The Wren Digital Library provides access to digitised collections from the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. The founding purpose was to digitise the College’s collection of Western medieval manuscripts catalogued by M. R. James in 1901-3. There are currently almost 500 manuscripts accessible online. The Digital Library is also gradually expanding to include modern manuscripts and a selection of printed books.
Medieval Manuscripts | Modern Manuscripts | Printed Books
Highlights of the collection now available online include:
- The great 12th century Eadwine Psalter from Christ Church, Canterbury
- The 13th century Anglo-Norman Trinity Apocalypse
- The 13th century Romance of Alexander
- The 14th century manuscript of Piers Plowman
- The Milton manuscript
- The notebook of Isaac Newton
- Isaac Newton’s own copy of his Principia Mathematica
The images in the Wren Digital Library are Copyright the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge and covered by a Creative Commons BY-NC license. Anyone wishing to obtain the original high resolution images for publication or for other reasons should please contact the library.