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The following pages are highlighted as useful resources for educators.

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Medieval Academy of America
For the Tool Talks featured on the Medieval Academy of America Online Teaching Webinar, search "Teaching with Digital Tools."

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Digital Dunhuang 360 degree views

View murals and sites from the Dunhuang cave shrines in this 360 degree virtual tour. 

14th Century (1301-1400)
High Middle Ages
Asia
Mediterranean
Multimedia Learning
Religion and Religious Life
Vernacular
The Leeds Dante Podcast

Listen to a podcast focused on the study of Dante's works. 

14th Century (1301-1400)
High Middle Ages
Mediterranean
Multimedia Learning
Intellectual History
Literary
Religion and Religious Life
Vernacular
Syri.ac: An Annotated Bibliography of Syriac Resources Online

 View digitized manuscripts, search annotated bibliographies, and  can be accessed through the list of authors and themes at the top right of the page

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Related Databases and Websites
Houghton University Library Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Study digitized manuscripts and bibliographical data made available from Houghton Library's collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. 

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Central Middle Ages
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Central and Eastern Europe
Mediterranean
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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Religion and Religious Life
Culture
Material Culture
Intellectual History
Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection, US Library of Congress

Browse and research the growing digitized holdings of the Library of Congress Asian Division's Chinese manuscripts. 

11th Century (1001-1100)
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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Culture
Material Culture
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South Asian Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

Find a catalogue of South Asian manuscripts in the Library of Congress. Some manuscripts date to the medieval era. 

2nd Century (101-200)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
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Asia
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Religion and Religious Life
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Library of Congress

Find information about rare Medieval books in the Library of Congress's holdings. 

13th Century (1201-1300)
High Middle Ages
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Material Culture
Intellectual History
Digital Silk Road Project

Digital Silk Road Project summarizes cultural heritage from the viewpoint of UNESCO world heritage, offering maps, texts, and other cultural heritage data. 

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7th Century (601-700)
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15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
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Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Asia
Linked Resources
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Material Culture
Economy and Trade
#Breakfast Paleography

A series of morning reflections on medieval handwriting by Lisa Fagin Davis.

Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
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Late Middle Ages
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Linked Resources
Multimedia Learning
Material Culture
Ad fontes

Find learning resources for scholars and students of history at Ad fontes.

8th Century (701-800)
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15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
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Early Middle Ages
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Late Middle Ages
Central and Eastern Europe
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Multimedia Learning
Teaching with Digital Tools
Mount Athos Repository

Access digitized manuscripts, icons, coins, and other objects from Mt. Athos's collections.

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Byzantium
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Religion and Religious Life
Peter Kidd’s Manuscript Provenance blog

Find research on Peter Kidd's blog regarding the history, contents, and other backgrounds of manuscripts. 

12th Century (1101-1200)
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Northern Europe
Multimedia Learning
Material Culture
Vatican Library

Search through the Vatican's immense and growing digital collection of manuscripts and other materials that are of interest to scholars of medieval and late antique history and cultures. 

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14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
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General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Material Culture
Cambridge Digital Library

Search and browse through a large number of digitized manuscripts from the collections of Cambridge University and its colleges.

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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Jewish
Material Culture
Vernacular
DMMapp: Digitized Medieval Manuscripts app

Search through the medieval manuscript holdings of hundreds of global libraries, with information on library copyright statements, notes about repositories, and much more.

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Related Databases and Websites
Culture
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Literary
University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center COVID-19 Resources Page

Find images and other resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center. 

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7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
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11th Century (1001-1100)
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15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
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Late Middle Ages
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Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
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Roman Empire
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Pandemics and Plague
Environment
Digital Bodleian Library (Oxford)

Find digitized manuscripts, maps, books, ephemera and other holdings from Oxford's Bodleian Library. 

9th Century (801-900)
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11th Century (1001-1100)
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14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Bibliothèque nationale de France

Search for detailed information and high-quality digitized images of medieval manuscripts held in libraries around the world. 

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General
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Late Middle Ages
Byzantium
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Mediterranean
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Primary Source
State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum holds thousands of pieces of artwork and other materials from the fifth through the fifteenth centuries.

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Central and Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Digital Exhibits
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Museums and Image Databases
Material Culture
J. Paul Getty Museum

Find a wealth of materials for medievalists. 

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Early Middle Ages
General
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Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
Multimedia Learning
Museums and Image Databases
Material Culture