Free Library of Philadelphia's
Digital Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/
"Our manuscript collection includes most of the kinds of books used
between 1000 and 1500 A.D.: prayer books and poetry, Bibles and political
propaganda, philosophical works, and fantastic histories. Some manuscripts
are elaborate and beautiful works of art; others are humble
"owner-produced" books, copied out from a borrowed copy by someone who
needed a particular text. Each one tells us something about a
long-vanished age.
The Free Librarys digital manuscript collection includes two different
sorts of objects: complete manuscript books, or "codices," and separate
leaves and cuttings fragments separated from their original contexts. With
the images you will find basic information about the object pictured: when
and where it was made, and what its imagery depicts. When the image is
from an intact book, the accompanying information will tell you about the
book, and will also link to a complete description of it."
Make sure to check out their book of Hours!
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