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Database at Columbia containing brief bibliographic information and selected images for medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from multiple libraries in the US (including 29 manuscripts from Penn's Rare Book & Manuscript Library). The images are not just of illuminations but also of text pages and codicological and textual features such as rulings, prickings, and catchwords.
tagged collaborative_manuscript_projects illuminated_manuscript_images manuscripts
by ameyh
...and 4 other people
...on 15-FEB-08
A very specific exhibit by the University of Chicago celebrating their acquisition of a 14th-century manuscript of the Roman de la Rose that was produced at the same time as and until the very early 20th century was bound with a manuscript of a treatise on society framed in chess terms that the University of Chicago acquired in 1931. They are very fine manuscripts, and are fully photographed.
A fabulous website from Manuscripts & Special Collections of the University of Nottingham. Provides information on "Historical Skills" (how to use archives, decipher different calendar systems encountered in manuscripts, and translate historical weight and measurement units) and "Document Skills" (very specific information on the form and content of various document types, such as deeds). Helpful glossaries in each section. Illustrated with examples from the Nottingham collections, primarily English, some Latin documents from England.
Website for the 2001 exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art of manuscripts from the collections of the members of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, including Penn's Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Penn displayed a 13th-century French Bible (Ms. Codex 236) and a 15th-century nuns' prayerbook (Ms. Codex 141).
Johns Hopkins and the Morgan Library are collaborating on a site presenting manuscripts of the Roman de la Rose. So far the site includes six manuscripts, one each from the Morgan, Walters, and Getty, and three from the Bodleian, but there are plans for more (including Penn's own Ms. Codex 906). At the moment the images are password-protected, but there's a link to send an e-mail to request a password. There are also codicological descriptions of the manuscripts on the site.
tagged collaborative_manuscript_projects full_manuscripts_online illuminated_manuscript_images manuscripts
by ameyh
...on 31-AUG-07
A very helpful web exhibit on liturgical manuscripts from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, with participation by other NYC libraries. Includes sound clips.
tagged collaborative_manuscript_projects illuminated_manuscript_images manuscripts manuscripts_exhibitions
by ameyh
...on 31-AUG-07
The Pierpont Morgan Library is working with the Index of Christian Art at Princeton to place images from their illuminated manuscripts in their online catalog, CORSAIR. So far images are available from over 220 manuscripts (and you can see the current count of manuscripts and images at the top of the list of manuscripts with images in CORSAIR). A very nice feature of their interface is the ability to pull up lists of manuscripts selected by manuscript type, country of creation, and/or century of creation. To get to this option, follow the link on the medieval/Renaissance image entry page for "Sampler of medieval images" and from the upper right corner of the sampler page, "Browse lists of digitized manuscripts." From the entry page you can also go directly into CORSAIR and search by keyword or title browse with a limit to Medieval Images only, but as the titles are in the format "Fol. 031r, Psalm 027 (Vulg., 026) : initial D," unless you want to see all the first leaves photographed so far, the keyword search is likely to be more useful.
To view manuscripts through this site, select "Handschriften" and click "Auswahl," which leads to a list of collections, including manuscripts grouped by language -- Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and German. Also on the same page is a link to secondary literature on manuscripts and rare books at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, under the name Forschungsdokumentation zu Handschriften. The Latin and Greek manuscripts seem to have been photographed in black and white, but at least some of the German manuscripts are in color. There are links from the images into the BSB-Katalog.
Images of complete medieval manuscripts from the Abbey Library of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Detailed descriptions of the manuscripts are in German, but brief descriptions are available in English, French, and Italian as well.
Primary Textual Witnesses to Tannaitic Literature
The database is part of an extensive project under the directorship of Prof. Shamma Friedman, whose objective is to enable access online to an electronic searchable transcription of all the primary textual witnesses to Tannaitic Literature. This project is funded by the The Naftal - Yoffe Center for the Study and Dissemination of Oral Law, under the auspices of the Bar Ilan University - Faculty for Jewish Studies. Currently online are the Mekhilta Database and the Tosefta Databse. The Mekhilta Textual Witnesses Database includes all extant manuscripts: Ms Oxford, Ms Munich, Ms Vatican, Ms Cansantana, the Constantinople editio princep, and transcriptions of all Geniza Fragments and European binding fragments. The Database also includes a chart of comparison between the Constantinople editio princep and the Venice edition of 1545. The Tosefta Textual Witnesses Database includes all extant manuscripts: Ms Vienna, Ms Erfurt, Ms London, the Venice editio princep and transcriptions of all Geniza Fragments and European binding fragments. The database also includes a Catalogue of all the Fragments divided by tractates; the fragments are joined to reconstruct original copies.
The database is part of an extensive project under the directorship of Prof. Shamma Friedman, whose objective is to enable access online to an electronic searchable transcription of all the primary textual witnesses to Tannaitic Literature. This project is funded by the The Naftal - Yoffe Center for the Study and Dissemination of Oral Law, under the auspices of the Bar Ilan University - Faculty for Jewish Studies. Currently online are the Mekhilta Database and the Tosefta Databse. The Mekhilta Textual Witnesses Database includes all extant manuscripts: Ms Oxford, Ms Munich, Ms Vatican, Ms Cansantana, the Constantinople editio princep, and transcriptions of all Geniza Fragments and European binding fragments. The Database also includes a chart of comparison between the Constantinople editio princep and the Venice edition of 1545. The Tosefta Textual Witnesses Database includes all extant manuscripts: Ms Vienna, Ms Erfurt, Ms London, the Venice editio princep and transcriptions of all Geniza Fragments and European binding fragments. The database also includes a Catalogue of all the Fragments divided by tractates; the fragments are joined to reconstruct original copies.
Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts (Jewish National and University Library)
The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project and the Hebrew University Department of Talmud are happy to present to the public the Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts. This project brings together images of major Talmudic manuscripts from libraries throughout the world. The manuscripts are indexed to enable access by standard citation (tractate, daf and amud for the Talmud Bavli, and tractate, chapter and mishna for the Mishna). As the manuscripts are entirely in Hebrew and Aramaic, the navigation tools of this site are in Hebrew. It is best viewed under Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Explorer version 5 or higher.
The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project and the Hebrew University Department of Talmud are happy to present to the public the Online Treasury of Talmudic Manuscripts. This project brings together images of major Talmudic manuscripts from libraries throughout the world. The manuscripts are indexed to enable access by standard citation (tractate, daf and amud for the Talmud Bavli, and tractate, chapter and mishna for the Mishna). As the manuscripts are entirely in Hebrew and Aramaic, the navigation tools of this site are in Hebrew. It is best viewed under Microsoft Windows with Microsoft Explorer version 5 or higher.
Allows searching by keyword, phrase, and letter (for illuminated initials) of manuscripts and microfilms in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (St. John's Abbey & University, Collegeville, MN).
Searches in this catalog come back with items plus thumbnails of images.
Browse by period to see the earliest manuscripts.