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One page, or a short list — never a guess

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
required

Optional — raises your rate limit. Patron keys get the highest tier.

Query Parameters

q
string
required

A phrase (odometer and pedometer) or a folio (CA 266v).

Minimum string length: 2
subject
enum<string>

One of the 25 frozen subject terms.

Available options:
geometry,
arithmetic-and-proportion,
physics-and-mechanics,
hydraulics,
anatomy,
geology,
astronomy,
optics-and-light,
botany,
flight,
machines-and-devices,
weapons-and-fortification,
architecture,
civil-engineering,
painting-and-perspective,
figure-studies,
sculpture-and-casting,
horses-and-animals,
landscape,
cartography,
ornament-and-heraldry,
lists-and-accounts,
language-and-latin,
personal-notes,
fables-and-prose
collection
string

A slug or any name people use for it (ca, arundel, ms f).

Response

One page.

ok
enum<boolean>
required
Available options:
true
query
string
required
how
enum<string>
required

What decided it — a folio label, or a search the page clearly led.

Available options:
label,
search
folio
object
required

The complete record for one manuscript page.

matched
string[]
matchedItem
object | null

The passage of the page in which every query term co-occurred, when one did.

score
number