diff --git a/controllers/manifest.mjs b/controllers/manifest.mjs
index 43b30c3..160e073 100644
--- a/controllers/manifest.mjs
+++ b/controllers/manifest.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default async function generateManifest(manifestId) {
 
 	let manifest = new Manifest(IIIF_API_VERSION, BASE_URL);
 	manifest.generateID(manifestId);
+	manifest.generateLabel();
 	
 	manifest = await Common.populateCanvases(
 		manifest, 
diff --git a/src/Manifest.js b/src/Manifest.js
index 586e327..c80e482 100644
--- a/src/Manifest.js
+++ b/src/Manifest.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import Sequence from "./Sequence.js";
  */
 class Manifest {
     id = '';
-    type = 'sc:Manifest';
+    _type = 'sc:Manifest';
+    _label = '';
     resourceId = '';
     /**
      * @var {Sequence[]}
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ class Manifest {
         this.id = `${this.BASE_URL}/${resourceId}/manifest` ;
         this.resourceId = resourceId;
     }
+    /**
+     * Create IIIF label for this manifest
+     */
+    generateLabel() {
+        this._label = `P.Herc. ${this.resourceId.split('-')[1]}`;
+    }
     /**
      * Object representation of this
      * manifest
@@ -40,7 +47,8 @@ class Manifest {
         return {
             "@context" : this.context,
             "@id" : this.id,
-            "@type" : this.type,
+            "@type" : this._type,
+            label : this._label,
             sequences: this.sequences,
         }
     }