Subject Guide » Medieval Studies
Microfilm Collections of Medieval Manuscripts
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Bodleian Library (Oxford University). Major Treasures in the Bodleian Library [microform]
(Rare Books Room, Microfiche Z 35). 76 fiche in 10 pockets; color reproductions. Issued in 10 numbered booklets, each with a series title page and special title page. Texts of mss. in Latin, medieval French or Anglo-Norman dialect.
British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts. British literary manuscripts from the British Library, London. Series three, The Medieval age, c. 1150-1500 [microform].
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 200). 42 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Medieval manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional manuscripts, Section A. and Medieval manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional manuscripts, Section B. Printed guide available in Special Collections reading room.
British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts. Medieval and Early Modern Women [microform]
(Waldo Library, Microforms, 2nd Floor, Microfilm HQ 48). 26 microfilm reels; 35 mm. This is a set of microfilmed manuscripts from the British Library in two parts. Part 1, reels 1-14, contains manuscripts of works written by women authors, Julian of Norwich for example. Part 2, reels 15-26, contains household books, correspondence and books owned by women. The collection covers English and (some) French Women and the late middle ages and early modern period. There is a printed guide to the reels of microfilm contained on the little bookshelf in front of the 2nd floor microfilm area in Waldo which also has the call number Microfilm HQ 48.
British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts. Medieval Literary and Historical Manuscripts in the Cotton Collection [microform]
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 198). 123 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Pt. 1. Cotton [=C] Julius, C. Augustus, C. Tiberius (reels 1-21) -- pt. 2. C. Caligula, C. Claudius (reels 22-35) -- pt. 3. C. Nero, C. Galba, C. Otho (reels 36-57) -- pt. 4. C. Vitellius (reels 58-71) -- pt. 5. C. Vespasian (reels 72-85) -- pt. 6. C. Titus (reels 86-101) -- pt. 7. C. Domitian, C. Cleopatra, C. Faustina, C. Appendix (reels 102-123).
Finding aids to pt. 1 through pt. 7 shelved in Rare Book Room reference collection.
British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts. Property and Privilege in Medieval and Early Modern England and Wales: Cartularies from the British Library, London
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 205) 70 microfilm reels; 35 mm. By far the most significant of all cartulary holdings is that of the British Library, which possesses about half of all cartularies in public ownership. The cartularies come from monasteries, towns, and private families.
Cambridge University Library. The Early and Central Middle Ages, c. 650-c. 1200 A.D. [microform]
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 197). 25 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Original manuscripts in Latin, Anglo-Saxon and Old English. Includes separately cataloged guide (Z 6611 .L7 B74x 1986 (Spl)) in Special Collections reading romm.
Cambridge University Library. British Literary Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library. Series one, The Medieval Age, c1150-c1500 [microform].
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 201). 49 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Manuscripts are in Middle English with some Latin and Old French. Printed guide to the collection available in Special Collections reading room.
Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge) The Anglo-Saxon & mediaeval manuscript collection [microform]
(Rare Books Room Microfilm Z 195). 156 microfim reels; 35 mm. Finding aids for microfilm collection: Anglo-Saxon mediaeval manuscript collection (Z 6621 .C174 C52x ); and: Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Z 6621 .C174 C5 1909), available in Rare Book Room reference collection.
Pembroke College Library (University of Cambridge). The Medieval Manuscript Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge [microform]
Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 199). 114 microfilm reels; 35 mm. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Pembroke College, Cambridge by Montague Rhodes James ... with a hand list of the printed books to the year 1500 by Ellis H. Minns, M.A. Fellow and Librarian" -- reel 1. Guide to microfilm collection on reel 1. A separate hard copy reel guide, based on the James catalogue, accompanies each part. Contains over 100 vols. formerly in the Library of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. Also contains the greater part of the original manuscript library of Pembroke College itself. Materials filmed include a finely illustrate New Testament from the 11th century (MSS 120). Authors include Ambrose, Anselm, Aquinas, Augustine, Bede, Bernard, Bonaventure, Cato, Gregory, Hieronymus, Hugo, Isidore, Justinian, Juvenal, Peter Lombard. Hard copy reel guide is shelved in Rare book room reference collection.
Society of Antiquaries of London. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Society of Antiquaries of London [microform]
Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 202). 11 microfilm reels; 35 mm. Includes manuscript copies of works by Chaucer and Gower. Guide to collection on Reel 1.
St. John's College (Oxford University) The Medieval and Renaissance Manucripts of St. John's College, Oxford
(Rare Books Room Microfilm Z 204) 75 reel; 35 mm. This collection presents all 271 of the College's pre-1700 manuscripts--ranging from rare Anglo-Saxon texts and a 13th-century Bestiary from York to William Laud's Diary. Other celebrated items include Ben Jonson's copies of Terence and Juvenal and the setting copy of Wynkyn De Worde's edition of the Siege of Thebes, bound with Caxton's editions of Chaucer's Troilus & Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.
Trinity College Library (University of Cambridge). The Mediaeval Manuscript Collection, including some post-mediaeval manuscripts. Section 4, illuminated manuscripts [microform]
(Rare Books Room, Microfilm Z 196). 45 microfilm reels; 35mm. Microfilm reproductions of illuminated manuscripts in the Trinity College Library, Cambridge. The classification follows the index to M.R. James The Western manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge: a descriptive catalogue. Cambridge, 1904. 4 v.
Accomanpanied by a separately cataloged printed guide titled: Mediaeval Manuscript Collection, including some post-mediaeval manuscripts. Section 4, illuminated manuscripts: list of contents and index to reels in Special Collection Reading Room.
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