The British Library has released a master list of all of the manuscripts from their Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts collections that have been uploaded, including hyperlinks to the digitised versions.
You can download an Excel version of the file here:
For more information about this master list, visit the British Library’s medieval manuscripts blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/07/fancy-a-giant-list-of-digitised-manuscript-hyperlinks.html.
The British Library’s eBook Treasures series allows users to explore some of the British Library’s most treasured manuscripts in detail, together with text, video and audio interpretation. Developed with Armadillo Systems, eBook Treasures are viewable in full-screen high-definition, with realistic page-turning capabilities and, once downloaded, can be read offline. They can be read on the iPad, iPhone (3GS and 4) and iPod Touch (3rd and 4th generations). Additionally the series is now available as a Windows 8 app. It can be found in the Windows Store, under Books and Reference.
For more information about the series, including a full list of published titles, please visit: http://www.ebooktreasures.org
Great news from the British Library, they have announced the recent upload of Christine de Pizan’s Book of the Queen (Harley MS 4431) to their Digitised Manuscripts site.
Christine de Pizan is widely regarded as one of Europe’s earliest female professional authors. The largest extant collection of her writing can be found in Harley MS 4431.
The British Library has plans to exhibit the Book of the Queen in the Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery.
Full details about this announcement can be found at the British Library’s Medieval manuscripts blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/06/christine-de-pizan-and-the-book-of-the-queen.html
Medieval Memoria Online (MeMO) has recently launched an extensive database containing images, inscriptions, epitaphs, altarpieces, tomb monuments, stained glass, and archival sources.
This valuable resource is the result of a multi-year project headed by art historian Truus van Bueren at the University of Utrecht. The research team has catalogued material for the area corresponding to what is today the Netherlands for the time up to 1580.
You can access it at: http://memo.hum.uu.nl/
Manchester University Press is proud to announce the launch of the new Manchester Medieval Sources Online (www.medievalsources.co.uk). The new platform developed with and hosted by our technology partners Metapress, incorporates the following new features:
The new platform also boasts a wealth of new content including:
The world of El Cid: chronicles of the Spanish reconquest • Ottonian Germany: The chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg • The lives of Thomas Becket • The English manor c.1200-c.1500 • Popular protest in late-medieval Europe: Italy, France and Flanders • Joan of Arc: La pucelle • Saints and cities in medieval Italy • Eleventh-century Germany: The Swabian Chronicles • History and politics in late Carolingian and Ottonian Europe: The Chronicle of Regino of Prüm and Adalbert of Magdeburg • Crime, law and society in the later • Middle Ages • Monasticism in late-medieval England, c.1300-1535 • Friars’ tales: Sermon Exempla from the British Isles • The Papal reform of the eleventh century: Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII
Manchester Medieval Sources Online is available to institutions as a one off purchase or as annual subscription. For further information on costs please contact Simon Bell, Director of Sales & Marketing (simon.bell@manchester.ac.uk).
Editor’s note: ANZAMEMS members, please note the link to access your free trial of Manchester Medieval Sources Online will be posted on our internal mailing list. Please contact Dr Marina Gerzic if you have not received this email and she shall send you the link to the free trial. Many thanks to Simon Bell at Manchester University Press for organising this free trial for our members!
Of interest to our members, a fascinating article on a new software program allows dating of medieval manuscripts from popular words.
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies and the Documents of Early England Data Set (DEEDS) Project have developed software that can carefully and reliably determine the dates of medieval British documents based on the appearance of popular words or phrases.
To read about the project: http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/02/new-software-program-allows-dating-of-medieval-manuscript-from-popular-words
The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.) would like to announce the availability of a Facebook group for Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher members of the association. As an added feature of membership, scholars setting out in their careers will gain access to a space for the sharing of relevant links, discussion about medieval and early modern studies, and community support. The group is moderated by James Smith (Postgraduate Representative for Australia) and Daniel Leadbeater (Postgraduate Representative for New Zealand).
We will be beginning group activity with a survey about desirable topics for a future association Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar (PATS). Please go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/419812468109448/ if you are a current association member and wish to join. Any queries may be directed to James (james.smith@uwa.edu.au) or Daniel (daniel.leadbeater@pg.canterbury.ac.nz). If you have joined the association recently, you can forward your receipt for membership to a postgraduate representative.
The British Library has put both Beowulf and Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebook (‘The Codex Arunde’) online after digitising the original documents. More about this can be found at the British Library’s Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts
From 22 January til 5 March, all Cambridge Journals content published in 2012 will be available for free on CJO. All you have to do is register.
For full details visit the Cambridge Journals Blog: http://blog.journals.cambridge.org/2013/01/free-access-to-all-2012-content-on-cambridge-journals-online/
