Catalogue of Manuscripts

The manuscript collections of the Society of Antiquaries of London reflect the interests of the Fellows of the Society from its foundation in 1717 to the present day. The Lindsey Psalter and Winton Domesday are the best known manuscripts, but there is a wide range of material in many languages, dating from the late tenth to the twentieth century, and including a number of fine illuminated manuscripts.

The collections relate mainly to antiquities, history and law, theology and liturgy, heraldry and literature and contain many antiquarian curiosities, and there are early archaeological reports as well as recent surveys. Other illustrated records relate to antiquities, architecture and topography. The introduction describes the growth of the collections, and the volume concludes with a detailed index. This is the first modern printed catalogue to be published on the Society's collections.

Pamela J Willetts FSA is a former Deputy Keeper in the Department of Manuscripts, British Library.

• ISBN 0 85991 579 4
• 244mm x 172mm 648pp
• 9 black and white plates colour frontispiece
• £120 hardback Published November 2000 by D S Brewer for the Society of Antiquaries.
• Available from Boydell & Brewer Ltd