Project Status: Ongoing

The Parker Library on the Web project is a joint endeavor by the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Stanford University to publish images of the roughly 600 medieval manuscripts housed in the library. To date, they have digitized and made freely available over 500 of those manuscripts. The Parker Library is one of the richest collections of early English books in the world, having been gifted the collections by Matthew Parker, the 16th-century Archbishop of Canterbury.

Parker Library on the Web has been at the forefront of library digitization projects. It was an early adopted of the IIIF image format. In addition to a wide range of manuscript images, including detailed images of illuminations, each entry has a detailed cataloging information and a bibliography for the item. Additionally, the platform also presents past digital exhibitions in addition to copious information on how to use the site.

Resource details:

Resource Type: BibliographyCatalogImagesLinked Open DataManuscripts/FacsimilesSearchable Database

License: Must provide creditNo Fee

Modern Language: English

Medieval content details:

Dates: 500 - 1600

Subject: ArtCodicologyEarly English StudiesEarly Germanic PeoplesEarly Medieval EnglandManuscript Decoration/IlluminationManuscript StudiesMapsMaterial CulturePaleography

Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and ArtifactsManuscriptsMaterial Evidence

Geopolitical Region: British Isles and IrelandEnglandEurope

Original Language: EnglishFrenchLatinMiddle EnglishOld English