Medieval MSS Online: Update

Hello again! I've just completed a transatlantic move from southern Italy to the D.C. area and now have access to the internet with a computer battery that works . . . what a long few months it has been! I actually read through Bischoff's palaeography text (usually used as a reference) while holed up in a hotel waiting for phone calls about jobs/internships.

Still waiting on news from the job front, so if anyone in the D.C. area needs a master's level assistant in medieval studies with a certificate in library science, do please let me know. Will work for Latin tutelage!

Also, thanks to those who left comments in my absence! I'll be working on incorporating your information here in the coming weeks.

Medieval MSS Online: News Feature

Greetings! After guest-blogging over at Dr Nokes' Unlocked Wordhoard, I have come to realise just how often medieval manuscripts are brought into the blogosphere and even into mainstream news services. To keep up with this, I am going to try out something like what we've been doing at Unlocked Wordhoard and post periodic updates of how medieval manuscripts are being presented in the news.

Foreseeable problems: double-posting on UW, getting down the rhythm of the news so that I can post regularly instead of sporadically. These things will be worked out in time, I'm sure.

I'm grateful for your patience while I try something new, and would welcome your feedback if you have time to give it.

Thanks!

Now going through the first phase of major content overhaul!

I am now going through the site methodically (though it may appear otherwise) in an attempt to edit and revise much of the content. Hopefully this will make the outline of the site more specific and more easily searched by visitors. Thanks for your patience with the random comments I leave myself to note where I will be adding things!

R. M.

[EDIT 20/11/08: Tags/labels have been updated, edited, butchered, and replaced.]

Things that still need doing:

• Rewrite entries. Ha ha.
  
• Add a section on medievalists online.
• Roman de la Rose project.
• Incorporate links from comments.
  

Table of Contents

Welcome!

Viewing Medieval Manuscripts Online

• Latin
• Palaeography
• Other Introductions to Medieval MSS Online
  

Types of MSS

• Books of Hours
• Psalters
• Gospels
• Stories & Fiction
• Music
  

Types of digitalisation

• Transcriptions
• Selected Images
• Edited Multimedia
• Unusual Examples

Where to find MSS

• University Libraries
• Monastery libraries
• Museum holdings
• National Libraries

In Context

• Introductions to Latin Libraries
• Importance of Classical Literature

Notable projects / projects in progress

• Anglo-Saxon Aloud
• British Library Caxtons Online
  
• Gode Cookery
  
• Joan of Arc Archive
  
• (More to be added)

Welcome!

This site was developed to provide easier access to medieval manuscripts as they are presented online.

There are a variety of institutions that provide access to the manuscripts and the presentation of the manuscripts themselves is provided in a variety of ways. I intend to provide a basic introduction to some of these in a series of short articles that deal with individual aspects of manuscript digitization. I aim to update the website periodically with new features such as weekly articles on medieval MSS in the news as well as new facsimiles, websites, podcasts, etc. but that aspect of organization is still under construction.

To assist viewers in their research the features in the sidebar (links, news, entry tags, &c.) will be maintained and a table of contents will be added. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to use the comment function to contact me!