British Library

E8363

national library research library

The British Library is the United Kingdom’s national library and one of the world’s largest research libraries, renowned for its vast collections of books, manuscripts, and historical documents.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
British Library canonical	86
British Library, London	10
British Library website	2
British Library (principal manuscripts)	1
British Library (selected materials)	1
British Library (via Lindisfarne Gospels)	1
British Library Arundel collection	1
British Library at St Pancras	1
British Library buildings	1
British Library collections	1
British Library exhibitions	1
British Library main building	1
British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections	1
British Library, St Pancras	1
King’s Library collection	1
National Lending Library for Science and Technology	1
The British Library	1
The British Library (historically, before relocation to St Pancras)	1
national library of the United Kingdom	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national library ⓘ research library ⓘ
buildingStyle	Modernist ⓘ
collectionSizeBooksApprox	25 million ⓘ
collectionSizeItemsApprox	170 million ⓘ
collects	books ⓘ digital publications ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ music scores ⓘ newspapers ⓘ patents ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ stamps ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: British Library Act 1972
established	1973 ⓘ
fundedBy	UK government ⓘ
governedBy	Board of the British Library ⓘ
hasBranch	Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire ⓘ
hasBuildingArchitect	Colin St John Wilson ⓘ
hasCollection	Asia, Africa and Middle East collections ⓘ Beowulf ⓘ surface form: Beowulf manuscript Business and IP collections ⓘ Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ surface form: Codex Sinaiticus (major portion) Gutenberg Bible copies ⓘ India Office Records ⓘ British Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King’s Library collection Leonardo da Vinci notebooks ⓘ Lindisfarne Gospels ⓘ Magna Carta ⓘ surface form: Magna Carta manuscripts Maps collection ⓘ Newspaper collections ⓘ Philatelic collections ⓘ Shakespeare quartos ⓘ Sound Archive ⓘ The Beatles manuscripts ⓘ
hasConservationCentre	Yes ⓘ
hasDigitalLibrary	Yes ⓘ
hasExhibitionSpace	Yes ⓘ
hasFunction	act as copyright library ⓘ preserve national published output ⓘ provide public access to collections ⓘ support research ⓘ
hasLegalDepositLibrariesNetwork	Yes ⓘ
hasOnlineCatalogue	Yes ⓘ
hasPermanentGallery	Treasures Gallery ⓘ
hasReadingRooms	Yes ⓘ
hasResearchServices	Yes ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.bl.uk/ ⓘ
legalDepositLibraryFor	United Kingdom ⓘ
legalDepositStatusSince	1973 ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mainBuildingLocation	London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras, London
openedToPublic	1997 ⓘ
predecessor	British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum Library National Central Library ⓘ British Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Lending Library for Science and Technology

Referenced by (114)

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

Magna Carta → preservedAt → British Library ⓘ

British Library → predecessor → British Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Lending Library for Science and Technology

British Library → hasCollection → British Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s Library collection

British East India Company → archivesHeldAt → British Library ⓘ

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → manuscriptLocation → British Library ⓘ

Codex Sinaiticus → currentLocation → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library, London

Codex Sinaiticus → onlineAccess → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library website

Codex Alexandrinus → currentLocation → British Library ⓘ

Beowulf → manuscriptLocation → British Library ⓘ

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle → manuscriptsHeldAt → British Library ⓘ

London King’s Cross → near → British Library ⓘ

London St Pancras International → near → British Library ⓘ

Camden → hasLandmark → British Library ⓘ

Camden → hasCulturalInstitution → British Library ⓘ

Holborn and St Pancras → containsInstitution → British Library ⓘ

Francis Place → hasCollectionIn → British Library ⓘ

Lindisfarne Gospels → currentLocation → British Library ⓘ

Lindisfarne Gospels → collection → British Library ⓘ

Gutenberg Bible copies → haveNotableCopyLocation → British Library ⓘ

Leonardo da Vinci notebooks → location → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library, London

India Office Records → maintainedBy → British Library ⓘ

India Office Records → locatedIn → British Library ⓘ

Sound Archive → partOf → British Library ⓘ

Sound Archive → operator → British Library ⓘ

Sound Archive → ownedBy → British Library ⓘ

Treasures Gallery → partOf → British Library ⓘ

Treasures Gallery → location → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library, London

Treasures Gallery → operatedBy → British Library ⓘ

Treasures Gallery → ownedBy → British Library ⓘ

Treasures Gallery → hasCategory → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library exhibitions

Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire → ownedBy → British Library ⓘ

Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire → operator → British Library ⓘ

Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire → partOf → British Library ⓘ

Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire → category → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library buildings

Board of the British Library → governs → British Library ⓘ

Board of the British Library → parentOrganization → British Library ⓘ

Board of the British Library → appliesToJurisdiction → British Library ⓘ

Board of the British Library → headquartersLocation → British Library ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Library, London

National Central Library → dissolvedInto → British Library ⓘ

National Central Library → successor → British Library ⓘ

National Central Library → absorbedBy → British Library ⓘ

Euston Road → near → British Library ⓘ

India Office in London → archivesAt → British Library ⓘ

subject surface form: India Office

Cotton Nero A.x → heldBy → British Library ⓘ

Cotton Nero A.x → digitizedBy → British Library ⓘ

Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → heldBy → British Library ⓘ

Pearl → manuscriptLocation → British Library ⓘ

subject surface form: Pearl (poem)

Patience → manuscriptLocation → British Library ⓘ

London Borough of Camden → contains → British Library ⓘ

Cotton Caligula A.ix → locatedIn → British Library ⓘ