We regret to inform you that due to relocation of our collections to the new building [3] all requests for new photography have been suspended till we re-open in 2021.
If you wish to request existing digital image(s) selected images from our collections are available on our online collection database here [4]. Please email us with a completed Digital Photography [5] form and we will send a more detailed response.
If your enquiry is related to the publication of the Library’s image(s) only please ensure you have emailed us with the Permission to Reproduce [6].
If you require the Library to supply you with existing digital image(s) and publication rights refer to our online collection [4] first. Please ensure you have emailed us with both LPL’s Digital Photography [5] and the Permission to Reproduce [6].
The Library can provide a range of copying services. However, the type of copy which can be supplied may depend on the format and condition of the original as the preservation of material for future generations is the Library's over-riding concern. The provision of copies is also subject to copyright considerations.
Pre-payment is required before any reprographic work can be done but please do not send money with your initial order. The Library will advise on cost and payment methods.
Please click on the links below for further information on individual services. Images are usually supplied in digital format.
Note that some images of some items from the collections are available via the image management system [4].
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We regret to inform you that due to relocation of our collections to the new building [3] all requests for new photography have been suspended till we re-open in 2021.
If you wish to request existing digital image(s) selected images from our collections are available on our online collection database here [4]. Please email us with a completed Digital Photography [5] form and we will send a more detailed response.
If your enquiry is related to the publication of the Library’s image(s) only please ensure you have emailed us with the Permission to Reproduce [6].
If you require the Library to supply you with existing digital image(s) and publication rights refer to our online collection [4] first. Please ensure you have emailed us with both LPL’s Digital Photography [5] and the Permission to Reproduce [6].
• All images provided are copyright of Lambeth Palace Library, and may not be used without permission.
• TIFF files are uncompressed, full-format image files, captured at a resolution of 300dpi. Pixel resolution depends on the size and shape of the original.
• Recommended minimum system requirements to view and edit TIFF files:
- Windows 98 or equivalent operating system
- 128Mb RAM
- Pentium 4 processor or equivalent
- Screen resolution of 1024x768
• JPEG files are compressed, to the highest quality, with no reduction in pixel resolution.
• Printing guidelines
- Images of approx. 3000 x 2000 pixels can be printed up to A5/6x8" at 100%.
- Images of approx. 4000 x 4000 pixels can be printed up to A4/8x12" at 100%
- All TIFF files provided can be increased in size by up to 200% for printing up to A3/12x16" without visible loss of quality.
- JPEGS should only be printed up to 100% of their original size.
• Using and editing images
- TIFF files can be opened and saved multiple times with no loss of quality.
- JPEG files, when opened with an image editor, will usually be compressed each time they are saved, thus gradually decreasing in quality each time. It is suggested that you save an ‘archive' copy of each jpeg if extensive editing is to be done.
- It is strongly suggested that all images are backed up onto another disk, hard-drive, or network.
- Images are best viewed at 100% zoom on screen.
- Images downloaded from WeTransfer should be saved onto your own hard-drive as soon as you receive them as the download access will expire after a set period.
Photography by readers will be only permitted under the following conditions:
Note that some images of some items from the collections are available online via the image management system [8].
Copies of parts of the Library’s collections are available elsewhere. For full details of what is available on microfilm or in other formats, readers should check the archives catalogue [9]: where copies exist, they are noted in the catalogue descriptions.
Some are available commercially: please see the World Microfilms website [10] (email: microworld@ndirect.co.uk [11]; address: 4/4 Central House, 1 Ballards Lane, London N3 1LQ; tel: 0208 349 8171; mobile phone: 07802 710628) and Cengage website [12] for further details.
It may be worth making enquiries with other large academic or national libraries as to whether copies may be accessible there. For instance, the British Library [13] and the Center for Research Libraries [14] have some relevant holdings. The main categories of material on microfilm are as follows.
