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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

Happy Birthday William Blake (1757)
He died in 1827 whilst still working on illustrations for Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.
They were not published until 1941 in an edition by the Spiral Press for the members of the Limited Editions Club, NYC, 1941.

C.105.f.7.

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2019-11-29

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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1570/5386
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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

Okay, okay.... the tension is too much!

Tickets go on sale this Friday!

And never fear, weary adventurers, we'll let you know exactly where/how to get your grubby little mitts on them soon...




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2019-07-10

Relatively simple, but very emotionally evocative woodcuts by Vivien Gribble from the Macmillan & Co., 1926, large paper edition 'Tess of the D'Urbevilles: a pure woman faithfully presented’.
300 or so were printed on large paper.

K.T.C.36.b.14

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2019-06-05

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

The next is John Bude's neglected classic where petty resentment leads to murder --> https://t.co/GJz8Is7jSQ

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2017-07-11

Maya Medallions: Bharhut Stupa (photo1003/1496) & modern sculpture by Dhruva Mistry (BLWA13)

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2017-02-24

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

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2017-02-11

A fuzzy sloth bear by Haludar. Calcutta, 1808. NHD3/489

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2016-12-19