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A list,
compiled by professor Andy Galloway, of microfilms and microfiches at Cornell of
manuscript and early printed materials pertinent to British medieval
and Renaissance studies can be found here. Cornell University Library Facilities Virginia Cole, Reference and Digital Services Librarian at Olin and Uris libraries, continually updates the Cornell Library Medieval Studies Subject Bibliography, a comprehensive bibliography and research guide to medieval studies resources. The page contains detailed information on how to locate source material, articles, and manuscripts for any research project related to the middle ages. For more information on Cornell's unique
holdings, including the Fiske Icelandic Collection,
please see the Facilities page under the Program submenu. The Evolution of the Medieval Book This site results from an exhibition in the Cornell University Library, which traced the history of the medieval book—its appearance, content, audiences, and forms—from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Drawn from the holdings of Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, the exhibition presented a rich variety of medieval manuscripts and printed books, from early religious manuscripts and illuminated prayerbooks to the secular works of classical antiquity and the first books printed from metal type. Saganet “is a cooperative project by The National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University with the association of the Árni Magnússon Institute to give access via the Internet to digital images of about 240.000 manuscript pages and 153.000 printed pages. The Saganet was opened on July 1, 2001 but work started on July 1, 1997. “The material consists of the entire range of Icelandic family sagas. It also includes a very large portion of Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry. A great number of manuscripts contain Icelandic ballads, poetry or epigrams. These Collections are kept in The National and University Library of Iceland, The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland and in the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University. All manuscripts, on vellum and paper, and printed editions and translations of the Sagas as well as relevant critical studies published before 1900 are included and available through the Internet.” A description of the SagaNet Goals and Scope,
the Collections and its Implementation and Functionality is provided
on its webpage. Other Medieval Studies Resources on the Internet This list is not designed to be exhaustive. Instead, we have tried to pinpoint major gateways to medieval resources on the Internet. Some resources will be duplicated, but each of these gateways offers some unique and interesting links. In the future, we may include more detailed "Webliographies" on specific subject areas. General Sites ARTFL Project (University of Chicago) The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL) is a cooperative enterprise of Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française (ATILF) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Division of the Humanities, the Division of the Social Sciences, and Electronic Text Services (ETS) of the University of Chicago. Georgetown University Labyrinth Homepage. Excellent resource for medievalists. The Labyrinth not only provides information but also contains a wealth of links to many other medieval Web resources. Voice of the Shuttle:English Literature, Anglo-Saxon and Medieval. From the English Department at UC Santa Barbara. Worth a visit for literary scholars; the "Authors, Works, and Projects" section, in particular, is a great starting point. Also contains a list of calls for papers on medieval topics, links to medieval online images such as the Bayeux Tapestry, and links to the homepages for several medieval journals (for example, Cahiers Elisabethains). NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources (at The Catholic University of America) In addition to resources in various disciplines, NetSERF's research center contains a wealth of information for graduate students and professors: conferences, articles, fellowships, and so forth. The Medieval Feminist Index. A searchable index of feminist articles on medieval studies in a variety of geographic and subject areas. Not comprehensive, but a helpful supplement to research. The Digital Scriptorium An image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts hosted by UC Berkeley, intended to unite scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. Web resource page maintained by Dan Moser at the University of Vermont Stanford University Library Medieval Resources Paging Through Medieval Lives, A manuscript exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Word Reference.com Free Modern English translation dictionaries for Modern French, Spanish, and Italian. Electronic Text Sites ARTFL Project Searchable Online Vulgate Bible (University of Chicago) ARTFL Project Textes de Français Ancien The "Textes de Français Ancien" (TFA) database was established by the Laboratoire de Français Ancien (LFA, University of Ottawa), in collaboration with the ARTFL Project (University of Chicago). The original collection was composed of texts from the 12th and 13th centuries, digitized for the preparation of a lemmatized database of Old French (project in collaboration with the Institut National de la Langue Française). Middle French texts (14th and 15th centuries) have been added to this collection subsequently. The database will be expanded further by the LFA in the future. Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL). "Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification." The Internet Medieval Sourcebook for Medieval Studies. Hosted by the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies, is specifically designed for teachers to use in teaching. The goal, in their words, is to “construct an Internet Medieval Sourcebook from available public domain and copy-permitted texts. [A few short extracts -abiding by the standard 300 word "fair use" rule may be posted.] The problem with many of the Internet available texts is that they are too bulky for classroom assignment. For instance, all of Pope Gregory I's letters are available, but in one 500 page document. The Sourcebook then is in two parts. The first is made up of fairly short classroom sized extracts, derived from public domain sources or copy-permitted translations, the second is composed of the full documents, or WWW links to the full documents.” The Sourcebook includes a “wide range of texts which address elite governmental, legal, religious and economic concerns [and] now also includes a large selection of texts on women's and gender history, Islamic and Byzantine history, Jewish history, and social history.” The Unbound Bible Contains nearly every major English translation of the Bible to date, including both King James versions. Also contains Douay-Rheims and the Latin Vulgate. |
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