This page brings together the best in online reference tools for Medieval Studies. Access to items marked UT is provided by the University of Toronto Libraries, and requires a library account. The Library also publishes guides to electronic resources for Medieval Studies, Classics, and other fields.
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Online Resources associated with CMS
- CMS Theses and Dissertations
- Dictionary of Old English
- DEEDS Project
- Fisher Library Digitized Manuscripts
- Nota Quadrata
- Records of Early English Drama
- Latin Learning Resources
- Joseph of Exeter’s Iliad and The Eclogue of Theodulus: A Translation (Prof. A.G. Rigg)
- Anglo-Saxon Canon Law (Michael Elliot, PhD Candidate)
Article Indexes
- Bibliography of British and Irish History UT
- Book Review Index UT
- International Medieval Bibliography & Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale UT
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance UT
- L’année philologique UT
- Mirabile: Digital Archives for Medieval Latin Culture
- Oxford Bibliographies Online UT
- Oxford Index
- Regesta Imperii Online
Dictionaries
Latin/Greek
- Database of Latin Dictionaries UT (see also its Word Forms Index)
- ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (Latin and Greek: Lewis and Short, Du Cange, Liddell-Scott-Jones, et al.)
- Perseus Word Study Tool (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Old Norse)
- Lewis & Short’s Latin Dictionary (also available for Mac, iPhone/iPod/iPad, and Windows)
- Du Cange’s Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis
- Orbis Latinus (Latin place names; 1972 edition)
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae UT
- Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon (also available for iPhone/iPod)
English
- Oxford English Dictionary UT
- Dictionary of Old English UT
- Bosworth & Toller’s Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- Middle English Dictionary
- Lexicons of Early Modern English UT
French
- Le Dictionnaire vivant de la langue française
- Collins French Dictionary
- Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
- Dictionnaire du Moyen Français
- Anglo-Norman Dictionary
German
- Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Collins German Dictionary
- Wörterbuchnetz (incl. Middle High German)
- Germanic Lexicon Project
Encyclopedias
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques UT
- Europa Sacra UT
- Lexikon des Mittelalters/International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages UT
- Der Neue Pauly/Brill’s New Pauly UT
- Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (see also other Oxford Digital Reference titles) UT
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography UT
Fine Art
- ARTstor UT
- Federated Academic Digital Imaging System (FADIS) UT
- Index of Christian Art UT
- International Bibliography of Art (2008–) UT and Bibliography of the History of Art (1975–2007)
- Oxford Art Online UT
Manuscripts
- Abbreviationes: Medieval Abbreviations on the Web UT
- In Principio: Incipits of Latin Texts UT
- Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
- DigitaleHandschriften (links to digitized manuscripts)
- Parker Library Manuscripts UT
- British Literary Manuscripts Online UT
- British Armorial Bindings
- Interactive Album of Mediaeval Palaeography
- The National Archives: Palaeography
Music
Text Collections
- Cross-Database Searchtool for Brepolis Latin UT
- Library of Latin Texts UT
- Monumenta Germaniae Historica
- Patrologia Latina UT
- PHI Classical Latin Texts
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae UT
- Dictionary of Old English Web Corpus UT
- Corpus of Middle English Prose and Poetry
- Early English Books Online UT
- Early English Laws
- Margot (Middle and Early Modern French)
- Medieval Family Life UT
- Medieval Travel Writing UT
- British History Online
Academic Institutions
Societies
- International Society of Medieval Canon Law
- Canadian Society of Medievalists
- Medieval Academy of America
- Modern Languages Association
- American Philological Association
- Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English
- American Historical Association
- American Academy of Religion
- Early English Text Society
Conferences
- International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo)
- International Medieval Congress (Leeds)
- Vagantes
Libraries
- Advice on Travelling to Libraries
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
- British Library
- Cambridge University Library
- Harvard Libraries
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Huntington Library
- Medieval Institute Library, University of Notre Dame
- National Library of Scotland
- New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
- Princeton University Libraries
- The Schøyen Collection
- U Penn Rare Book and Manuscript Library