Manuscripts catalogues

A number of the Cathedral’s catalogues of the historic collections are available online on the Durham University Archives and Special Collections website.

For more information about the Cathedral’s collections see:

• R.A.B. Mynors, Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the end of the 12th century (Oxford, 1939)
• Thomas Rud, Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis Catalogus Classicus (Durham, 1825). Also available as an online PDF for Thomas Rud's work
• Manuscripts formerly belonging to Durham Cathedral Priory are listed in N.R. Ker’s Medieval libraries of Great Britain 2nd edition (London, 1964) and Supplement to the second edition ed. Andrew Watson (London, 1967).

Music catalogues

Details of our music manuscripts can be found online in the RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) database

There is also useful information in:

• Brian Crosby, A Catalogue of Durham Cathedral Music Manuscripts (Oxford University Press, 1986)
• R. Alec Harman, A Catalogue of the Printed Music and Books on Music in Durham Cathedral Library (Oxford University Press, 1968)

Archives and special collection catalogues

The Durham University Archives & Special Collections website includes:

• descriptions of many of the collections of the great antiquarian historians of County Durham including Hunter, Sharp, Raine, Surtees and Longstaffe
• collection level descriptions of the papers and correspondence of some 19th and 20th century Bishops of Durham

The Meissen Library

The Cathedral’s German language Meissen Library has been transferred to Durham University Library.

Modern Collections

Find out more details about our modern theological collections.

Need more help?

Please contact the Library on 0191 386 2489 or email library@durhamcathedral.co.uk