body: Say there is a manuscript such as [this](https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/aelfrics-colloquy) that *isn't* in the Public Domain. I have seen one (don't remember where) where it was a manuscript that the museum said they wanted to share online but is "unreleased" and so copyright protected in some way. In that case, and other cases like it, I am wondering if you are allowed to transcribe the picture of the manuscript into say electronic text form, or what the rules are generally around that.
  
  
  
title: Are you allowed to transcribe a copyrighted manuscript?