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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

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

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Houghton University Library Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

9th Century (801-900)

10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

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14th Century (1301-1400)

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Central Middle Ages

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Central and Eastern Europe

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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Religion and Religious Life

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The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection, Freer Gallery of Art

Discover a large collection of digitized Japanese books dating from the early seventeenth century and later.

16th Century (1501-1600)

Late Middle Ages

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

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)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

Richard Salomon lecture, “One Buddha, 15 Buddhas, 1,000 Buddhas,” on the Library of Congress Gandharan birch bark manuscript

Watch a pre-recorded lecture on ancient Buddhism based on the Gandhara scroll.

2nd Century (101-200)

Multimedia Learning

Religion and Religious Life

Conservation of the Gandhara Scroll

An essay on the conservation of the ancient Gandhara scroll from Afghanistan.

2nd Century (101-200)

Digital Exhibits

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

Religion and Religious Life

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)

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

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

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

Intellectual History

The Dunhuang Star Atlas

Find a complete representation of the Chinese sky in 13 charts dating from around 700 CE with over 1300 stars depicted.

7th Century (601-700)

8th Century (701-800)

Early Middle Ages

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

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.

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

4th Century (301-400)

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8th Century (701-800)

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11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

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15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central Middle Ages

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Material Culture

Economy and Trade

The Rare Books School Lectures

Podcasts on topics related to book history, from all periods.

Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

#Breakfast Paleography

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

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

Medieval Academy of America 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

The Medieval Academy of America has made available several of the sessions of the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

9th Century (801-900)

10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Fragments and Fragmentology in the Twenty-First Century

A bibliography on Fragments and Fragmentology, including collections, resources for finding and working with fragments.

Linked Resources

Ad fontes

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

8th Century (701-800)

9th Century (801-900)

10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Teaching with Digital Tools

Rebeca Cubas-Peña’s Becky’s Medieval World

Find information about medical manuscripts, women, and literature in the medieval world.

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Pandemics and Plague

Women, Gender & Sexuality

Mount Athos Repository

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

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

4th Century (301-400)

5th Century (401-500)

6th Century (501-600)

7th Century (601-700)

8th Century (701-800)

9th Century (801-900)

10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

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)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

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.

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

4th Century (301-400)

5th Century (401-500)

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7th Century (601-700)

8th Century (701-800)

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10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

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.

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

4th Century (301-400)

5th Century (401-500)

6th Century (501-600)

7th Century (601-700)

8th Century (701-800)

9th Century (801-900)

10th Century (901-1000)

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture