British Library

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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library and one of the world’s largest research libraries, renowned for its vast collections of books, manuscripts, and historical documents.


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 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 manuscript
Business and IP collections
Codex Sinaiticus (major portion)
Gutenberg Bible copies
India Office Records
King’s Library collection
Leonardo da Vinci notebooks
Lindisfarne Gospels
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
mainBuildingLocation St Pancras, London
openedToPublic 1997
predecessor British Museum Library
National Central Library
National Lending Library for Science and Technology

Referenced by (51)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Beowulf
Patience
Pearl (poem)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
manuscriptLocation
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Sinaiticus ("British Library, London")
Lindisfarne Gospels
currentLocation
Euston Road
London King’s Cross
London St Pancras International
near
Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire
Sound Archive
Treasures Gallery
ownedBy
Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire
Sound Archive
Treasures Gallery
partOf
Cotton Nero A.x
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection
heldBy
Cotton Caligula A.ix
India Office Records
locatedIn
Leonardo da Vinci notebooks ("British Library, London")
Treasures Gallery ("British Library, London")
location
Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire
Sound Archive
operator
National Central Library
absorbedBy
Board of the British Library
appliesToJurisdiction
India Office
archivesAt
British East India Company
archivesHeldAt
Boston Spa site, West Yorkshire ("British Library buildings")
category
Lindisfarne Gospels
collection
London Borough of Camden
contains
Holborn and St Pancras
containsInstitution
Cotton Nero A.x
digitizedBy
National Central Library
dissolvedInto
Board of the British Library
governs
Treasures Gallery ("British Library exhibitions")
hasCategory
British Library ("King’s Library collection")
hasCollection
Francis Place
hasCollectionIn
Camden
hasCulturalInstitution
Camden
hasLandmark
Gutenberg Bible copies
haveNotableCopyLocation
Board of the British Library ("British Library, London")
headquartersLocation
India Office Records
maintainedBy
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
manuscriptsHeldAt
Codex Sinaiticus ("British Library website")
onlineAccess
Treasures Gallery
operatedBy
Board of the British Library
parentOrganization
British Library ("National Lending Library for Science and Technology")
predecessor
Magna Carta
preservedAt
Cotton Caligula A.ix ("British Library, London")
repository
National Central Library
successor

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