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British Library

Also known as: British Library; primary name: British Library
Details: organisation; institution/organisation; British
Other dates: 1973 onwards-
Address: 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB (1998-).
Biography: The British Library was formed in 1973 by amalgamating several institutions, including the National Lending Library at Boston Spa, with the three existing British Museum library departments - the Department of Printed Books, the Department of Manuscripts and the Department of Oriental Manuscripts & Printed Books (the Map Library and the Music Library were sub-sections of the first). The term "British Library" is used in BM catalogue records where objects were transferred at some time from one of the BM library departments to a department which remained in the British Museum, even though at the time of transfer the BL did not yet exist. A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY Founding of the British Museum's Department of Printed Books (1753); Patent Office Library opened (1855); Reading Room opened (1857); The British Library Act (1972); British Library established (1973); National Central Library and National Lending Library for Science and Technology amalgamated as the British Library Lending Division (1973); British National Bibliography and the Office of Scientific and Technical Information absorbed (1974); India Office Library and Records transferred from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the British Library (1982); British Institute of Recorded Sound taken over (later National Sound Archive) (1983); British Library opened on Euston Road (1998).
Bibliography: www.bl.uk/about/history.html P.R.Harris, 'The Library of the British Museum' 'Libraries within the Library: the origins of the BL's printed collections'' ed. Giles Mandelbrote aand Barry Taylor, 2009

29,408 related objects

album

Museum number: SL,5270.1 |
Producer name: BIOG50964 After:John White |
Production date: 1585-1593

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.12 |
Producer name: BIOG16350 Made by:'Abdullah al-Yazdí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.76 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.83 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.3 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.2 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.92 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.48 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.315 |
Cultures/periods: x23192 Mughal dynasty |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.266 |
Cultures/periods: x23192 Mughal dynasty |
Production date: 18thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.282 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1750-1800 |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.283 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1750-1800 |
Production place: Made in:India (pre-1947)

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.105 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.42 |
Producer name: BIOG15035 Made by:Ustád Shámzádeh Muḥammad |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.32 |
Producer name: BIOG12612 Made by:Muḥammad Muqím al-Ḥasaní |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.109 |
Producer name: BIOG12068 Made by:Maḥmúd Ibn Isḥáq al-Shihábí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.114 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.92 |
Producer name: BIOG16380 Made by:Mír 'Imád al-Ḥasaní |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.117 |
Producer name: BIOG12638 Made by:Muḥammad 'Asím |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.98 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; painting

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.103 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.44 |
Producer name: BIOG11032 Made by:Jawáhir Raqam Thání |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.38 |
Producer name: BIOG12068 Made by:Maḥmúd Ibn Isḥáq al-Shihábí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.7 |
Producer name: BIOG12600 Made by:Muḥammad Afẓal |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.51 |
Producer name: BIOG10605 Made by:Hidáyat-Allah |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1697

album; painting

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.127 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album; painting

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.86 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.21 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album; painting

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.97 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album; painting

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.59 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol I |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.89 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Istanbul (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.40 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.82 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.61 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.36 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.24 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.90 |
Producer name: BIOG12029 Made by:Mír `Alí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.65 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Title: Persian Drawings and Penmanship |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.9.41 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.70 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.23 |
Producer name: BIOG7887 Made by:Abú'l Qásim |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1766

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.86 |
Producer name: BIOG16338 Made by:'Abd al-Razzaq Daylamí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.42 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.75 |
Producer name: BIOG16361 Made by:'Ali |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.75 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Title: Hindu and Persian Miniatures and Penmanship |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.10.39 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.53 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.93 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.19 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.58 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1804

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.22 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.22 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.89 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.65 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.72 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.3 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.59 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.75 |
Producer name: BIOG7886 Made by:Abú'l Baqá'al-Músáwí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 17th Century

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.74 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.cz |
Producer name: BIOG12495 Calligrapher:Mishkin Qalam

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.16 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.35

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.81 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.88 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.82 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.30 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.49 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.5 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.34 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.76 |
Producer name: BIOG16361 Made by:'Ali |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album

Title: Costumes Turcs Vol II |
Museum number: 1974,0617,0.12.2.112 |
Cultures/periods: x14382 Ottoman dynasty |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Made in:Turkey |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Turkey

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.3.97 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 1651-1750 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.113 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.9 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.6 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.115 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.116 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.25 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.104 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.27 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.93 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.68 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.88 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.24 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.100 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.67 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.101 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.23 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.63 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.49 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.21 |
Producer name: BIOG12991 Made by:Nur ad-Dín Dihlavi |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album

Museum number: 1920,0917,0.207 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC(early)

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.110 |
Producer name: BIOG12633 Made by:Muḥammad 'Alí |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.21.97 |
Producer name: BIOG12140 Made by:Mahdī |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album; calligraphy

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.15.11 |
Producer name: BIOG13359 Made by:Qá'im Maqám |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic

album

Museum number: 1974,0617,0.17.43 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 18thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

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