Research Guides: HIST/RLST 255: Find Primary Sources

Find Primary Sources

Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
An interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature, this collection of 520 volumes includes epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, oratory, and more.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Contains links to primary source documents available online. The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is located at the
Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies, and is edited by Paul Halsall. You can search by country, time period, topic, etc.
Medieval Travel Writing (Adams Matthew Explorer)
"This collection from AM presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period. The focus is on journeys to central Asia and the Far East, including accounts of travel to Mongolia, Persia, India, China and South-East Asia."
Digital Vatican Library
DigiVatLib is a digital library service. It provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections: manuscripts, incunabula, archival materials and inventories as well as graphic materials, coins and medals, printed materials (special projects).

Early Modern Books (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Early Modern Books covers material from the British Isles and Europe for the period 1450-1700. An integrated search across both Early English Books Online and Early European Books allows scholars to view materials from over 225 source libraries worldwide.

Church History: The Labyrinth Resources Medieval Studies
Contains links to secondary and primary source collections about medieval church history. A digital humanities project from Georgetown University.
Codex Sinaiticus
"Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the Codex Sinaiticus manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament...The Codex Sinaiticus Project is an international collaboration to reunite the entire manuscript in digital form and make it accessible to a global audience for the first time."
Museum of the Bible Collections
Online digitized images of medieval Bible manuscripts and early printed Bibles from the Museum of the Bible's (Washington DC) collections.

WorldCat Classic (OCLC) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Index Only
Worldcat holds the records of all materials cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Search for specific titles or authors or do general searches by subject or keyword. Results display formats, holding institutions, and links to full text if available.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window
An interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature, this collection of 520 volumes includes epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, oratory, and more.

Writings of Early Church Fathers
Contains the text of the Early Church Fathers series, which is in the public domain. A project of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.

Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive
"The Digital Image Archive (DIA) presents more than 65,000 images of biblical illustrations, portraits of religious leaders, printers' devices, engravings of church buildings, and other theological topics....Many of the images in the archive are taken from the Kessler Reformation Collection, one of the library's premiere collections. The Kessler Collection consists in titles that relate to the Protestant Reformation in Germany down to 1570.
Mapping Past Societies
Formerly, the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, the DARMC is a project supported by Harvard University. Click "The Map" to browse the atlas.
Museum of the Bible Collections
Online digitized images of medieval Bible manuscripts and early printed Bibles from the Museum of the Bible's (Washington DC) collections.
Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
"The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB) is a project established at Rutgers University and originally cosponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG), Inc. Its aim is to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E."