[Scriptoris] U of Penn online digitized library of Manuscripts

[Hillary Greenslade]

Another fun scribal site to check out: 
Cheers, Hillary
 
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Pennsylvania is
pleased to announce the conclusion of a two-year project, funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities, to digitize and make available on
the World Wide Web its medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. *Penn in
Hand: Selected Manuscripts*
(http://dla.library. upenn.edu/ dla/medren/) currently offers over 950
entries for facsimiles of manuscripts produced in Europe before 1601 and
now held by Penn. Over the next year another 260+ facsimiles will
appear on the site for collections in which some of the materials date
prior to 1601. In addition, the Web site presents approximately one
hundred facsimiles for the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, an
important group of early manuscripts, comprising mostly secular texts
related to mathematics, science, and technology. In April 2011 the
Schoenbergs announced a formal agreement with the University of
Pennsylvania to donate their collection over the next several years.
By the end of 2012 facsimiles for the entire Lawrence J. Schoenberg
Collection will appear on *Penn in Hand*, yielding over 1,400 entries
for European manuscripts dated before 1601. The site allows several
levels of magnification, single-page as well as opening views, and both
keyword and faceted searching; it includes tables of contents when
appropriate, as well as direct links to illustrations.