Link: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
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: Bibliography, Catalog, Images, Linked Open Data, Manuscripts/Facsimiles, Searchable Database
License: Must provide credit, No Fee
Modern Language: English
Medieval content details:
Dates: 500 - 1600
Subject: Art, Codicology, Early English Studies, Early Germanic Peoples, Early Medieval England, Manuscript Decoration/Illumination, Manuscript Studies, Maps, Material Culture, Paleography
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and Artifacts, Manuscripts, Material Evidence
Geopolitical Region: British Isles and Ireland, England, Europe
Original Language: English, French, Latin, Middle English, Old English