The British Library is based in London and is one of the world’s largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats; books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and much more. The Library’s collections include around 25 million books, along with substantial additional collection of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.
It is now possible to view some of the library’s scared texts online.

Below are screeshots from the Lindisfarne Gospel pages

Once the page has loaded (this can take a few seconds and you will have to press Space Bar to activate it) you can then browse the book. Use the controls at the bottom to turn the page or alternatively left-click on the page and drag on the page and it should turn the page for you!

You can also use the magnifying glass to see in close-up the detail of the page.

British Library Sacred Texts homepage.

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The vintage pointed nibs are now available. We now have for sale (limited quantities) of the the following vintage nibs:

Gillott 170 Gillott 290 Gillott 303 Gillott 404 Gillott 659 Gillott 2788

We are still sorting out the edged vintage nibs. These should be available in the next week or two. Unlike the pointed nibs there will be many more types available – watch this space!

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We have just taken delivery of some nibs. The nibs came in a storage box which holds 24 small partitioned containers. Each container has a varying number of nibs in them. Some have just a handful of nibs whilst a couple are nearly half full.
We are in the process of sorting them out before they are made available for purchase.
So far we have found some vintage Gillott 170, 290, 303 and 404 nibs. Also William Mitchell Round hand nibs, but I don’t know what sizes yet. There are a couple of nibs that I have never heard of, so I’ll ask in the Scribblers Community.

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