ART HIST 415: Image and Text in Medieval Manuscripts (Spring 2025) : Online Reference Sources

Contains approximately 1.7 million images in the areas of western and non-western art.

provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, printed materials (special projects).

Searchable database of the manuscripts held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in the Departement des Manuscrits and the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal.

Digital access to over 1000 manuscripts from the British Library.

Gathers manuscripts from libraries around the world to digitally compare and contrast.

Covers Middle Ages from the fifth to the fifteenth century. It explores art, architecture, religion, law, science, language, philosophy, and theology, as well as cultural, religious, intellectual, social and political history. With a focus on focus on Europe and Christendom, the Encyclopedia also covers the rise of Islam.

Deals with all aspects of classical art from Cycladic, Minoan and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Curated database of peer-reviewed digital materials for the study of the Middle Ages.

An overview of art history, the Heilbrunn Timeline pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.

Online full-text version of Grove Dictionary of Art (a 34 volume encyclopedia), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and more.

Indispensable reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church.