Collections of Manuscripts
- Arundel collection
- Cotton Library
- Egerton Collection
- Harleian Collection
- Royal manuscripts
There is also the "Additional Manuscripts" series, which covers manuscripts that are not part of the named collections, and contains all other manuscripts gifted, purchased or bequeathed to the Library since 1756.
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