Editing Blickling Hall (section)

== Library ==
[[File:BlicklingHall Library 2022.jpg|thumb|280px|The library at Blickling Hall]]
The library at Blickling Estate contains one of the most historically significant collections of manuscripts and books in England. The library's estimated 13,000 to 14,000 volumes span 146 linear feet. The core collection was formed by [[Sir Richard Ellys, 3rd Baronet|Sir Richard Ellys]] (1682-1742), a cousin of the Hobarts of Blickling.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Library at Blickling |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/the-library-at-blickling |website=National Trust |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>
The most important manuscript associated with the house is the [[Blickling homilies]], which is one of the earliest extant examples of English vernacular homiletic writings.<ref>This volume is now housed in the Firestone Library at [[Princeton University]] (MS. 71, s.x/xi) and privately owned by the Scheide family who reside in [[New Jersey]].</ref> The Blickling homilies were first edited and translated in the 19th century by Richard Morris, whose work is still considered definitive. A more recent translation and edition by Richard J. Kelly was widely panned by scholars and critics upon publication.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4146761 Book Review of Kelly's Blickling Homilies in Church History, Vol. 73]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222182755/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6408/is_1_75/ai_n29286155/ Review of Kelly's Blickling Homilies in Medium Aevum, Spring 2006]</ref><ref>[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&pdftype=1&fid=6583512&jid=SPC&volumeId=80&issueId=02&aid=6583508 Review of Kelly's Blicking Homilies in Speculum, Vol 80, Issue 2]</ref> Another important manuscript formerly at Blickling Hall is the Blickling or [[Lothian Psalter]], an 8th-century illuminated [[psalter]] with Old English glosses, now owned by the [[Pierpont Morgan Library]], where it is MS M.776.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120907152720/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=91101089 Blickling Psalter] Retrieved 12 October 2009</ref>
The entire collection at Blickling Hall is in the process of being cataloged and put online by John Gandy, who began the project in 2010 but does not expect to finish for several years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cataloging Blickling's Book Collection |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate/news/cataloging-blicklings-book-collection- |website=National Trust |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref> Catalog records are available as the project progresses and accessible through the National Trust website or COPAC.