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Manuscripts can only be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan if they exist on microfilm. The guides described on this page are useful when planning a research trip.
Manuscripts at Cornell
- Medieval Manuscripts in Kroch Rare and ManuscriptsThe Rare and Manuscript Division is located in an underground addition attached to Olin Library. The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections includes 300,000 printed volumes, more than 70 million manuscripts, and another million photographs, paintings, prints, and other visual media.
- Illuminated Manuscripts at Cornell: A descriptive catalogcompiled by Professor Robert G. Calkins (1972), revised (2003).
Full descriptive information for 54 of Cornell's illuminated manuscripts is available in the online version of Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in the Cornell Library. - Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada(often referred to as Ricci). Three volumes and supplement. Manuscripts are listed by library.
Also available in print. Call number: Uris Library, A.D. White Z6620.U58 R49 +
Archives in the United States
- A Microfilm corpus of unpublished inventories of Latin manuscripts through 1600 A.D.Call Number: Olin Library Z6605.L3 M62 +Prepared under the direction of F. Edward Cranz. New London, Conn. : [s.n.], 1987- .
Guide to unpublished inventories of Latin manuscripts in Europe and Eastern Europe which were microfilmed as part of a project funded by NEH and ACLS in the 1970s and '80s. Inventories themselves are on Olin Microfilm 6180. - Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada.Ricci, Seymour de. NY: Wilson, 1935-40. (Olin Reference +Z6628 U58 R49)
Arranged alphabetically by states, cities, and libraries, including private collections. Brief descriptions include: probable date and place of origin, material on which written, size, number of leaves, kind of binding, former owners, and references to printed descriptions. Supplement produced in 1962 gives cross-references to the Census when additional or corrected information is supplied and for manuscripts when ownership has changed. (Balay, 1996)
- The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)1986/87 to present.
The National Union Catalog is designed to provide bibliographic information on the holdings of the Library of Congress and titles reported by other North American libraries. - Digital ScriptoriumA new national union catalog of medieval and early modern manuscripts in US collections. Search by century or place or author or other facets.
- Archive FinderInformation about primary source materials from manuscript repositories in the United States and the UK.
- Directory of archives and manuscript repositoriesCall Number: Olin Stacks CD3020 .U58 1978 +A useful guide for addresses and brief descriptions of the strengths of collections. Arranged geographically by city within states.
- Subject Collections: A Guide to Special Book Collections and Subject Emphases as Reported by University, College, Public, and Special Libraries and Museums in the United States and Canada. byCall Number: Uris Library A.D. White Z688.A2 A81w 1985 +New Providence, N.J.: R. R. Bowker, 1993.
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.Call Number: Uris Library A.D. White Z6621 .B42Binghamton, N.Y. : Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1984.
- Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Houghton Library, Harvard University.Call Number: ris Library A.D. White Z6621.H592 M435x 1995Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1986.
- Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States.Call Number: Olin Library Oversize CD3020 .U58 1988 +Phoenix: Oryx, 1988.
- Folger Shakespeare Library. Catalog of Manuscripts of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C.Call Number: Uris Library Oversize Z6621 .W31 ++Boston: G. K. Hall, 1971. First Supplement, 1988.
Unique projects
- Catalogues of collections of Latin manuscripts containing works of the Church Fathers.Henry H. King, comp. CUL: Ithaca, NY, 1934-.
Call Number: Olin Reference +Z6605 L3 K52.
United Kingdom
- National Register of Archives (UK)Outstanding site. The research guides can be especially useful for researchers at all levels, including archival bibliographies on such topics as Markets and Fairs and Land Conveyances: Feet of Fines, 1182-1833.
- British archives: a guide to archive resources in the United Kingdom. byCall Number: Olin Reference CD1040 .F75 19953rd ed. Basingstoke, England : Macmillan ; New York, N.Y. : Stockton Press, 1995.
- Index of English Literary Manuscripts. byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z2011 .I38 +London: Mansell. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980-
Volumes : v.1; v.2:pt.1-2; v.3; v.4:pt.1-3 (1980-1997)
- (British Library) Manuscripts catalogue.Published: [London] : British Library, [1998-
An online searchable catalog providing access to the main catalogs of the British Library's Dept. of Manuscripts covering accessions from 1753 to the present. - ARCHON: Archives On-Line (Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts)An information gateway for UK archivists and users of manuscript sources for British history. The Web site provides information on repositories in the United Kingdom and repositories throughout the world which have collections of manuscripts which are noted on the British National Register of Archives.
