Monastic Scriptoria & Provenances
Spanning 31st c. BC - 18th c. AD, All MSS included. 295 different monasteries, cathedrals, churches, synagogues, temples, etc. are represented in more than 750 MSS.
Afghanistan
- Buddhist monastery of Mahasanghika, Bamiyan (MSS 2373/1-8, 2179/1-145, 2372-2386 2416, 2419, 5058, 5066)
Austria
- Benedictine Abbey of Lambach (MSS 21, 625)
- Benedictine Abbey of Melk (MS MS 49)
- Cistercian Monastery Zwettl, Waldviertel (MSS 690, 691)
- Piaristen-Kloster, Wien (MSS 690, 691)
Azerbaydzhan
- Church of St. Mary, Baku (MS 2082)
Belgium
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Adrian, Geraardsbergen, Cambrai (MSS 006)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin, Tournai (MS 704)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Truiden, Limburg (MS 526)
- Bridgettine Abbey of Marienwater, Brabant (MS 39)
- Monastery in Flanders (MS 2035)
- Monastery in the diocese of Liège (MS 645)
- Dominican Convent of Dinant, Namur (MS 676)
- Premonstratensian Abbey of Bonne-Esperance, Cambrai ( MS 727)
- Premonstratensian Monastery of Arnstein, Limburg (MS 1816)
China
- Convent (house) of Jichuan (MS MS 2152)
- Dongchan temple, Fuzhou, Fujian (MSS 2488/1, 2540)
- Guangsheng temple, Zhaocheng county (MS MS 2548)
- Huadu temple (MS 2572)
- Kaiyuan temple, Fuzhou, Fujian (MS 2541)
- Nanchan temple, Wutai Mountain (MS 2580)
- Shanguang monastery, Nanjing (MS 2537)
Croatia
- Lay fraternity, Krk (MS 1391)
Cyprus
- Monastery of St. Stephanos (MS 231)
Egypt
- Cairo Genizah in Palestinian Rabbinite Synagogue, Fustât (MSS 1858/1-9, 1859-1866, 2083/1-2, 2195, 2639-2641)
- Christian Community at Fustât, (MS 113)
- Coptic Church, Al-Qasr and Dishna (2089)
- Coptic Monastery, Coptos, Thebes (MS 2752)
- Monastery in the Oxyrhynchus region (MS 2648-2651/2)
- Monastery of Abu Hennes (MS 245/289)
- Monastery of Agios Apa Apollo (2264/02)
- Monastery of Apa Apollo, Bawit or Titkooh (MSS 89/2, 5-14, 1579/1)
- Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (MSS 35-37, 571-585, 613, 2530)
- Monastery of St. Kosmas (MS 245/27)
- Monastery of the Pachomian Order, Faw Qibli, Dishna (MS 193)
- Pachomian monastery of St. Palamon, Chenoboskeia (al-Qasr), Nag Hammadi (MSS 1804/1-7)
- Temple of Hathor, Cusae (MSS 204/1-2)
- White Monastery, near Sohag (MSS 86, 114, 1991)
England
- Augustinian Abbey of St. Mary, Darley, Derbyshire (MSS 1604/1-85)
- Augustinian Abbey of St. Mary, Lacock, Wiltshire (MS 1783)
- Augustinian Abbey of St. Mary, Missenden, Buckinghamshire (MS 590/29)
- Augustinian Hospital of St. Leonard, Yorkshire (MS 1675/2)
- Augustinian Priory of Haliwell, Middlesex (MS MS 1648)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Martin, Dover, Kent (MS 1738)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Mary, Campsey Ash, Suffolk (MSS 1607/1-23, 1613)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Mary, Merton, Surrey (MS 1388)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Mary, Studley, Warwickshire (MS 554/31)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Oswald, Nostell, Yorkshire (MS 1675/5)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul, Taunton, Somerset (MSS 1562/1-9)
- Augustinian Priory of St. Thomas Martyr, Baswich, Staffordshire (MS 1675/10)
- Augustinian Priory of the Holy Trinity, Mottisfont, Hampshire (MS 1621/14)
- Augustinian Priory of Woodkirk, Yorkshire (MS 1675/1)
