The digital collection of the Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge (Public Library of Bruges)

DE NATURA RERUM [MS. 411] - Detail from the Public Library of Bruges

As someone who loves manuscripts and medieval culture, you might one day end up in Belgium, exploring Flanders, and you might go to Bruges, which was flourishing in the Middle Ages. The area has produced countless beautiful manuscripts with a very typical and recognizable style of  illuminations now preserved at the Public Library of Bruges. Bruges’ … Read more

The Bamberg State Library’s Digital Collection

Today we are going to give a look at the Digital collection of Bamberg State Library. A fantastic collection of manuscripts, fully digitized, in high quality, and available for everyone to browse, explore, and study. Actually, we should be speaking of collections, plural, since two collections are present: The collection “Manuscripts of Henry II” is traced … Read more

A new e-codices experience!

Yesterday we showed you how the Utrecht Library is brilliantly promoting a manuscript of great importance in the Netherlands. Today we are bringing your attention to how Switzerland is skillfully managing the digitization of all its collections on e-codices. You are probably aware of e-codices already: e-codices offers free online access to medieval and early modern … Read more

Digital Library of Spain and the Biblioteca Nacional de España

Yesterday we wrote about a beautiful manuscript on the Sexy Codicology blog. Today, we give a look at the repository where we found that pearl: the Digital Library of Spain (access it here). As understandable, the Digital Library of Spain is the digital library of the Biblioteca Nacional de España. It aims to give free access to … Read more

Hochschul und Landesbibliothek Fulda

Today we will be looking at the digitized medieval manuscripts from the Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Fulda (University and State Library of Fulda). You can access them here. A Little History of the Manuscripts in the Hochschul und Landesbibliothek Fulda Fulda was home to a Benedictine abbey founded in 744 by Saint Sturmi, a disciple of Saint Boniface. In the 8th … Read more

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