- Index of Manuscripts in the British Library byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z6621 .B844 ++Cambridge, England; Teaneck, N.J.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1984-. Volumes : v.1-8 (1984-1985)
- Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum. byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z6621.B86 R7+London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1883.
Two volumes. - Cambridge University Library: The Great Collections.Call Number: Olin Library Oversize Z792.C18 C36x 1998 +Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
A readable overview and entertaining guide to the collections. - English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues. byCall Number: Olin Library Z723 .E58 1996London: The British Library, 1996.
- Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon byCall Number: Olin Library Room 404 (Non-Circulating) Z6605.A56 K39Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1957.
- Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries. byCall Number: Olin Library Z6620.G7 K39Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969-.
v. 1. London;
v. 2. Abbotsford-Keele;
v. 3. Lampeter-Oxford;
v. 4. Paisley-York;
v. 5. With Indexes and addenda, edited by I.C. Cunningham and A.G. Watson. - National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom. [microfiche]Call Number: Index: Olin Library Microfiche 796; Series Olin Library Reference + Z6620.G7 N27Cambridge, England; Teaneck, N.J.: Chadwyck-Healey, 198-.
11 microfiche cards - The British Library: Guide to the Catalogues and Indexes of the Department of Manuscripts. byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z6621.B837 N53x 1998 +3rd ed. revised. London : British Library, 1998. Revised with additional bibliographical information by J. Conway.
- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts of All Souls College, Oxford byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z6621.A382 W38x 1997 +Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Archives in France
- Bibliothèque nationale (France), Département desm archives et manuscritsCatalogue général des manuscrits latins .../ publié sous la direction de Ph. Lauer, conservateur du Département des manuscrits. Paris : Bibliothèque nationale, 1939- .
Call Number: Olin Library Z6621.P23 L35
Volumes : t.1-[8] (1939-1997) Indexes: t.1/2;t.3/6;t.7.
- Manuscrits latins et français ajoutés aux fonds des nouvelles acquisitions pendant les années 1875-1891; inventaire alphabétique,par Léopold Delisle ... Paris : H. Champion, 1891.
Call Number: Olin Library, Z6621. P23 L36 - Nouvelles acquisitions du Département des manuscrits pendant les années 1891-1910. Répertoire alphabétique des manuscrits latins et français/par Henri Omont, Paris : E. Leroux, 1912.
Call number: Olin Library Z6621 .P23 1910 - Concordances des numéros anciens et des numéros actuels des manuscrits latins de la Bibliothèque nationale, précédées d'une notice sur les anciens catalogues/H. Omont ... Paris : E. Leroux, 1903.
Call Number: Olin Library Z6621.P23 L353 - Index général des manuscrits décrits dans le Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de FranceCall Number: Olin Library Oversize Z6620.F8 I38 +/ sous la direction de Michel Popoff. Paris : Références Cf, c1993.
- Listes des recueils de fac-similés et des reproductions de manuscrits conservés à la Bibliothèque nationale, publiées byCall Number: Olin Library Z6601.A1 P23 1935
- Catalogue des manuscrits en écriture latine portant des indications de date, de lieu ou de copiste byCall Number: Olin Library, Closed Stacks +Z6601 .S18Request item in Advance
v. facsims. (in portfolios) 28-29 cm. Volumes : v.1-3;v.4,pt.1;v.5-7 (1959-1984) - Inventaire géneral et méthodique des manuscrits français de la Bibliothèque nationale byCall Number: Olin Library Z6621.P23 D35
- Manuscrits du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance : enrichissements du Département des manuscrits : Fonds européens, 1983-1992Bibliothèque nationale de France; sous la direction de Jacqueline Sclafer. Paris : La Bibliothèque, c1994.
Call Number: Olin Library Oversize ND2920 .B54w 1994+ - Manuscrits français et latins : catalogue iconographique des ektachromes du Service photographique/ par Line Sallmann. Paris : Bibliothèque nationale, 1979.
Call Number: Library Annex + Z6621.P23 F791