- Benedictine Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk (MSS 554/23, 1612/1-3)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Alban, Hertfordshire (MSS 649, 1554)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, Glastonbury?, Somerset (MS 1279)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York (MS 1675/03)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (MS 1872/8)
- Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Cross, Wherwell, Hampshire (MS 1354)
- Benedictine Nunnery of St. Mary, Swatham, Cambridgeshire (MS 554/2)
- Benedictine Priory of Christ Church Canterbury, Kent (MSS 15, 600, 639)
- Benedictine Priory of Coventry, Warwickshire (MS 1872/8)
- Benedictine Priory of St. Michael, Kington, Wiltshire (MSS 1614/1-2)
- Benedictine Priory of St. Peter and St. Ethelreda, Ely, Cambridgeshire (MS 1620/9)
- Benedictine Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul Binham, Norfolk (MSS 1608/1-32, 1619/2)
- Carmelite or White Friars, Kings Lynn, Norfolk (MS 554/15)
- Carthusian Abbey of St. Mary, Witham, Somerset (MSS 554/12)
- Cathedral of Lichfield, Staffordshire (MS 1611/3)
- Cathedral of Salisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire (MS 1616/14)
- Cathedral of The Holy Trinity, Norwich, Norfolk (MS 1688/2)
- Chapel of St. Cutberth, Forcett, Yorkshire (MS 1675/3)
- Charterhouse at Sheen or Bridgetine Abbey of Syon, London (MS 1701)
- Church of Pockley, Yorkshire (MS 1675/7)
- Church of St. Edith, Tamworth, Staffordshire (MSS 1611/1-2, 4-10)
- Church of St. Nicholas, East Dereham, Norfolk (MS 1632)
- Church of St. Peter, South Weald, Essex (MS 673)
- Church/Hospital of St. Helen, Darley, Derbyshire (MS 1604/15)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Beaulieu, Hampshire (MS 610)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (MS 1675/6)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Louth Park, Lincolnshire (MS 1373)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Sibton, Suffolk (MS 1688/2)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Waverley, Surrey (MSS 1583/1-3)
- Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary, Woburn, Bedfordshire (MS 1688/1)
- Cistercian Nunnery of St. John the Evangelist, Appleton, Yorkshire (MS 1675/4)
- Cluniac Priory of St. Mary, Castle Acre, Norfolk (MS 1560)
- Convent of Augustinian Hermits (MS 2223/08)
- Cook Hill Priory, house of Cistercian nuns, Warwickshire (MSS 2223/04, 49)
- Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire (MS 682)
- Evesham Abbey, Worcestershire (MS 2223/89)
- Gilbertine Priory, Mattersey, Nottinghamshire (MS 2223/106)
- Franciscan Nunnery of the Virgin and St. Francis, without Aldgate, London (MS 1368)
- Hospital/Almshouse of St. Giles, Wilton (MS 2223/79)
- Monastery/Church in Staunton Lacey, Staunton Lacey, Shropshire (MSS 1609/1-12)
- Monastery/Church of Foxherd, Foxherd, Essex (MSS 1618/1-9)
- Parish Church of Penwortham, Lancashire (MS 725)
- Premonstratensian Canons of Barlings, Oxeney, Lincolnshire (MS 2223/395)
- Rochester Cathedral ((MS 2223/06)
- Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire (MS 1616/14)
- St. Radegund's Abbey, Kent (MS 2223/76)
- Temple Church, London (MS 1616/4)
Ethiopia
- Church of Gefu' Giorgis (MS 1971)
- Church of Meshala Maryam, Shoa (MS 2850)
- Church of St. Michael, District of Wash Mika'el (MS 2030)
- Convent of Däbrä Libanos (MS 2258)
Finland
- Dominican Monastery, Åbo (MS 1922)
France
- Abbey of Locmaria of the Fontevrists, Quimper, Finistere (MS 2036)
- Abbey of Notre-Dame, Ambert, Orleans (MS 2029)
- Abbey of Saint-Jacques, Paris (MS 2029)
- Abbey of St. Vincent, Metz (MS 1003)
