} PDF, 192 KB
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/tripsalter.html Trilingual Psalter]
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/tripsalter.html Trilingual Psalter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811201105/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/tripsalter.html |date=2018-08-11 }}
*[http://bestiary.ca/manuscripts/manu1010.htm Harley Bestiary (Harley 4751)]
*[http://bestiary.ca/manuscripts/manu1010.htm Harley Bestiary (Harley MS 4751)]
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8827&CollID=8&NStart=2965 The Book of Nunnaminster (Harley 2965)]
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8827&CollID=8&NStart=2965 The Book of Nunnaminster (Harley 2965)]


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Harley Golden Gospels, Incipit to Luke, 800–825

The Harleian Library, Harley Collection, Harleian Collection and other variants (Template:Lang-la) is one of the main "closed" collections (namely, historic collections to which new material is no longer added) of the British Library in London, formerly the library of the British Museum.

The collection comprises 7,660 manuscripts, including 2,200 illuminated manuscripts,[1] more than 14,000 original legal documents; and more than 500 rolls. It was assembled by Robert Harley (1661–1724) and his son Edward (1689–1741). In 1753, it was purchased for £10,000 by the British government. Together with the collections of Sir Robert Cotton (the Cotton library) and Hans Sloane (the Sloane library) it formed the basis of the British Museum's collection of manuscripts, which were transferred to the new British Library in 1973.[2]

The collection contains illuminated manuscripts spanning the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. There are important early British manuscripts, many from Western Europe, and several Byzantine manuscripts in Greek and other languages.

Manuscripts

Beatus initial, f.4 of the Ramsey Psalter
Harley 1810 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament
A gospel book (Harley 7026); the last page shows the donor Lord Lovel presenting the book to Salisbury Cathedral

Among the most significant manuscripts are:

References

  1. ^ Laura Nuvoloni. The Harleian Medical Manuscripts (PDF). published by The British Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. ^ British Library. "History of the Harley Library Archived 2018-08-30 at the Wayback Machine".

Further reading

  • British Library Journal vol. 15 (1989) is devoted to Robert Harley and his collections.
  • C. E. and C. R. Wright, eds. The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715–1726, 2 vols (London, 1966).

Catalogue

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