#SNALES IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS SOFTWARE#

These include a thirteenth-century copy of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (acquired in 2007 through the Schoenberg/Brizdle Manuscripts Initiative) and a thirteenth-century manuscript containing two formularies of the Roman curia, one of which was published by Henry Charles Lea in 1892.

Theology and doctrine are represented by many manuscripts containing theological treatises, collections of sermons, and other doctrinal works.Įcclesiatical administration is documented by many works discussing church procedure, canon law, statutes of religious orders, and the like.

A book of hours, use of Rouen and dating from 1475, was acquired in 2007 through the Schoenberg/Brizdle Manuscripts Initiative: it was illuminated for a local woman and includes fifteen arched miniatures and twenty-four calendar miniatures. Among these items is the oldest of the department's few Greek manuscripts- a leaf from an eleventh-century liturgical book, containing part of the Byzantine Easter service. The Kislak Center's holdings include bibles, breviaries, missals, sacramental handbooks, and many works of devotional literature. Often illustrated with complex diagrams and stunning imagery, these manuscripts bring to the present the intellectual legacy of the medieval past. Schoenberg Manuscript Collection in 2011 has brought together many of the great scientific and philosophical traditions of the ancient and medieval worlds, documenting the extraordinary achievements of scholars, philosophers, and scientists in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The majority of Penn's medieval manuscripts originate in Italy and France and are written in Latin.

Holdings also include many works of philosophy and literature, as well as many documents concerned with official and legal matters, property, and finances. The bulk of medieval manuscripts acquired before this century relate to religion and the Roman Catholic Church, in particular, liturgy and devotions theology and doctrine and ecclesiastical administration. All materials on this site are in the public domain or released under Creative Commons licenses. OPenn, an earlier platform, contains complete sets of high-resolution archival images of manuscripts from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and other institutions, along with machine-readable TEI P5 descriptions and technical metadata. At this time, content accessible to the public in this application is in the public domain and is therefore available for public use, or where indicated, is of undetermined copyright.

#SNALES IN MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS SOFTWARE#

It is a project of the Libraries, developed using the Samvera software framework. It is a system for long-term preservation and access to digital assets stewarded by Penn Libraries. The most up-to-date digital resource is Colenda. Searches may be refined by language, subject, date, collection, and other categories. Nearly all of the medieval and early modern manuscripts held in the Kislak Center have been fully digitized and are available for viewing through multiple portals, without access restrictions. Note that searches on the term 'manuscript' will produce results that may include medieval, early modern, and modern manuscript collections. Search results may be narrowed according to facets including format, language, and subject. Manuscripts are cataloged in the Library's online catalog, Franklin (links are provided in catalog records to online facsimiles, when available).

Snales in medieval manuscripts