Links to information on archives and original sources

Links to illuminated and other manuscripts   Texts
 
The British Library's collection of medieval and earlier manuscripts   Access to information about archives in the UK from 900 to the present.
 
View some pages from the Sherborne Missal,thanks to the British Library. Also featured are the Sforza Hours, and a Gutenberg and Tyndale Bible.
Hover over the link to Collections, then over the link to Treasures, and choose from the list
  Historical Manuscripts Commission - search the National Register of Archives for family or place names
 
View the Edward IV Roll found in the Library of Philadelphia. It's an 18 foot long genealogy chart demonstrating Edward's claim to the throne   Paul Halsall's Internet Medieval Sourcebook
 
The Founders' and Benefactors' Book of Tewkesbury Abbey dates from the early 16th century and contains drawings of the lay benefactors of the abbey and their heraldry, all in glorious colour.
You'll find the York coat of arms in several formats and combinations, and a nice depiction of George of Clarence's arms.
This is a part of the Bodleian Library site at Oxford University.
  Useful site for medieval information and links to various sites including many from the Richard III Society
 
Map of medieval Leicester   ORB: The online reference book for medieval studies. These pages are housed at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York
 
Exhibition of medieval manuscripts held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which includes Hours by the Master of Edward IV, the Pembroke Psalter/Hours, and a Historiated Initial of Edward IV.   English Monastic Archives - three databases from University College London.
 
Medieval manuscripts - more links    
 
Medieval manuscripts - images and links    
 
Richard's letter about Buckingham on official site for the Public Record Office    
 
Thirteenth century charters for West Sussex with online transcriptions of the text    

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Page last updated on July 15 2006