Useful Web Resources
General
-AMARC Association for Manuscript and Archives in Research Collections [http://www.manuscripts.org.uk/amarc/index.htm]: ‘promotes the accessibility, preservation and study of manuscripts and archives in libraries and other research collections in Great Britain and Ireland. It brings together curators, researchers and all who share a scholarly interest in this field.’
Images and Illuminated Manuscripts
-The Digital Scriptorium [http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu/]: an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts
-Mandragore, base iconographique du département des Manuscrits [http://mandragore.bnf.fr/html/accueil.html ]: iconographical database of the Bibliothèque nationale française’s Manuscript Department
Codicology and Palaeography
-Abbreviationes™: http://abbreviationes.net/ [for purchase]
-APICES Association Paléographique internationale Culture / Écriture / Société [http://www.palaeographia.org/apices/apices.htm ]
-Ductus [ http://ductus.splinder.com/ ] International Discussion Forum on Palaeography and Codicology
-Europa Humanistica [ http://www.europahumanistica.org/ ]: site (in progress) of the CNSRS; click on ‘Mains d’humanistes’ for examples of humanist script.
-Piccard-Online—Digital Presentation of Watermarks and their Use: www.piccard-online.de
-Thélème: Techniques pour l’Historien en Ligne: Études, Manuels, Exercices [http://theleme.enc.sorbonne.fr/]
-Page on Paleography of the Newberry Library (Chicago) [https://www.newberry.org/paleography-research-guide]