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Dive into the works of great female writers held in the Library's rare books collection.

Explore early women writers in the Library's rare books collections up to the year 1700

Without doubt, Piranesi’s Le Antichità Romane (The Antiquities of Rome) (1784) is among the most splendid books in the Library’s collection.

Help us preserve Medieval Manuscripts This appeal closed on 31 July 2014, see our When Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscripts Studies at the University of London, Michelle Brown visited the Library last year, she identified a number of manuscripts in the collection that are both rare and distinctive. One missal fragment from the Nan Kivell Collection could be dated to the 10th century, making it the oldest known manuscript at the Library. Others include a 14th century cartulary from Chertsey, Surrey, and a 14th century Psalterium with handwritten inscriptions by a 16th century Welsh schoo...

Medieval manuscripts The preservation and digitisation of the Library’s medieval manuscripts has been made possible through the generous support of donors to the 2014 annual appeal. The Library’s medieval manuscripts comprise more than 6000 individual folios in 250 items and 12 bound volumes, dispersed across several collections. The bulk were acquired from two sources: ten volumes from the library of the 11th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and a large group of legal documents and fragments from manuscripts of theological, biblical, musico-liturgical and literary works from Sir Rex Nan Kiv...