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Do you recognise this 15th century Bengal-style mosque? It has been suggested that this is either Gauḍa or Pandua in West Bengal, India. Can you help us identify the exact building?

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2020-08-06

Announcing our new Women Writers series, which will be available from March. We are very excited to bring back these forgotten authors and reintroduce them to a new generation of readers!



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2020-01-29

Frontispiece to The dragon knight. A poem in twelve cantos. 2nd ed., by James Bland Burges (afterwards Sir, Bart Lamb) printed in London by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1824.
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2019-11-15

It’s around 20 years since the Great Court was built. Here’s what the space looked like beforehand, including a drawing of the quadrangle in the 1850s before the building of the Round Reading Room.

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2019-10-04

Carved pillars in Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. their spelling was also to ponder. Fatherpur Sikri near Agra. Carving on pillars was done keeping in mind the faith of queens (can i write hindu?) as Jodhabai & other ladies used this for suryapuja

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2019-05-15

The archive is stored in the main BM building and some of it relates to the building itself. This shows the building works to repair the Iron Library in 1951 after bomb damage during WWII.

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2019-04-10

“In Mu Xin's Words: Treasures of the British Library”is opening in Wuzhen, China today! Here is a sneak peek.

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2017-10-14

a silk map dress that's pre dates yours a little bit.

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2017-02-11