Photograph British Library Manuscripts
Budget: £20 – £250 GBP
I need someone who can visit the British Library in London on my behalf and photograph roughly six manuscripts. I already have the exact shelf-marks and call numbers, so you won’t be hunting around the catalog—just pull the items, capture them, and put them back in the condition you found them.
Standard-quality images are all I require; a modern phone camera is perfectly adequate as long as the pages are in focus and evenly lit. Flash is not allowed in the Reading Rooms, so you’ll need to rely on available light or a portable, library-approved book light. When you’re done, send the images to me in the original resolution via a shared folder (Google Drive, Dropbox or similar). Please label each file with the manuscript’s reference and page or folio number so I can identify them quickly.
You must already have (or be able to obtain) a British Library Reader Pass and be familiar with their handling guidelines for fragile material. If you can schedule a visit within the next two weeks, that’s ideal; let me know your earliest available date when you bid.
Deliverables:
• Clear, standard-resolution photos of every requested page for each of the six manuscripts.
• A brief confirmation that no pages were restricted or missing.
That’s the whole job—simple, but accuracy and care with the items are essential.
Standard-quality images are all I require; a modern phone camera is perfectly adequate as long as the pages are in focus and evenly lit. Flash is not allowed in the Reading Rooms, so you’ll need to rely on available light or a portable, library-approved book light. When you’re done, send the images to me in the original resolution via a shared folder (Google Drive, Dropbox or similar). Please label each file with the manuscript’s reference and page or folio number so I can identify them quickly.
You must already have (or be able to obtain) a British Library Reader Pass and be familiar with their handling guidelines for fragile material. If you can schedule a visit within the next two weeks, that’s ideal; let me know your earliest available date when you bid.
Deliverables:
• Clear, standard-resolution photos of every requested page for each of the six manuscripts.
• A brief confirmation that no pages were restricted or missing.
That’s the whole job—simple, but accuracy and care with the items are essential.