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Medieval Art and Architecture

Library resources for art history courses FAH215, FAH267, FAH271, FAH423, FAH434, FAH435.

University of Toronto Library Resources

Patrologia Latina and Acta Sanctorum, Chadwyck-Healey. The Patrologia Latina Database contains 221 volumes and represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844-1855 and 1862-1865). 

Library of Latin Texts, Brepols Publisher.

Brepols. in principio: INCIPIT INDEX OF LATIN TEXTS

Introduction to Medieval MSS: University of Toronto "Facsimile/Reproductions" of Medieval Manuscripts

The University of Toronto Library System (UTLS) has numerous facsimile (reproductions) of the major medieval and renaissance manuscripts. Below are a few of the examples in the collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Books, Trinity College and other college libraries in the UTLS. To search for facsimile manuscripts, select Advance Search, do a keyword search using 'facsimile' and limit by library. 

Beato de El Burgo de Osma. Facsimile. Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, d. 798. 2 volumes (1 facsimile + 1 commentary) Valencia : Scriptorium, 2016.Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, University of Toronto Library System, University of Toronto.

Beato de Liébana : códice del Monasterio de San Pedro de Cardeña. Barcelona : M. Moleiro, 2001. 2 vols.

Bedford Hours, 2 vols. MS Add. 18850, the British Library, London.

Codice di medicina e farmacia di Federico II : facsimile of Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Ms Pluteo 73,16.13th Century. It is illustrated with over 500 miniatures of plants, animals, healing treatments and medical men.
 
Saint Ildefonsus (ca. 610-667), De Virginitate Sanctae Mariae. Visigothic Manuscript.
 
El Libro de los juegos del ajedrez, dados y tablas. c. 1221-1284. 2 vols. Valencia : Scriptorium, 2010. Made in court of King Alfonso X of Spain.
 

Golden Gospels of Henry III. Facsimile. Evangelistar Kaiser Heinrich III : Faksimile-Ausgabe des Codex Ms. b.21 der Universitätsbibliothek Bremen. 2 volumes. Wiesbaden : Dr. L. Reichert, 1981-1993. Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, University of Toronto Library System, University of Toronto.

Great Domesday : facsimile ... : including all folios subsequently added to the manuscript. c. 1086. Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, University of Toronto Library System, University of Toronto.

Lindesfarne Gospels. Facsimile. Trinity College, Rare Books Collection. University of Toronto.

Lorsch Gospels. Facsimile. c. 810. Introd. by Wolfgang Braunfels.New York, G. Braziller [1967]. Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, University of Toronto Library System, University of Toronto.

Rabbula Gospels : facsimile edition of the miniatures of the Syriac manuscript.  Plut. 1, 56 in the Medicaean-Laurentian library. Eds. Carlo Cecchelli, Giuseppe Furlani and Mario Salmi. Olten : Urs Graf-Verlag, 1959. Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, University of Toronto Library System, University of Toronto.

 

Online Resources

Medieval Manuscripts. Free Library of Philadelphia.

Medieval Manuscripts. Harvard University.

 

 

Web Resources

Internet History Sourcebooks Project. and Medieval Sources. Ed. Paul Halsall. Fordham University.

Medieval Manuscripts in the UTL System