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The Medieval Bestiary: Manuscripts (descriptions of manuscripts containing medieval bestiaries, along with some images) (David Badke) |
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The Age of Charles V (1000 illuminations from 14th-Century manuscripts) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) |
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Bodleian Library, Illuminations from Manuscript Pages |
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Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies (a "new research centre created from the merger of the Centre for Palaeography and the Research Centre in the History of the Book"; site has events info, links, and more) (Institute of English Studies, London) |
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Finales de libro: Exposición de colofones (images from exhibit on colophons, from ancient to modern, in Spanish) (U. Salmanaca) |
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Digital Scriptorium (searchable database of manuscript images) (U. of California, Berkeley and Columbia U.) |
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Early Manuscripts at Oxford ("digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned direct from the originals"; inncludes ancient papyri (from Herculaneum), Celtic manuscripts, and other medieval manuscripts) (Oxford U.) |
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Kevin S. Kiernan (U. Kentucky), "Digital Preservation, Restoration, and Dissemination of Medieval Manuscripts" |
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Medieval Manuscripts on the Web (links to archives) (Siân Echard, U. of British Columbia) |
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Medieval English Literary Manuscripts (glossary of terminology key to manuscript studies, including a discussion of locating microfilm copies of mss, by Tom Hickman) (Rossell Hope Robbins Library, U. of Rochester) |
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Technology of the Word in the Middle Ages (manuscript images) (Jim O'Donnell, U. Penn) |
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Manuscript Studies |
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The Auchinleck Manuscript (description and history of the Auchinleck MS) (Alison Wiggins, National Library of Scotland) |
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Borgia Group of Unknown Provenience [sic] (manuscript information, images, and bibliography) (GB Online) |
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Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship (virtual exhibit, including historical background and images) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents (online exhibit, with articles and images) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive (description of broad-based project to produce electronic reproductions of Piers texts) (Hoyt Duggan, U. of Virginia) |
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Libraries of Timbuktu: for the Preservation and Promotion of African Literary Heritage (images, articles, and program description) (Alida Jay Boye, U. of Oslo) |
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Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Poet at Work: Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Manuscript Reproductions and Exhibits |
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The Age of Charles V (1000 illuminations from 14th-Century manuscripts) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) |
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Aberdeen Bestiary Project (Aberdeen Library, UK; digitized images of complete manuscript) |
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The Age of Charles V (1000 illuminations from 14th-Century manuscripts) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) |
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The Book Of Kells |
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Book of Kells Images (www.EsotericArt.com) |
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Book of Kells Images (Paul DuBois) |
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Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library (virtual exhibit, on the manuscript and print collections, on later history, through the Romantic period) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Leonoardo da Vinci: From inspiration to innovation (virtual exhibit, with viewable reproductions of the Codex Arundel, a 16th-century manuscript, as well as background articles, and more; in the Treasures collection) (the British Library, London, UK) |
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A Leonardo da Vinci Notebook (Codex Arundel) (British Library exhibit) |
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Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Project ARTFL) |
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The Lindisfarne Gospels (images of the manuscript, and articles about background) (the British Library, London) |
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DScriptorium (digital images of manuscript pages, as well as links to manuscript archives and special exhibitions) (Jesse D. Hurlbut, Brigham Young U.) |
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The Wanderer (reproduction of manuscript pages, plus edition and translation of poem) (Tim Romano) |
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Manuscript Archives |
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Bibliothèque nationale de France |
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Biblioteca Nacional (Madrid, Spain) |
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Bodleian Library (Oxford U.) |
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The British Library (Manuscripts collections homepage) |
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Cambridge University Library (Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) |
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The Archive of John Evelyn (e-texts of his diaries, within a virtual exhibition) (the British Library, London, UK) |
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Treasures from Two Millennia:Fifty Treasures from Glasgow University Library |
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Hill Monastic Manuscript Library (Saint John's U.) |
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The Huntington Library |
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Karpeles Manuscript Library (site for a museum with numerous holdings throughout the US, with images, links, and more) (The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums) |
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The Library of Congress (Washington, DC) |
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The Library of Congress: Manuscript Reading Room (includes online exhibits, information about the library's services, and more) (LOC, Washington, DC) |
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World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings (online exhibit of "international collections"; various media are presented) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts (National Library of the Netherlands) |
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The Pierpont Morgan Library |
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The Schøyen Collection (Elizabeth Gano Sørenson, National Librayr of Norway) |
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The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress (virtual exhibit) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Bruce Jones (U. California, San Diego) Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press and a Changing World (articles on the history of the book) |
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Mesoamerican Codices |
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Maya Codices (information, images, and bibliography) (GB Online) |
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Mixtec Codices (manuscript images, information, and bibliography) (GB Online) |
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