Library Catalogues
Catalogues of the Project Partners:
Bavarian State Library Munich: OPACplus
The OPACplus of the Bavarian State Library Munich contains entries from the entire holdings relevant to Medieval and Neo-Latin Philology. You can search for titles of books, periodicals and other media, but as a rule articles from periodicals and serials can not be queried. A Special Subject Catalogue is being compiled.
Bavarian State Library Munich: Catalogue of Latin Manuscripts
Catalogues and directories of Latin manuscripts: A.) Latin manuscripts up to Clm 27268 (Database) – B.) Recatalogued holdings of Latin manuscripts – C.) Latin supplement – D.) Handwritten Repertories.
Research Documentation Manuscripts
Catalogue of Microforms of the Department of Manuscripts
Codices bavarici monacenses Catalogi (Cbm Cat.)
CodIcon online: Codices iconographici monacenses
Convents - Manuscripts and Incunabula
Further catalogues:
Florence, Biblioteca di cultura medievale: Catalogues
The library is specialised in literature relevant to branches of learning, institutions, philology and literary genres from the 6th to the 16th century.
Catalogues of manuscripts
Berlin, Manuscripta Mediaevalia
The manuscript forum contains entries of more than 60.000 manuscripts in German as well as other languages.
New York, Columbia University Libraries: Digital Scriptorium
The image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts unites scattered resources from many institutions. The descriptions of the manuscripts are accompanied by digitalization of selected pages.
Copenhagen, The Royal Library
The manuscript collections in the Royal Library, Copenhagen, deal primarily on European, especially Danish, history, literature and cultural history from the early middle ages to the present day.
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
The Library holds around 11.000 manuscripts and about 2.500 papyri.
Gotha / Erfurt, UFB: Manuscripts, Autographs und Personal Papers (HANS)
Database with entries of autographs, personal papers and albums (since 2002), the results from DFG-projects (German Research Foundation) “Cataloguing of manuscripts from the Reformation period” (since 2004) and private libraries from the period of enlightenment (since 2005) as well as older catalogue entries of letters dating from early modern times (catalogued during the 19th century). The predominant part of autographs, personal papers and codices can be found in the official catalogues as well as in the printed catalogues.
London, British Library (BL): Manuscripts Catalogue
For the period 500 to 1500 AD the manuscript catalogue of the British Library contains more than 1.350 Greek-language entries.
Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
It was the founder of the library, Ambrosiana, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who at the beginning of the 17th century started the collection of Latin as well as Greek and Oriental manuscripts; today the library holds around 35.000 manuscripts and more than 2.100 incunabula.
Paris, National Library of France (BnF): Manuscripts
A digitised version of the catalogue contains entries of more than 20.000 manuscripts.
Vatican, Catalogo Manoscritti della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana holds around 75.000 manuscripts as well as incunabula, early imprints, copper engravings and lithographs.
Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana: Inventari e cataloghi (Codici latini)
The Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, that has received donations from Francesco Petrarca and Cardinal Bessarion (amongst others), holds one of the most significant collections of Latin, Greek and Oriental manuscripts.
Vienna, Austrian National Library (ÖNB)
The Austrian National Library holds around 55.000 manuscripts and about 8.000 incunabula.
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Library
The Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, offers its manuscript catalogue in a digitised version.
Printed books
Berlin, Union Catalogue of Incunabula
The project aims at cataloguing every single copy of existing incunabula worldwide.
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC)
International database for imprints from the 15th century.
Bibliography of books published in German-speaking countries in 16th century (VD 16)
Database with more than 100.000 titles from over 240 libraries.
Bibliography of books published in German- speaking countries in the 17th century (VD 17)
The directory is drawn up as a retrospective national bibliography for the period 1601 to 1700; entries cover all works printed and published in the German-speaking world.
More Bibliographies and Online Catalogues can be found in in KIRKE.
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