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Patrologia Latina (PLD)

An electronic edition of Migne's Patrologia Latina, covering the period from the third to thirteenth centuries.



AncMed BR60.M5 1844g

Acta Sanctorum

Contains the complete Acta sanctorum, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. It comprises the works published over a period of three hundred years by the societe de Bollandistes and includes materials on the lives of the saints from the beginning of the Christian era to the end of the sixteenth century.

AncMed BX4655.A2 1965



Library of Latin texts: CLCLT (aka CETEDOC)

Contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas.



(goes to Brepols databases page: scroll down)

Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) with English interface

A selection of texts from all five major divisions of Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Epistolae, Antiquitates)



(goes to Brepols databases page; scroll down)

free MGH from the institute, with no English interface or indexing



Guide to the elements of the MGH



AncMed DD3.M825 A…

Ut per litteras apostolicas : papal letters

Searchable registers of papal letters from the 13th- and 14th-century popes, based on Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe siécle (32 vols.; Rome, 1883- ) and Registres et lettres des Papes du XIVe siécle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899- ).



(goes to Brepols databases page: at top, as “Papal Letters”)

(cf. Potthast, in “Reference Works” below)

Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature (ACLL)

The corpus of Celtic-Latin literature from the period 400-1200 as part of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources project (work in progress)



(goes to Brepols databases page; scroll down)

Epistolae: Medieval Women’s Latin Letters

A collection of letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century, with transcription, translations, and—where possible—historical context



Medieval Travel Writing

A collection of medieval manuscripts dating from the 13th to16th centuries with a primary focus on accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and China.



Medieval Family Life: the Paston, Cely, Plumpton, Stonor and Armburgh papers

Full-color images of the original medieval manuscripts that comprise these family letter collections along with full-text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where they are available, along with many additional tools



NATIONAL COLLECTIONS

MGH (see above, under “Full Text”)

Rolls Series=Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi scriptores

AncMed DA25 .B5 1964g

Online index:

Muratori=Rerum italicarum scriptores

AncMed DG403 .M81 (original)

AncMed DG403 .M85 (n.s.)

Bouquet=Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France

AncMed DC3 .B76 1967

Gallia Christiana

AncMed BR842 .G34 1715g

BIBLIOGRAPHY

International Medieval Bibliography Online (IMB)

Covers all aspects of medieval studies, 400-1500, for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Includes articles published 1967- .



Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BCM)

A companion to the index of articles in the International Medieval Bibliography Online, this database indexes books and book reviews on the same topics, 1957- .



Iter: gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Bibliography in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)



Feminae: medieval women and gender index

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays about women, sexuality and gender in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, 450-1500.



Medioevo latino: Bolletino della cultura europea dal secolo VI al XIII

ButlerReference R016. 9401 M4

MANUSCRIPTS AND PALAEOGRAPHY

Digital scriptorium

An image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, intended to unite scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research



In principio: incipit index of Latin texts

A collection of approximately 1,000,000 incipits covering all known Latin texts, in manuscript form, from the start of Latin literature to around 1500 A.D.



Scriptores possessoresque codicum medii aevi = Database of mediaeval manuscripts' scribes and owners

Provides information on owners and writers of medieval manuscripts, including: name; short biography with city of origin and life dates (as available); libraries holding manuscript(s); as well as short references to secondary literature. Coverage: 4th to 20th century.



Kristeller (and Kramer), Latin manuscript books before 1600, 4th ed.

List of printed catalogues and unpublished inventories of collections around the world

AncMed DD3.M83 H64 no.13 and supplement DD3.M83 H64 no.23

Cappelli, Lexicon abbreviaturarum, Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane

Guide to manuscript hands, symbols, and abbreviations



AncMed Z111 .C36 1990g

Butler Reference R Latin Medieval C1711

English translation of Cappelli’s crucial introduction:

AncMed Z111 .C3613 1982g

Butler Reference DESK R Latin Medieval C1712

LITURGY

Analecta hymnica

Contains texts of hymns of the Catholic Church, 500-1400



REFERENCE

Powell, Medieval studies, an introduction, 2nd ed.