- Beauvais Cathedral (MSS 222, 1934)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Martial, Limoges (MS 658)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin, Tour (MSS 109, 570, 624, 1762)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter, Luxeuil, Besançon (MS 1361)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Marie de S. Pierre sur Dive, Lisieux (MS 2223/67)
- Benedictine Priory of St. Romain, Miribel, Lyon (MS 1705)
- Carthusian Abbey of Villeneuve-les-Avignon (MS 654)
- Cathedrale de Toul, Lorraine (MSS 1275/2-39)
- Celestine Priory of our Lady of the Annunciation, Paris (MS 1625/5)
- Cistercian Abbey of Cercamp, Amiens (MS 1777)
- Convent des Augustins déchaussées, Lyon (MS 038)
- Convent of the Discalced Augustinians, Paris (MS 749/1-2)
- Dominican Convent of Lyon (MS 251)
- Dominican house of St. Jacques, Paris (MS 115)
- Jesuit College, Paris (MS 711)
- Jesuit Collège de Clermont, Paris (MSS 562, 1289)
- Monastery of Sainte-Croix d'Offemont, Dépt du Territoire-de-Belfor (MS 566/2)
- Monastery of St Sebastian(?), Lorraine (MS 590/49)
- Nunnery of St. Pierre-de-Salvétat, Tarn (MS 1282)
- Papal Chancery, Avignon (MSS 590/41, 44)
- Priory of Foissy, Troyes (MS 209/18)
- Reims Cathedral (MS 1934)
Georgia
- Syriac Orthodox Christians (MS 2080)
Germany
- Augustinian Abbey of St. John the Baptist, Rebdorf (MSS 712)
- Benedictine Abbey of Corvey, Paderborn (MS 210/23)
- Benedictine Abbey of Fulda (MSS 78, 1654?)
- Benedictine Abbey of Lorsch (MS 617)
- Benedictine Abbey of Ochsenhausen, Württemberg (MS 41)
- Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau, Konstanz (MS 46)
- Benedictine Abbey of SS. Cosmas, Damian and Symeon, Liesborn (MS 40)
- Benedictine Abbey of SS. Ulrich and Afra, Augsburg (MS 227?)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin, Trier (MS 85)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary ad Martyres, Trier (MS 607)
- Benedictine Abbey of Weingarten, Constance (MS 602)
- Benedictine Convent of Hohenwart, Schrobenhausen (MS 210/20)
- Benedictine Monastery of St. Aegidius, Bamberg (MS 210/25)
- Benedictine Monastery of St. Stephan, Würzburg (MS 226)
- Benedictine Nunnery, Kochel (MS 1761)
- Carthusian Abbey of Buxheim, Memmingen, Augsburg (MS 717)
- Carthusian House, Southern Germany (MSS 1673/1-2)
- Carthusian Monastery of Mons. Sancti Salvatoris, Erfurt (MS 723)
- Carthusian Monastery of St. Albans, Trier (MS 724)
- Church and Convent of Paulberg (MS 210/22)
- Cistercian convent of Haldensleben, Althaldensleben (MS 4601)
- Constance Cathedral (MS 46)
- Convent of St. Wilhelm, Freiburg (MS 1652/1)
- Dominican nunnery of St. Katherine, Nürnberg (MS 24)
- Franciscan House, Würzburg (MS 1833)
- Monastery, Paderborn (MSS 2194/1-2)
- Monastery of Eberhardsklausen, Trier (MS 1819)
- Monastery of Seeos, Chiemsee, Bayern (MS 1820)
- Monastery of the Canons Regular of St. John the Baptist, Aachen (MS 2936)
- Nunnery of St. Symeon, Liesborn (MS 40)
Greece
- Monastery at Mt. Athos (MS 2006)
- Monastery of Dionysiou, Mt. Athos (MSS 192, 2859)
- Monastery of Docheiarou, Mt. Athos (MS 662)
- Monastery of Esphigmenou, Mt. Athos (MS 17)
- Monastery of Hagias, Andros (MS 231)
- Monastery of the Holy Montain, Mt. Athos (MS 1897)
Hungary
- Grabovec Archangel Monastery, Buda (MS 1758)
- Hungarian Parish church (MS 1782)
Israel/Palestine
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem (MSS 1776/1-12)
- Community of the Essenes, Qumran (MSS 1655/1-4, 1909, 1912, 1926/1-4, 2713, 2861, 4611, 4612/1-3, 5095/1, 5095/2, 5095/3, 5095/4, 5214, 5233, 5234)
