Overview for 'Medieval'

Data Updated: 6 November 2023
Luna collections - Western Manuscripts
The Bodleian Libraries made freely available online a highly important collection of digital items of western manuscripts from the Medieval to the Modern Period. The collection gathers classical literary manuscripts, Bible manuscripts, Anglo-Norman literature, French literature and poems, Irish manuscripts and British poems and romances (particularly written in Middle English and Old English).
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Carolingian manuscripts held by the Bavarian State Library
357 manuscripts, mostly Carolingian manuscripts, created during the 8th and the 9th centuries, were digitized in the context of the Europeana Regia project.
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The Library of Charles V preserved in the National Library of France
The collection gathers several precious items, for example the first French encyclopedia in the vernacular language 'Image du monde' by Gossuin de Metz and the wonderful richly illustrated atlas of Nautical Charts by Abraham Cresques.
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Greek holdings from the Bodleian Libraries
Collection of 2,470 images of Greek manuscripts which includes not only texts and illuminated manuscripts from the Byzantine empire and Renaissance Italy, but also an important accumulation of papyri from the ancient world.
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Famous manuscripts and notebooks from the British Library
An incredible collection of more than 33,000 (illuminated) manuscripts from the 4th century onwards, including pages from Leonardo da Vinci's notebook and illustrations for Mandeville's travels.
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Medieval manuscripts and parchment fragments from Finland
More than 1,600 high-resolution Medieval manuscripts and parchment fragments with Latin texts in pdf format, ranging from breviaries and liturgical calendars to psalters, from the The Fragmenta Membranea Collection of The National Library of Finland.
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