Link: http://mandragore.bnf.fr/html/accueil.html
Project Status: Ongoing
Les collections de la Bibliothèque nationale de France abritent plusieurs dizaines de milliers de manuscrits dont le décor constitue l’un des plus riches musées de peinture au monde. Par leur grande variété et leur intérêt iconographique, ces images composent aussi une véritable encyclopédie visuelle de leur temps. En accroissement continu, Mandragore compte aujourd’hui plus de 170.000 notices analysant des œuvres conservées au Département des manuscrits et à la Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, et dont les plus anciennes remontent à l’Égypte pharaonique et les plus récentes à l’époque contemporaine. Leur indexation repose sur un vocabulaire de plus de 18.000 descripteurs.
The collections of the National Library of France house tens of thousands of manuscripts whose decoration comprises one of the richest painting collections in the world. Through their wide variety and iconographic interest, these images also make up a veritable visual encyclopedia of their time. Growing continuously, Mandragore now has over 170,000 records analyzing works held in the Department of Manuscripts and the Library of Arsenal, the oldest of which date back to Pharaonic Egypt and the most recent from modern times . Their indexing is based on a controlled vocabulary of more than 18,000 descriptors.
Resource details:
Resource Type: Catalog, Images, Manuscripts/Facsimiles, Searchable Database
License: No Fee
Modern Language: French
Medieval content details:
Dates: 700 - 1600
Subject: Manuscript Studies
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Manuscripts, Material Evidence, Textual Evidence
Geopolitical Region: Africa, Asia, East and South, Europe, Middle East
Original Language: Arabic (Middle), Aramaic, Armenian, Dutch, English, Ethiopian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian (Middle), Portuguese, Spanish, Syriac