Essays and extensive bibliography on a number of aspects of medieval studies

Butler Reference Desk R016.9401 M461

Berlioz, Identifier sources et citations (L’atelier du médiéviste, 1)

Extensive bibliography on a wide variety of genres

AncMed CB351 .I32 1994

Typologie des source du moyen âge occidental

A series (86 volumes and counting) of slim volumes on aspects of medieval culture, with definitional essays, typology, and bibliography

AncMed Z6203 .T95 fasc. 1-86

Lexikon des Mittelalters

Standard encyclopaedia for medieval studies. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies, 300 to 1500 AD/CE, for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa.



(goes to Brepols databases page)

AncMed D101.5 .L49

Butler Reference R903 L59

New Catholic Encyclopedia

Great starting point for events, places, people in the history of the Catholic Church



AncMed BX841 .N44 1967

Butler Reference R032 N421



The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church, 3rd ed.

Comprehensive guide to people, places, events and concepts, with brief bibliography

AncMed BR95 .O8 2005g

Butler Reference DESK R032 Ox232

Dictionary of the Middle Ages

A good English-language reference work, with bibliography. 13 vols.

AncMed D114 .D5 1982

Butler Reference DESK R940 D56

Milstein Study (room 209) D114 .D5 1982

Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi, 1962-

A work in progress: a directory of medieval authors, listing works with a directory of manuscripts, editions, and commentaries. 9 vols to date.

AncMed Z6203 .R43

Butler Reference R016.94 R299

Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis (BHL)

Index to known saints, with listing of all related hagiographical texts by incipit and explicit

Butler Reference R274 AB4721, R274 AB4721 Suppl and R274 AB472 Suppl.

Offsite AGF9 B58

Awkward French-language interface (registration required):



Index bio-bibliographicus notorum hominum

163-volume work in progress (only to the early Ms at this point) aggregating all known biographical info for anyone ever documented

Butler Reference R040 L78

Biographical Archive of the Middle Ages (part of World Biographical Information System)

Compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile images on the screen.



Cottineau, Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés

Directory of medieval religious houses with brief historical descriptions and extensive bibliography

AncMed Z7839.C84 1939g vols. 1-2

Orbis latinus

Clunky digitization of the 1909 second ed. of Graesse’s dictionary of Latin placenames and vernacular equivalents



Updated and expanded print edition in 3 volumes:

AndMed G107 .G8 1972

Europa sacra

Information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome. Cf. to its source material:

Gams, Pius Bonifatius. Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae occidentalis

AncMed BX4666 .S37

Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia Catholica medii aevi

AncMed BX4651 .E8



(goes to Brepols databases)

Kelly, The Oxford dictionary of popes, 2nd ed.

Compact and jam-packed entries and bibliography for popes and anti-popes through John Paul II



Butler Reference BX955.3 .K45 2010g

Potthast: Regesta pontificum romanorum inde ab a. post Christum natum MCXCVIII ad a. MCCCIV

Register of papal letters from late 12th-c through early-14th centuries

AncMed BX850 .C32 1957 (vols. 1-2)

Database of Latin dictionaries

Searchable collection of ten Latin dictionaries, including Lewis & Short, Souter, and DuCange.



(goes to Brepols databases; scroll ALL the way to bottom)

Anglo-Norman dictionary

AncMed PC2946 .A54 2005



See also, of possible interest

Vauchez, Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages



Butler Reference R940.1 En19

Szarmach, Medieval England, an encyclopedia

Butler Reference R942 M46

Schaus, Women and gender in medieval Europe

Butler Stacks HQ1147.E85 W66 2006

Butler Reference R940.1 W842

Medieval London

Historical and social: Butler Reference R942.2 L84 B46, vol. 1

Ecclesiastical: R942.2 L84 B46, vol. 2

MISCELLANEOUS OTHER

Brepols miscellany online:



Searchable online resource comprised of Brepols’ essay collections

International directory of medievalists



Not updated since 2004, so hardly “up to date,” but not entirely unuseful

Digital dissertations



Indexes all U.S. dissertations deposited since 1861; full-text for most from the past 15-20 years

RESOURCES ON THE WEB

Michael Stoller’s bibliography:



WESSWeb’s Medieval Resources



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