HMML Global Operations: South Africa

South Africa


  • Region

    Africa
  • Country

    South Africa
  • Cities

    Cape Town
  • Repositories

    National Library of South Africa
  • Languages

    Latin, Dutch, French, Italian, Geʻez, German, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, English, and Persian
  • Project Dates

    1990

In 1990, HMML microfilmed the Grey Collection at the National Library of South Africa in Cape Town. This collection of 135 manuscripts consists primarily of medieval and renaissance European manuscripts formerly belonging to the colonial governor of South Africa, Sir George Grey. Some of the more decorated manuscripts were extensively filmed in color.


Latest South Africa Stories

    15th-c. Latin Book of Hours from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (<a href='https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/80897'>South Africa 1</a>)
    15th-c. Latin Book of Hours from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (South Africa 1)
    National Library of South Africa, Cape Town. Photo by <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Poco_a_poco'>Diego Delso</a> on <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Librer%C3%ADa_Nacional,_Ciudad_del_Cabo,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-19,_DD_09.jpg'>Wikimedia Commons</a>, (CC BY-SA)
    National Library of South Africa, Cape Town. Photo by Diego Delso on Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA)
    15th-c. French Book of Hours from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (<a href='https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/80960'>South Africa 36</a>)
    15th-c. French Book of Hours from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (South Africa 36)
    Late medieval travel memoir in Middle Dutch from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (<a href='https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/80906'>South Africa 77</a>)
    Late medieval travel memoir in Middle Dutch from the Grey Collection, National Library of South Africa (South Africa 77)

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