Link: https://bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr/
Project Status: Complete
The BVMM is a French-language resource that serves as a clearing house for images and data on medieval manuscripts held in institutions in Europe. Institutions range from municipal libraries and religious houses up to major research and university libraries across continental Europe. Images can sometimes be from microfilm, black and white, or in full color.
Resource details:
Resource Type: Catalog, Images, Manuscripts/Facsimiles, Searchable Database
License: Creative Commons, No Fee
Modern Language: French
Medieval content details:
Dates: 500 - 1500
Subject: General reference, Manuscript Studies
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Accounts, Advice, Instructional Texts, Biography, Memoirs, Charters, Chronicles, Annals, Commentary, Gloss, Exegesis, Compendia, Contracts, Property Transactions, Council Proceedings, Minutes, Courts, Dictionary, Glossary, Grammar, Episcopal Registers, Genealogy, Heraldry, Hagiography, Legal Codes, Legislation, Letters, Petitions, Literature, Liturgy, Maps, Plans, Material Evidence, Medical Works, Membership Lists, Music, Musters, Religious Texts, Rules, Scripture, Sermons, Orations, Surveys, Taxes, Textual Evidence, Treaties, Treatises, Visitations, Wills, Inventories
Geopolitical Region: British Isles and Ireland, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, German Lands, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Low Countries, Scandinavia
Original Language: Anglo-Norman, Catalan, Celtic, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Middle Dutch, Middle English, Middle French (14-15C), Middle High German, Middle Low German, Occitan, Old French (12-13C), Scots, Slavic, Spanish