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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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Central and Eastern Europe

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Culture

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e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland

Search and browse through many hundreds of digitized medieval manuscripts held in Switzerland's libraries and museums.

2nd Century (101-200)

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6th Century (501-600)

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9th Century (801-900)

Central and Eastern Europe

Monastic Manuscript Project

Search a database of manuscript descriptions for texts pertaining to early medieval monasticism, compiled by Albrecht Diem.

3rd Century (201-300)

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6th Century (501-600)

7th Century (601-700)

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Early Middle Ages

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Byzantium

Central and Eastern Europe

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Roman Empire

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

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Literary

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University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center COVID-19 Resources Page

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

2nd Century (101-200)

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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 and Eastern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Pandemics and Plague

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Digital Bodleian Library (Oxford)

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

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 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.

2nd Century (101-200)

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11th Century (1001-1100)

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13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central and Eastern Europe

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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14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

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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11th Century (1001-1100)

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13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central and Eastern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Multimedia Learning

Museums and Image Databases

Material Culture

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Explore exhibition gallery guides, videos, articles, and more.

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14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Central and Eastern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Multimedia Learning

Museums and Image Databases

Google Arts and Culture resources

Find images and information on a wide range of art and cultural resources from Google Arts and Culture.

2nd Century (101-200)

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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 and Eastern Europe

The British Museum

Find a list of digital resources dedicated to all eras of the Middle Ages at the British Museum.

Central and Eastern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Museums and Image Databases

Material Culture

Podcast on the Black Death (in Spanish)

Listen to a podcast, in Spanish, about the Black Death.

14th Century (1301-1400)

Brill, Covid-19 Collection (available until April 30, 2021)

More than 30 leading STM publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications immediately accessible. Brill has opened up books and articles on topics such as public health, distance learning, crisis research. If any new related content is published with Brill, it will be added to this collection.

The content on this page will be freely accessible until April 30, 2021.

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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 and Eastern Europe

Disease Transmission, Epidemics and Plague in Pre-Modern Islam

A Bibliography on Disease Transmission, Epidemics and Plague in Pre-Modern Islam, compiled by Elaine van Dalen.

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)

The Black Death Reflections in (& on) a Time of Plague

A list of primary and secondary readings on the Black Death, along with some related fiction and film.

14th Century (1301-1400)

Infectious Historians

This website features podcasts that aim to both give a flavor of past disease outbreaks while also discussing some pressing present questions.

Lectures on Medieval Studies and the Current Political Environment

RaceB4Race is an ongoing conference series and professional network community by and for scholars of color working on issues of race in premodern literature, history, and culture. RaceB4Race centers the expertise, perspectives, and sociopolitical interests of BIPOC scholars, whose work seeks to expand critical race theory. Bridging many traditional disciplinary divides, RaceB4Race not only creates innovative scholarly dialogues, but also fosters social change within premodern studies as a whole.

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Bodleian History Faculty Library

Hosted/collated on diigo.com, the Bodleian History Faculty Library provides a list of over 190 searchable, tagged medieval digital resources, online projects, and primary sources.

Central Middle Ages

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Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Mediterranean

Northern Europe

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The Medieval Index website

A chronological catalog of tools, research aids, courses, and primary source narratives. Many entries include direct links to the sources online. Edited by Nick Smith.

2nd Century (101-200)

3rd Century (201-300)

4th Century (301-400)

5th Century (401-500)

Late Antiquity

Byzantium

Central and Eastern Europe