Content at ND?
When the required manuscripts have been identified, check to see if the content is readily available at Notre Dame:
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
Site designed to enable users to find fully digitized manuscripts currently available on the web. As for all databases, do not assume that it is complete: some 3,000 manuscripts in summer 2009 (far more are available by other means, see below)
http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/index.php
Microfilms of Medieval Manuscripts at Notre Dame
Identifies and locates medieval manuscript microfilms available at Notre Dame. Searches are possible by city, library, and shelf mark. There has been no attempt to standardize the form of the shelf marks, so it is best to search in several ways before giving up. Also, results usually appear in the order in which items were entered into the database, so that the entire list of results should be consulted. A Keyword search on library and city seems to work best.
Notes: Our Ambrosiana microfilms are not included in this database, but you can ask for those from the librarians associated with the Medieval Institute.
This is an ongoing project, so check with the Librarian in case other items are available but have not yet been recorded in the database.
http://medieval.library.nd.edu/mss_microfilms/
Database of Medieval Facsimiles at Notre Dame
The Rare Book Room and the Medieval Institute Library hold a large number of facsimiles of late-antique and medieval manuscripts and texts, and of an occasional early printed book. Some related facsimiles are also shelved in the Hesburgh General Collection. This is true, for instance, if a facsimile occurs within a series which is otherwise dedicated to editions. This database is intended to assist scholars and students in identifying and locating facsimiles relevant to their research or to their course subject matter.
http://medieval.library.nd.edu/mss_facs/
Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts (at Notre Dame)
Information on the pre-1600 manuscript materials in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections in the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame
http://www.library.nd.edu/rarebooks/collections/manuscripts/medieval_renaissance/index.shtml
For additional possibilities for accessing digital images of entire manuscripts, go to the web sites of individual libraries or projects.
E.g., for the University of Oxford: http://image.ox.ac.uk/
For church-related libraries in the area of Köln (i.e., Cologne): http://www.ceec.uni-koeln.de/
A very convenient list (with the necessary urls) of libraries worldwide providing images of at least 10 complete manuscripts can be found at:
http://wiki.netbib.de/coma/DigitaleHandschriften
Many libraries, such as the Bodleian http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/digitalimagelibrary/medieval_home.html provide only the “pretty pictures” in their manuscripts, but even that can be useful. See also:
Digital Scriptorium.
Images in manuscripts in US libraries (including Notre Dame). Tends to concentrate on images of interest to art historians, but the project also provides cataloging. The images may give you a good idea of whether or not you want to see the manuscript. The SEARCH option allows for browsing and word searches.
http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu/
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