New to the Library is a full copy of the Regius Manuscript, presented with a parallel translation into Modern English.
The oldest extant document in Freemasonry, the Regius Manuscript (also known as the Halliwell Document is a treasure of the earliest history of the Craft.
The origins of the Regius are obscure. The manuscript was recorded in various personal inventories as it changed hands until it came into possession of the Royal Library, which was donated to the British Museum in 1757 by King George II to form the nucleus of the present British Library.
Modern analysis has dated it to the second quarter of the fifteenth century, and placed its composition in Shropshire.
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