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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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Pinakes

Search and browse bibliographical details about Greek manuscripts prior to the 16th century, with many links to digitized copies. 

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Hypotheses.org (medieval manuscript blog from BnF)

Browse information and updates pertaining to the study of medieval manuscripts, hosted by the BnF. 

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Mandragore

Search a database of manuscript illuminations dating from Pharaonic Egypt to contemporary times. 

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Archives et Manuscrits

Search a large and helpful catalogue of pre-modern manuscripts, many of which have been digitized. 

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Portail Biblissima

Search or browse a large collection of manuscripts, manuscript images, and bibliographical details pertaining to late antique, medieval, and early modern manuscripts. 

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Agorha, database of l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)

Search medieval and early modern art by theme, medium, date, location, and other attributes. 

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Ménestrel

Browse and search through online sources, studies, and many other resources, offered in French. 

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An Introduction to Women's Letters in the Dark Ages: Caesaria to Radegund

This video introduces two women, Caesaria of Arles and Radegund of Poitiers, and a letter they exchanged.

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A Medieval Plague Lesson Plan

Merle Eisenberg, SESYNC,

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The Aberdeen Bestiary online

View a high-quality digitized medieval manuscript, The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24).

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Syllabi on "Otherness" in the Middle Ages

Browse a list of syllabi on the topic of otherness in medieval text and culture through themes of monstrosity and marginality.

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Maagarim: Tagged Hebrew Texts with Lexicon (in Hebrew)

Access a repository of tagged Hebrew-language texts, with ample query options and popup linguistic tools. 

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Jewish
Medieval Resources Online - an annotated list

Browse a categorized list of resources on medieval topics, grouped by chronology, geography, topics, texts, and miscellaneous. 

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A new solution for the Voynich manuscript (Humor)

See a humorous "solution" to the famously cryptic Voynich manuscript. 

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"Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts"

Find an article explaining the visual depiction of "bad bunnies" in Medieval art. 

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A 21st Century Bayeux Tapestry

See a humorous COVID-related revision of the Bayeux Tapestry. 

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Recorded Song: De la Conquête de Constantinople

A recording of a good-natured song presenting a translation and abridgement of De la Conquête de Constantinople.

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List of ERC-funded research projects related to coronavirus

Access a list of research projects funded by the European Research Counsel that are related to coronavirus.

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Humanities Coronavirus Syllabus

Access a syllabus/bibliography for teaching the coronavirus from the perspective of the humanities.

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#coronavirussyllabus: A crowdsourced cross-disciplinary resource

View a crowd-sourced syllabus for teaching (mostly modern) pandemics.

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