The last blog update was 2018, and the last Facebook post was in mid-May of 2019, but it remains very usefulĮarlier Latin Manuscripts is a specialist tool based on E. The Medieval Academy of America maintains a curated list of Medieval Digital Resources, including some related to manuscript digitizationsĭigitized Medieval Manuscripts is a project to present digitizations of medieval manuscripts on interactive maps. There are many ways to access the materials, including the Timeline feature Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe The World Digital Library includes many digitizations of manuscripts, medieval and otherwise. I am always happy to hear about projects I do not know about, and about broken links.
I have included notes about contents, formats, and intended audiences.
There are now so many that the list has become unwieldy, but I still use it, and hope it might be useful to others as well. When I began this list many years ago, there were very few manuscript sites on the web. Some cooperative projects are to be found at the relevant top level so, a consortium of American libraries will appear as the first entry under the United States, for example. Listings are alphabetical by country, then city, and then by originating institution if necessary. It is believed that the message intended here is to show the rewards of a God-fearing life on one page and the horrors of a sinful life on the other.The list below is intended to offer quick access to various digitization projects on the web. It was common in the Middle Ages to leave book spreads on display to convey a message to those who saw it. This has been interpreted as the Heavenly Jerusalem mentioned in the Book of Revelation. One of the most famous myths is that the scribe traded his soul to the Prince of Darkness so that he could complete the book in one night.ġ0) On the opposite page of the portrait of the Devil is an image of the Heavenly City. It is believed that the Devil wears ermine in this image to demonstrate that he is the Prince of Darkness.ĩ) There are several myths surrounding the creation of The Devil’s Bible, and they all involve the Devil. He is naked apart from an ermine loincloth. The Devil is crouching and facing forward. The image is very big-nineteen inches tall. Here, the Devil is portrayed alone on the page. Portraits of the Devil were common during the Middle Ages but this particular portrait is unique. National Library of Sweden, Codex Gigas, or The Devil’s Bible, The Devil, 290 r.Ĩ) The Devil’s Bible has been given its name because of a full-size portrait of the Devil.
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