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Resources by Type:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Artwork and Art History Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art and Architecture of the Islamic World: Manuscripts & Painting<\/a>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries<\/p>\n

MIT Libraries’ digitized collections include Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid resources, compiled from various university and institutional websites globally.<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture<\/a>, Government of India<\/p>\n

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts’ digital library hosts multiple resources, including digitized manuscripts, online books, exhibitions, archaeological sites, and resources for the arts.<\/p>\n

The Index of Medieval Art<\/a> (formerly known as the Index of Christian Art), Princeton University<\/p>\n

The Index of Medieval Art is a database of images and descriptions of iconography produced between late antiquity and the sixteenth century. It includes secular objects, Christian objects, and “a growing number of subjects from medieval Jewish and Islamic culture”.<\/p>\n

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Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Medieval Review<\/a> (formerly The Bryn Mawr Medieval Review), Indiana University<\/p>\n

The Medieval Review publishes reviews of scholarly books relevant to medieval studies.<\/p>\n

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Digital Archives, Indexes, Databases, and Dictionaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anglo-Norman Dictionary<\/a>, hosted by the University of Glasgow, maintained by Brian Aitken<\/p>\n

The Anglo-Norman Dictionary is a dictionary of Anglo-Norman English and includes scholarly articles about Anglo-Norman texts and culture.<\/p>\n

Illuminated Manuscripts: Blogs and Internet Groups<\/a><\/p>\n

This directory of online resources includes links to blogs, podcasts, virtual groups, and digitized manuscript collections.<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture<\/a>, Government of India<\/p>\n

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts’ digital library hosts multiple resources, including digitized manuscripts, online books, exhibitions, archaeological sites, and resources for the arts.<\/p>\n

Internet Medieval Sourcebook<\/a>, Fordham University<\/p>\n

Internet Medieval Sourcebook includes translated sources provided through the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (ORB). It is primarily Eurocentric, but includes some Islamic sources.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=826&action=edit<\/p>\n

The Medici Archive Project<\/a>, access provided by Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n

The Medici Archive Project was “founded to study the epistolary collection of the Medici Grand Dukes” and dates from 1537 to 1743.<\/p>\n

The Labyrinth<\/a>, created by Deborah Everhart and Martin Irvine, Georgetown University<\/p>\n

The Labyrinth, the longest continuously available website in the humanities, reflects the development of online scholarly communities in medieval studies specifically. It offers online resources for research and pedagogy.<\/p>\n

The Princeton Charrette Project<\/a>, Princeton University<\/p>\n

The Princeton Charrette Project is a “complex, scholarly, multi-media electronic archive containing a medieval manuscript tradition – that of Chr\u00e9tien de Troyes\u2019s Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot, ca. 1180)”.
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The Index of Medieval Art<\/a> (formerly known as the Index of Christian Art), Princeton University<\/p>\n

The Index of Medieval Art is a database of images and descriptions of iconography produced between late antiquity and the sixteenth century. It includes secular objects, Christian objects, and “a growing number of subjects from medieval Jewish and Islamic culture”.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitions, Exhibition Catalogues, and Collectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond Words<\/em><\/a>, 2016, curated by Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University), William P. Stoneman (Houghton Library, Harvard University), Anne-Marie Eze (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), Lisa Fagin Davis (Medieval Academy of America), and Nancy Netzer (McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College)<\/p>\n

Beyond Words<\/em>, a 2016 exhibit that brought together illuminated manuscripts from 19 Boston-area collections, maintains a website and online catalogue.<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture<\/a>, Government of India<\/p>\n

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts’ digital library hosts multiple resources, including digitized manuscripts, online books, exhibitions, archaeological sites, and resources for the arts.<\/p>\n

North of Byzantium<\/a>, organized by Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan<\/p>\n

North of Byzantium compiles European, medieval art, architecture, and visual culture.<\/p>\n

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Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christian Africa\/Medieval Africa Recorded Lectures<\/a>, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research has published recorded lectures about Christian and medieval Africa.<\/p>\n

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Manuscripts Collections (Digitized)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art and Architecture of the Islamic World: Manuscripts & Painting<\/a>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries<\/p>\n

MIT Libraries’ digitized collections include Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid resources, compiled from various university and institutional websites globally.<\/p>\n

Base de Fran\u00e7ais M\u00e9di\u00e9val<\/a><\/p>\n

Base de Fran\u00e7ais M\u00e9di\u00e9val is a collection of medieval French texts dating from the 9th through 15th centuries.
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Biblioth\u00e8que Virtuelle des Manuscrits M\u00e9di\u00e9vau<\/a>, Institut de Recherche et d\u2019Histoire des Texts <\/span><\/p>\n

The French virtual library of medieval manuscripts, Biblioth\u00e8que Virtuelle des Manuscrits M\u00e9di\u00e9vaux, <\/span>contains more than 1000 complete manuscripts in color, 600 in black-and-white, and portions of 4200 incomplete illuminated manuscripts and incunables.<\/p>\n

Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts<\/a>, Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n

Johns Hopkins University’s Digital Library of Medieval Manuscripts includes two major French manuscript projects, the Roman de la Rose Digital Library and the Christine de Pizan Digital Scriptorium.<\/p>\n

Digitised Manuscripts<\/a>, The British Library<\/p>\n

The British Library’s digitized manuscripts collection spans from East to West, including a diverse array of Greek, Indian, Thai, Malay, Persian, Hebrew, and British manuscripts, among many others.<\/p>\n

