Manuscript Images (Middle Ages)

Manuscript Images Sites:

Medieval Manuscript Leaves Medieval Manuscript Leaves: 51 leaves from Western European manuscripts of the 12th - 16th centuries. Selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence (Manuscript Images) http://wally.rit.edu/cary/cc_db/manuscripts/ Digital Scriptorium Digital Scriptorium: A joint project of the Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University to digitize and make available on the World Wide Web the two universities' medieval and early Renaissance manuscript holdings. (Manuscript Images) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/scriptorium/ Manuscript Facsimiles Manuscript Facsimiles: An online exhibit of the history and use of medieval manuscript facsimiles, containing hundreds of images from dozens of manuscript facsimiles, with closeup images of illuminations and palaeographical descriptions of their scripts. (Manuscript Images) http://www.nd.edu/~medvllib/facsimiles.html Medieval Writing Medieval Writing: An introduction to the history of writing in Western Europe, including basic paleography and the social history of literacy. (Manuscript Images) http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/ Paging Through Medieval Lives Paging Through Medieval Lives: Illumination and calligraphy from selected collections at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. (Manuscript Images) http://www2.art.utah.edu/Paging_Through/index.html Electronic Beowulf Guide Electronic Beowulf Guide: The online guide to the Electronic Beowulf Project, a comprehensive collection of images of the Old English Poem. The full facsimile is available on CD-ROM. (Manuscript Images) http://www.uky.edu/%7Ekiernan/eBeowulf/main.htm Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry: Examine the calendar section of this celebrated 15th century book of hours. (Manuscript Images) http://users.castel.nl/~middm01/time/html/trh/ Piers Plowman Electronic Archive Piers Plowman Electronic Archive: A collaborative effort to create a multi-level, hypertextually linked, electronic archive of the fourteenth-century allegorical dream-vision Piers Plowman, by William Langland. (Manuscript Images) http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/piers/tcontents.html Medieval Paleography Medieval Paleography: Part of an MA course, this introduction gives hands-on experience for reading, interpreting and understanding medieval texts. (Manuscript Images) http://paleo.anglo-norman.org/ Early Medieval Maps Early Medieval Maps: A series of images of maps dating from 400-1300 AD. (Manuscript Images) http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/EM1.html Encyclopedia Scriptoria Encyclopedia Scriptoria: Illustrated glossary explaining the monastic scriptorium from Joe Chiffriller, part of the New York Carver. (Manuscript Images) http://www.newyorkcarver.com/scriptoria.htm The Morosini Codex The Morosini Codex: This is the longest unpublished mediaeval Venetian chronicle. Publication of the manuscript (more than 500,000 words) has begun, with one volume completed and the second expected at the end of 2000. (Manuscript Images) http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/Classics/Morosini.html The Illuminated Middle Ages The Illuminated Middle Ages: A collection of illuminated miniatures reproduced from medieval manuscripts housed in French municipal libraries. Grouped according to ten themes, the images are accompanied by commentary from ten of today's preeminent medieval scholars. (Manuscript Images) http://www.moyenageenlumiere.com/ Rome Reborn: the Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture Rome Reborn: the Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture: An online museum that presents some 200 of the Vatican Library's most precious manuscripts, books, and maps. (Manuscript Images) http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/Main_Hall.html The Burnet Psalter. University of Aberdeen The Burnet Psalter. University of Aberdeen: Full-page images (text and illustration) and details from this 15th-century manuscript. Includes an introduction, commentaries, notes on editorial and technical practice, and a bibliography. The text is accompanied by a full transcription of the Latin and (Manuscript Images) http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/heritage/collects/bps/ The Life of King Edward the Confessor The Life of King Edward the Confessor: Cambridge University Library MS. Ee.3.59 contains the only copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward, written in England probably in the later 1230s or early 1240s. (Manuscript Images) http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Ee.3.59/ Aberdeen Bestiary Aberdeen Bestiary: An on-line database of text, digitised images, commentary and translation from this 12th century encyclopedia of the natural world. Maintained by the University of Aberdeen. (Manuscript Images) http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/firstpag.html The Planctus for William Longsword The Planctus for William Longsword: A 'mourning poem' for a Norman ancestor of William the Conqueror. The site provides images, translations and commentary and aims to illustrate the difficulties in interpreting medieval sources. (Manuscript Images) http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/Planctus/ Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts: Presents the collection of the Dutch Royal Library and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum in The Hague. Highlights and database with images and backgrounds. (Manuscript Images) http://www.kb.nl/kb/manuscripts/ The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380) The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380): 1000 manuscript illuminations from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. (Manuscript Images) http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis: The medieval manuscript holdings of the Episcopal dioecesan and cathedral library Cologne digitized. 140,000 pages and descriptive metadata are available. NB Use the 'Optionen' tab to get to the english-language version. (Manuscript Images) http://www.ceec.uni-koeln.de Images of Catalan Manuscripts Images of Catalan Manuscripts: Catalan manuscripts in UC Berkeley's collections. (Manuscript Images) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/~catalan/Images/index.html The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux: Explore the five primary divisions of this illuminated manuscript - a medieval prayer book created by Jean Pucelle. (Manuscript Images) http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/jde/jdesplash.htm A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek: A selection of manuscripts, printed works, book bindings, and specimens from the paper history collection at the National Library of the Netherlands. (Manuscript Images) http://www.kb.nl/kb/100hoogte/hh-en.html Bibliographical references to Medieval Mss Bibliographical references to Medieval Mss: Bibliography for some 35 000 ancient and medieval mss housed in ancient or modern libraries. The database is constantly growing and including links to online resources. (Manuscript Images) http://www.peraldus.ch DScriptorium DScriptorium: Devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts. (Manuscript Images) http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/