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A fact from Cotton library appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 1 October 2004. The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know
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[edit] Category Removal
I removed the tag for Category:Libraries in the United Kingdom because the Cotton library does not exist anymore as a separate library. It was one of the founding collections of the British Library. Dsmdgold 12:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
- Good call. The only counter argument could be historical: a founding library in Bratain. In that regard, it could be in the category. However, it is not a current library at all. Geogre 14:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Full list
I think it might be justifiable to have either a list of all the mss in the Cotton library, or a category for them. Every single ms is likely to be notable, after all, and I'd think they'd each have their own article eventually. In addition, a reader who sees a reference to a Cotton ms number somewhere may use that as the way to locate more information on that manuscript. Any comments? I thought I'd post a note before going off and starting such a list, in case someone has an objection I haven't thought of. I will also find an appropriate WikiProject and post a note there. Mike Christie (talk) 15:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- I think that a list would be a great idea. The only objections I would have are practical. There are a lot of manuscripts in the Cotton collection. One could find could compile it from the BL online manuscript catalog after a fashion. However many of the entries are in Latin and may not adequately identify the the manuscript in modern terms. Dsmdgold 03:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
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- OK, I'll give it a shot. I can start with what's on this page, and grow it as I find material. Thanks. Mike Christie (talk) 12:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cottonian library
Who ever refers to it as the "Cotton library"? The British Library and English academic or historic sources over 300 years refer to it as the Cottonian library; only the BL shelf references appear more briefly as "Cotton" in the founder's name. When and why has the misleading title of this article, which sounds like a cotton-growers' facility, been adopted? Jezza (talk) 18:57, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
- I know nothing about the usual name in reliable sources, nor am I the person who gave the article this name. I did a quick search on Google Books for references to "Cotton Library" and "Cottonian Library" and found about an equal number of references to both. Can you give a recent reliable reference for the "Cottonian Library" usage? Mike Christie (talk) 01:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
