Virtual Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

Resources and Tools for Manuscript Studies

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vHMML Reading Room provides access to thousands of items in HMML’s collections. In Reading Room you will also find improved descriptions and multiple ways to search. While collections are being added to Reading Room, the Legacy Catalog (OLIVER) and other finding aids are available to help your search.

READING ROOM | LEGACY CATALOG

Latin manuscript with blue and red initial letters showing 2 columns

Learn About Manuscripts

School has lessons in paleography and codicology, as well as transcription exercises.

Folio features pages selected from a variety of manuscripts to illustrate scripts and layouts. Each example has detailed commentary and a full transcription.

SCHOOL | FOLIO

four writers with animals representing the four Gospel writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Tools For Research

Lexicon features hundreds of terms used in manuscript studies, including those used in other modern languages.

Reference has a growing bibliography of works about manuscripts, with links to digitized versions when available.

LEXICON | REFERENCE

Armenian Orthodox Diocese of Aleppo, Syria, MS AODA 4

Gospels, 17th Century. Manuscript on paper

Abba Garima Monastery, Tigray Province, Ethiopia, MS AG 2

Gospels, 5th/6th Century? Manuscript on vellum

Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Malta

Codex Evangeliorum Melitensis, 12th Century. Manuscript on parchment

Meryem Ana Syriac Orthodox Church, Diyarbakir, Turkey, MS DIYR 339

Gospels, 6th Century. Manuscript on vellum

Vasily Stefanyk National Scientific Library, Lviv, Ukraine, MS STEF 4

Gospels, 16th Century. Manuscript on paper

Ordre Basilien Aleppin, Sarba, Lebanon, MS OBA 4

Gospels, 18th Century. Manuscript on paper

Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey, MS CFMM 00038

Gospel Lectionary, 13th century (1229/30). Manuscript on vellum

Abdelbakr Bin Said Library, Timbuktu, Mali, MS SAV ABS 258

Poem in praise of the Prophet, date unknown. Manuscript on paper

Resources and Tools for Manuscript Studies

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Learn About Manuscripts

Tools For Research

Armenian Orthodox Diocese of Aleppo, Syria, MS AODA 4 Gospels, 17th Century. Manuscript on paper

Abba Garima Monastery, Tigray Province, Ethiopia, MS AG 2 Gospels, 5th/6th Century? Manuscript on vellum

Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Malta Codex Evangeliorum Melitensis, 12th Century. Manuscript on parchment

Meryem Ana Syriac Orthodox Church, Diyarbakir, Turkey, MS DIYR 339 Gospels, 6th Century. Manuscript on vellum

Vasily Stefanyk National Scientific Library, Lviv, Ukraine, MS STEF 4 Gospels, 16th Century. Manuscript on paper

Ordre Basilien Aleppin, Sarba, Lebanon, MS OBA 4 Gospels, 18th Century. Manuscript on paper

Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey, MS CFMM 00038 Gospel Lectionary, 13th century (1229/30). Manuscript on vellum

Abdelbakr Bin Said Library, Timbuktu, Mali, MS SAV ABS 258 Poem in praise of the Prophet, date unknown. Manuscript on paper

Resources and Tools for Manuscript Studies

Search Collections

Learn About Manuscripts

Tools For Research

Armenian Orthodox Diocese of Aleppo, Syria, MS AODA 4

Gospels, 17th Century. Manuscript on paper

Abba Garima Monastery, Tigray Province, Ethiopia, MS AG 2

Gospels, 5th/6th Century? Manuscript on vellum

Cathedral Archives, Mdina, Malta

Codex Evangeliorum Melitensis, 12th Century. Manuscript on parchment

Meryem Ana Syriac Orthodox Church, Diyarbakir, Turkey, MS DIYR 339

Gospels, 6th Century. Manuscript on vellum

Vasily Stefanyk National Scientific Library, Lviv, Ukraine, MS STEF 4

Gospels, 16th Century. Manuscript on paper

Ordre Basilien Aleppin, Sarba, Lebanon, MS OBA 4

Gospels, 18th Century. Manuscript on paper

Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey, MS CFMM 00038

Gospel Lectionary, 13th century (1229/30). Manuscript on vellum

Abdelbakr Bin Said Library, Timbuktu, Mali, MS SAV ABS 258

Poem in praise of the Prophet, date unknown. Manuscript on paper