Places you may want to visit
Link Lists and Image Sites
- Nixnet Medieval Manuscripts
Link list from Nixnet--extensive list with entries not found on other link lists.
- Manuscripts, Paleography,
Codicology
The link page relating to manuscript sites from
Labyrinth.
- Medieval Art
Link list to a variety of medieval arts, including manuscripts.
- NetSERF Links: Medieval
Arts
Link page from the NetSERF site; duplicates some stuff but has some unusual
links.
- Early Medieval Book Images from Oxford University
Lots of huge, beautiful images, weirdly arranged and fun to surf.
- Ilardi Microfilm Collection
A small collection of Italian documents, primarily calligraphy.
- Books of Hours on the Web
Hence you
may
link to many of the digital images of Books of Hours
currently on the Web.
- Ravensgard Medieval Arts and
Crafts
Link page for a variety of medieval crafts; has an extensive C&I section.
- Illuminated Manuscripts on the
Web
Link page from Finland; has some unusual sites.
- Special
Exhibits at the Library of Congress
Three
of the online exhibits are of particular note:
Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State
Library; Creating French Culture; and
Rome Reborn.
- The Hill
Monastic Manuscript Library
HMML is
working to preserve microfische copies of as many
manuscripts as possible. Hit this link to visit their
online collection; this is one of the few sites that
has online images of some of the less-well-done works
of the manuscript era as well as the usual
best-of-the-best GIFS.
- A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke
Bibliotheek
This lovely Dutch site hosts images and information
about books made across history.
- The Royal Library--Manuscripts
The Danish Royal Library in Copenhagen. Nice selection.
- The
Age of King Charles V
One Thousand gifs
of manuscript illuminations from what is considered
by some to be the golden age of French manuscript
illumination.
- The
Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations
Early printed works of classical texts; some very interesting stuff.
- British
Library Treasures
Browse around thi interesting and informative site. Be sure to check out the
"Digital Library" link on the BL index page.
- Magic of the Middle Ages
Online exhibit from Glasgow University
- You Shall Tell
Your Children
Images and information on the Haggadah from the collections of Yale University.
- Images from Medieval & Renaissance
Manuscripts
Site comprising many images
from the library of Columbia University, New York
City.
- Medieval Manuscripts
Some excellent scans from The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, The Visconti Hours, and King Rene
- The Written Word
Site focused primarily on calligraphy, with a number of clear, close images of early writing
and printing.
- John Ryland University
Library
Small site in Manchester, UK, with
several interesting .gif's--not in chronilogical
order, but it won't take long to view 'em all.
- University of Liege
Lovely manuscript
images, but the site is in French. If you are really interested in reading the text at this site, then
start at AltaVista's
Translator; you'll need ULg's URL: www.ulg.ac.be/libnet/enlumin/enl001.htm. Be aware that
the translation you'll get is computer generated, and thus, quite literal.
- The Manesse Codex
In German; the AltaVista translator may be helpful here, too. Many of the miniatures and some information on a very famous German manuscript of the first quarter of the 14th century.
- The Brut Chronicle
Site concentrating on the earliest of the prose chronicles of england, contains images at various
sizes of folios 1v through 135v. Pretty extensive, lots of good views of text pages.
- Illuminated Manuscripts--Illuminated Books
Exhibition
Lovely site, lots of graphics, but alas, if your browser doesn't use Java or the most extensive
Javascript, don't bother. I hate sites like that.
- Moleiro
Spanish
manufacturer of top quality
manuscript facsimilies, with lots of online images
from their products. Beautiful.
- Finn's Fine Books Facsimile
Catalogue
This is an Australian dealer with a nice selection of books from most of the current
manufacturer's of facsimilies; not as many graphics of each book as some other site, but certainly
a greater selection of books.
- Il Bulino
Another publisher of facsimile books with product display; I would love to have the Italian illuminator's model book.
- Fasimile Editions
Facsimile books of Hebrew manuscripts.
- Edilan
Another Facsimile publisher; this group currently has many Spanish manuscripts in production, very nice.
- Don Zirulnik's Manuscripts
A small collection of leaves in private hands. Nice closeup scans of the details.
- Charles E. Puckett
A dealer in Illuminated Manuscripts and Antique Maps. Nice selection.
- Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts
This gentleman deals in manuscript leaves and calligraphic works by
modern artists. There are some really beautiful things here.
- The Mackus Company
Leaves and documents for sale; I especially love the document page.
- Philadelphia Rare Books
Manuscript books and documents throughout history.
- Art SOurce INternational.
Another dealer in manuscript leaves.
- Pageant Book
& Print Shop Online Gallery
Booksellers, offering a wide variety of leafs and facsimile prints. Especially notworthy are the
sections on the Gutenberg Bible, Original Incunabula, and The Koran.
- Paulus Swaen
An internet auction house dealing
primarily in antique maps (which I also happen to love); follow the links to the page displaying the
medieval book leaves for sale. Nice stuff.
- Arabic Illuminated Manuscripts
An online
collection hosted by Brigham Young University.
Interesting contrast to Western-style
manuscripts.
- Treasures of the State
Library--The Antiphonal
An excellent presentation of a particular book, a thirteenth century Italian antiphonal. A number
of lovely images, and a couple of closeups of mistakes, too!
- Stanford's Medieval
Manuscripts
Images, articles, and links from
Stanford University. Very good site.
- Carole
Gerten's Fine Arts
Site devoted to the
history of art. Several pages are dedicated to
Medieval artists and a search through the site will
turn up lots of interesting images. Check out her section on the Crusades!
- Hellenic Ministry of
Culture
37 essays and images of Greek manuscripts. Most of it is pretty early period.
- The Maciejowski Bible
Images, some scanned in great detail, of all the leaves of the Maciejowski Bible, a French manuscript of about 1250.
- Manuscripts at the Getty
Some online
manuscript images from the J. Paul Getty
Museum.
- Notre Dame's Medieval Library: Facsimile Exhibit
A number of scans from some hard to fine manuscript facsimiles, many broken down into subject mater, such as "Lay Piety," "Daily Life," and so forth.
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