Harleian Library (manuscript collection he assembled)

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historical library collection manuscript collection

The Harleian Library is one of the great historic collections of manuscripts in Britain, renowned for its vast assemblage of medieval and early modern documents that now form a core part of the British Library’s holdings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Harleian Library	0
Harleian Collection	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical library collection ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ
acquisitionMethod	auction purchases ⓘ gifts ⓘ purchase of private collections ⓘ purchase of single manuscripts ⓘ
associatedWithFamily	Harley family NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
cataloguedAs	Harley MSS NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFoundedBy	Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionBuiltBy	Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Humphrey Wanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectionSize	over 14,000 charters and rolls ⓘ over 7,000 bound manuscripts ⓘ
collectionType	cartularies ⓘ charters ⓘ early modern manuscripts ⓘ genealogical collections ⓘ heraldic collections ⓘ illuminated manuscripts ⓘ legal documents ⓘ literary manuscripts ⓘ medieval chronicles ⓘ medieval manuscripts ⓘ rolls ⓘ state papers ⓘ
containsNotableItem	Harley MS 2253 (Harley Lyrics manuscript) NERFINISHED ⓘ Harley MS 7334 (the Harley Psalter) NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous illuminated Gospel books ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentRepository	British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
employedLibrarian	Humphrey Wanley NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerLocation	London residence of the Earls of Oxford ⓘ
formsCoreOf	Harleian manuscripts at the British Library ⓘ one of the foundation collections of the British Library manuscript holdings ⓘ one of the foundation collections of the British Museum library ⓘ
foundedBy	Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major source for the study of early modern Britain ⓘ major source for the study of medieval Britain ⓘ one of the great historic manuscript collections in Britain ⓘ
languageCoverage	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ Middle English ⓘ various European languages ⓘ
locatedIn	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfMajorGrowth	early 18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
principalCollector	Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectArea	genealogy ⓘ heraldry ⓘ history ⓘ law ⓘ literature ⓘ theology ⓘ
transferDate	18th century ⓘ
transferredTo	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Oxford → notableWork → Harleian Library (manuscript collection he assembled) ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer → knownFor → Harleian Library (manuscript collection he assembled) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harleian Collection