Newly Digitized Items

An assortment of early London, Ontario records in celebration of London’s 200th anniversary.

A book of prayers dated approximately 1450, from the Rugby School Library, written in Latin on vellum.

A book of hours dated approximately 1480, written in Latin, providing instructions for using the Hours of the Virgin for the calendar year.

Two 19th Century volumes relating to French dramatist Eugène Labiche: a book of correspondence and an early version of the play Au bon coin.

An antiphoner dating from the 15th Century, once owned by Cardinal deChanac, containing Latin text and neumatic notation.

A religious text, possibly written in Coptic, from Abyssinia. This volume possibly includes some early neumatic notation.

We have updated this collection to add four newly digitized handwritten diaries kept by Lucy Harris from 1883-1886.

Five beautifully illustrated issues from the special Christmas edition of a local newspaper, the London Echo, from 1914-1920.

Manuscripts from our Special Collections including Persian poetry, a responsorial manuscript, and Canon Grandel's prayer book.