Link: http://www.handschriftencensus.de/
Project Status: Ongoing
Handschriftencensus is a German-language web platform published by a team at the University of Marburg. The site functions as a directory for medieval German-language manuscripts from 750CE to 1520CE in libraries around the globe. The platform itself does not contain images, but does contain detailed catalog entries for each manuscript in addition to links to available images and the host repository’s catalog entry for a manuscipt. Users can see the nearly 900 manuscripts on the site in list format, ordered by repository, author/work, and illustration type.
The project has an active social media presence on Twitter and is continuously updated, with new additions made weekly. Users can also find a regularly updated, in-depth bibliography of secondary sources on German-language medieval texts and manuscripts. Copyrights for manuscript images obtained through the site are still retained by a manuscript’s holding institution.
Resource details:
Resource Type: Bibliography, Catalog, Images, List Format, Manuscripts/Facsimiles
License: No Fee
Modern Language: German
Medieval content details:
Dates: 750 - 1520
Subject: Art, Codicology, Cultural Studies, Diplomatics, Early Germanic Peoples, General reference, Germany, Literature, Manuscript Decoration/Illumination, Manuscript Studies, Material Culture, Paleography, Philology
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and Artifacts, Manuscripts, Material Evidence, Textual Evidence
Geopolitical Region: Austria, Europe, German Lands, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Prussia
Original Language: Early New High German, German, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old Frankish, Old High German, Old Saxon