MANUSCRIPTS
Most of the medieval material in the Library’s manuscripts (MS) sequence has been microfilmed - available at the British Library [15]
In addition, the following manuscript collections were filmed:
MSS 596-638 - Carew manuscripts - available at the British Library [16]
MSS 647-662 Bacon manuscripts - available at the British Library [17]
MSS 694-710 – Shrewsbury papers - available at the British Library [18]
MSS 929-942 - Gibson papers
MSS 2000-2019 – Fairhurst papers
MSS 2690-2750 - Commission for the Building of Fifty New Churches (the Queen Anne Churches) - available at the British Library [19]
MSS 3192-3206 – Talbot papers - available at the British Library [20]
ARCHIVES
The following archive material was filmed:
Arches - substantial parts of the Court of Arches records, but not all (copies of the process books, Arches D, are at the British Library [21])
CFS - Christian Faith Society
COMM - Commonwealth Records - available at the British Library [22]
FM I - Faculty Office marriage allegations, 1714-1850 (copies available at the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, and the Society of Genealogists, London)
FP Blomfield 1-60 - Bishop Blomfield's letter-books
FP I-XLII – Fulham papers colonial - available at the British Library [23]
FP various references – London visitation returns, 1763-1815
PD - Papal Documents - available at the British Library [15]as part of the Lambeth Palace Library Law Manuscripts section II, reel 18
Reg - Archbishops' Registers, 1279-1642 (Peckham-Laud) - available at the British Library [24]
SPG - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel - available at the British Library [25]
VB 1/1-22 - Archbishops’ Act Books, 1663-1914
VG 3/1a-2d – Canterbury visitation returns, 1786-1806
VM I - Vicar General marriage allegations, 1694-1850 (copies available at the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, and the Society of Genealogists, London)
Miscellaneous American material also available at the British Library [26]
PRINTED BOOKS
Some of our early printed books are available on Early English Books Online [27].
MATERIAL AVAILABLE IN OTHER FORMATS
Selected sources from the Library's collections, including plans from the Incorporated Church Building Society archive, are available via the LUNA image database [8].
Access to the Bacon, Talbot and Shrewsbury papers is also available by subscription from Adam Mathew Digital [28].
Sources relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific [29] are available online via the Australia Joint Copying Project [30].
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Photocopies should be ordered from the Reading Room supervisor whilst visiting the Library, or requested by email or post.
For preservation reasons, the Library is not able to photocopy much of its collections, including bound manuscript material. Please note that this includes a substantial proportion of the archive and manuscript collections, including almost all the Archbishops' papers, Fulham papers (of the Bishop of London) and much of the manuscripts sequence (MSS). However digital photographs of this material can normally be provided.
On receipt of a completed order form (attached right), the Library will advise on cost and payment methods. Please do not send payment with your order.
Current Prices
Photocopies on site (A4 or A3): £1.20 per copy
Photocopies by post (A4 or A3):
1st item per order £8.40
Subsequent sheets £1.20 per copy
Postage and packing (1st class ‘signed for')
United Kingdom £4 Europe £9 World £12
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Some of the Library's collections are available on microfilm or microfiche, and the Library has a self-service reader printer in the Reading Room. Alternatively printouts can be ordered by email or post.
On receipt of the completed order form (attached right), the Library will advise on cost and payment methods. Please do not send payment with your order.
Current prices
Film/fiche prints self service: £1.20 each
Film/fiche prints by post/scans:
1st item per order £8.40
Subsequent sheets or scans £1.20 each
Note that copies can also be provided as scans, either self-service in the Reading Room or via the Library's digital photography service.
Links
[1] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/category/tags/conservation
[2] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/category/tags/reprographics
[3] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/content/new-library-project
[4] http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet
[5] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/digital_photography_9.pdf
[6] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/permission_to_reproduce_6.pdf
[7] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/category/tags/technical
[8] http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/content/searchcollections
[9] http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/calmview
[10] http://www.worldmicrofilms.co.uk
[11] mailto:microworld@ndirect.co.uk
[12] https://www.cengage.com/contact
[13] http://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/mrcsubsetl.html
[14] https://www.crl.edu
[15] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#126
[16] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescole.html#88
[17] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#128
[18] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescols.html#182
[19] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#130
[20] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#131
[21] http://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescolp.html#163
[22] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#129
[23] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescolf.html#97
[24] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescolr.html#171
[25] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescola.html#2
[26] https://www.bl.uk/services/document/microrescoll/rescoll.html#127
[27] http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home
[28] http://www.earlymodernengland.amdigital.co.uk
[29] https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-836328123/findingaid
[30] https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project
[31] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/photocopies_microform_12.pdf
[32] https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/sites/default/files/photocopies_microform_11.pdf