Digitized Medieval Manuscripts<\/a>, founded by Giulio Menna, MA, and Co-Founder Marjolein de Vos, MA<\/p>\n

Digitized Medieval Manuscripts includes 500+ links to digitized full work and fragments of European manuscripts. It also includes an interactive map.<\/p>\n

Houghton Library, Harvard University<\/a><\/p>\n

Harvard University’s Houghton Library houses early books and manuscripts dating from 3000 BCE to 1600 CE. There is an emphasis on Western materials, but the collection is strong in Arabic, Indic, Persian, and Syriac manuscripts.<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture<\/a>, Government of India<\/p>\n

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts’ digital library hosts multiple resources, including digitized manuscripts, online books, exhibitions, archaeological sites, and resources for the arts.<\/p>\n

Manuscripts of the Islamic World, Princeton University<\/a><\/p>\n

Manuscripts of the Islamic World is a curated selection of manuscripts hosted or held by Princeton University Library. The manuscripts are predominantly in Arabic, with others in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.<\/p>\n

Manuscripta Mediaevalia<\/a>, collaboration between German manuscript libraries and repositories funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft<\/p>\n

Manuscripta Mediaevalia provides access to descriptions and digital images of over 90,000 German manuscripts.<\/p>\n

Manuscripts Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Manuscripts Online is a collection of primary sources relevant to written and early printed culture in Britain from 1000 to 1500 AD.<\/p>\n

Medieval Manuscripts Blog<\/a>, The British Library<\/p>\n

The British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts Blog posts articles and guides to the library’s expansive manuscripts collections.<\/p>\n

Persian Language Rare Materials<\/a>, The Library of Congress<\/p>\n

Persian Language Rare Materials includes 150 digitized Persian manuscripts dating as early as the 13th century.<\/p>\n

Qatar Digital Library<\/a><\/p>\n

The Qatar Digital Library’s online collection includes digitized, medieval Arabic manuscripts.<\/p>\n

The Middle Ages, The British Library<\/a><\/p>\n

The British Library’s website, a valuable resource itself, contains a Middle Ages section with digitized manuscripts and relevant articles.<\/p>\n

Wellcome Arabic Manuscripts Online<\/a>, Wellcome Library<\/p>\n

Wellcome Arabic Manuscripts Online is a collection of London’s Wellcome Library and comprises approximately 1000 manuscript books and fragments relating to the history of medicine.<\/p>\n

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Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Rumsey Map Collection<\/a>, powered by Luna Imaging<\/p>\n

The David Rumsey Map Collection includes 123,884 maps and images including rare 17th and 18th century North American maps and other cartographic materials, as well as maps of the globe, Africa, Asia, and Europe.<\/p>\n

Historia Cartarum<\/a>, managed by Dr. Helen Davies, Chris Rouse, Tobias Hrynick, and Dr. John Wyatt Greenlee<\/p>\n

Historia Cartarum is a bibliography, collection, and directory of cartographic resources spanning the medieval to modern period.<\/p>\n

Mapping Past Societies<\/a> (formerly the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations), Harvard University<\/p>\n

Mapping Past Societies, a large-scale, interactive, digital map, includes major Medieval towns and a global bibliography.<\/p>\n

Silk Road Seattle<\/a>, Washington University<\/p>\n

Silk Road Seattle uses the Silk Road as a theme to enable users to search maps by civilizations, geographic areas, or individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Research Guides
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An Introduction to African Kingdoms, c. 400-1500<\/a>, Adam Simmons, Bloomsbury Medieval Studies<\/p>\n

This academic course outline, particularly the bibliography of suggested and further reading, provide an introduction to medieval African kingdoms.<\/p>\n

Inter Libros<\/a>, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Inter Libros contains research guides for projects in classics, Byzantine studies, and medieval studies.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=826&action=edit<\/p>\n

Kingdoms of Ancient and Medieval West Africa & Trade Across the Sahara<\/a>, Boston University<\/p>\n

Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies has compiled teaching resources about ancient and medieval Africa.<\/p>\n

Oxford Bibliographies, Medieval Europe & Africa<\/a>, University of Oxford<\/p>\n

This bibliography outlines interactions between medieval Europe and medieval Africa.<\/p>\n

Resources for Medieval Art & Architecture<\/a>, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Resources for Medieval Art & Architecture is the art and architecture studies equivalent of Inter Libros, listed above.<\/p>\n

The ORB<\/a>: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies, What Every Medievalist Should Know, edited by Kathryn Talarico<\/p>\n

The ORB contains reference lists intended for use by undergraduate and beginning graduate students to orient themselves within the scholarly field of medieval studies.<\/p>\n

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Scholarly Associations and Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early Medieval China<\/a><\/p>\n

Early Medieval China <\/em>is an interdisciplinary journal “exploring Chinese history, literature, society, religion, and culture in China’s early medieval age”.<\/p>\n

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture<\/a>, Government of India<\/p>\n

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts’ digital library hosts multiple resources, including digitized manuscripts, online books, exhibitions, archaeological sites, and resources for the arts.<\/p>\n

Southeastern Medieval Association<\/a><\/p>\n

The Southeastern Medieval Association is an association of scholars of the art, history, literature, and philosophy of the Middle Ages that hosts an annual forum and publishes a journal.<\/p>\n

The Southern African Society for Medieval & Renaissance Studies<\/a>, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg<\/p>\n

The Southern African Society for Medieval & Renaissance Studies publishes a journal available online.<\/p>\n

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