Western Medieval Manuscripts
Handwritten materials, 500-1500 AD
BPL 14 D, fol. 81v
Western Medieval Manuscripts
This digital collection comprises codices and fragments dating from the Middle Ages and mostly written in Latin script, some in Greek and Cyrillic script. Their shelfmarks begin with a letter combination in capitals (added below).
Most items that were digitized belong to three (sub-)collections:
- Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Latini (BPL)
- Codices Vossiani Latini (Isaac Vossius | VLF, VLQ, VLO)
- loan collection of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (LTK).
The other items belong to the following (sub-)collections (mostly named after their former owners):
- Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Graeci (BPG)
- Bibliotheca Thysiana collection (THYSIA)
- Codices Ablaingiani (Willem Matthias d’Ablaing | ABL)
- Codices Indebetuviani (Joannes in de Betouw | BET)
- Codices Burmanniani (Petrus Burman Sec. – BUR)
- Codices Gronoviani (Abrahm Gronovius | GRO)
- Codices Lipsiani (Justus Lipsius | LIP)
- Codices Marchandiani (Prosper Marchand | MAR)
- Eduard Maurits Meijers collection (MEY)
- Codices Oudendorpiani (Frans van Oudendorp | OUD)
- Codices Perizoniani (Jacobus Perizonius | PER)
- Codices Ruhnkeniani (David Ruhnkenius | RUH)
- Codices Scaligerani (Josephus Justus Scaliger | SCA)
- Codices Vossiani Chymici (Isaac Vossius | VCF, VCQ)
- Codices Vossiani Germano-Gallici (Isaac Vossius – VGG)
- Codices Vulcaniani (Bonaventura Vulcanius | VUL)
Barring a few exceptions, the Codices Vossiani Graeci & Miscellanei (Vossius | VGF, VGQ, VGO; MIS) are not included in this digital collection. They have been digitized in collaboration with Brill Publishers and are part of the BrillOnline Primary Sources platform. Free access to this platform is limited to Leiden users with a valid library card (ULCN login via the online catalogue).