- Syrian Orthodox Monastery of St. Mark, Jerusalem (MSS 1909, 1926/1-4)
Italy
- Abbey Church of San Giovanni, Treviso (MS 260/64)
- Abbey of Santa Maria de Organo, Verona (MSS 590/1-2)
- Abbey of St. Benedict, Spoleto (MS 590/10)
- Archbishop of Monreale, Sicily (MSS 260/05-18)
- Augustinian Hermetical Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena, Siena (MS 34)
- Augustinian Monastery of San Giuliano e Settimo, Firenze (MS 260/45)
- Benedictine Abbey (Valombrosan Order) of Vallombrosa, Fiesole, Firenze (MS 590/52)
- Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino (MSS 54, 55, 57, 60, 183, 235, 265, 1681, 1682, 2204, 2370)
- Benedictine Abbey of Santa Cecilia, Roma (MS 20)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, Bobbio (MS 1679)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Sylvester, Nonantola (MSS 622, 1674)
- Benedictine Abbey of Vallombrosa, Toscana (MS 590/52)
- Benedictine convent in Penne (MS 2785)
- Benedictine Monastery, Ravenna (MS 681)
- Benedictine Nunnery of St. Patrizia, Napoli (MS 1981)
- Benedictine Monastery of St. Agnes of Gemona, Udine (MS 1602)
- Camaldolensian Convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Firenze (MS 620)
- Camaldolensian Monastery, Camaldoli, Toscana (MS 620)
- Church of Giovanni Battista in S. Giovanni alla Croce, Cremona (MS 590/17)
- Church of Santa Cecilia, Lavagno (MS 590/8)
- Church of Santa Maria di Gravedona, Milano (MS 590/9)
- Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Roma (MS 260/6)
- Church of St. Eutropius, Santa Marini (MS 590/5)
- Church of St. Laurentius, Roma (MS 260/24)
- Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria de Morimondo near Milano (MS 31)
- Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria de Staffarda, Piedmonte (MS 590/7)
- Cistercian monastery (MS 210/01)
- Cistercian Monastery of San Salvatore a Settimo, Firenze (MS 2857)
- Cistercian Monastery of Santa Maria della Columba, Piacenza (MS 225)
- Colleg. Rom. Soc. Iesu (MS 2370)
- Collegiate Church of St. Blasius (MS 260/69)
- Confraternity dedicated to St. James, Padua (MS 5100)
- Dominican Convent of S. Marco, Firenze (MS 1571/1)
- Dominican convent of St. Peter Martyr, Napoli (MS 764)
- Dominican (laterBenedictine) Monastery of S. Bartolomeo di Trisulti, Alatri, Napoli (MS 71)
- Dominican? Monastery of St. Clemens, Prato (MS 746)
- Franciscan Convent of Sta Maria delle Grazie, Monteprandone, Ancona (MS 1000)
- Franciscan Friars of Milano (MS 590/11)
- Franciscan Priory of St. Sebastian, Marostica (MS 1397)
- Monastery, North Italy (MS 595)
- Monastery, South Italy (MS 638)
- Monastery del Monte, Cesena (MS 748)
- Monastery of San Vivaldo, Firenze (MS 260/50)
- Monastery of Santa Maria e Amici, Aquila, Sicilia (MS 260/65)
- Monastery of St. Johannes of Sasferato, Nocera (MS 260/36)
- Monastery of St. Maria, Bologna (MS 260/37)
- Papal office, Orvieto (MS 590/18)
- Papal office, Velletri (MS 210/01)
- Santa Maria in Valicella, Roma (MSS 767, 768)
- Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma (MS 260/64)
- Santa Maria nel Tempio, Milano (MS 590/12)
- St. Felicia, Firenze (MS 260/38)
- St. Marco's Church, Roma (MS 260/27-28)
- St. Maria Novella, Firenze (MS 260/56)
- Vallumbrosan Abbey of St. Andrew, Ardinga, Siena (MS 596)
Japan
- Buddhist temple of Dai Butsu, Kamakura (MS 2342)
- Buddhist temple of Kofukuji, Nara (MS 2450)
- Chion'in temple, Kyoto (MS 2874)
- Daijoji temple, Hyogo prefecture (MS 2494)
- Kunitama Shrine, Osaka (MS 2450)
- Monastery of Kofukuji, Nara (MS 2450)
- Temple, Nara (MS 2924)
- Temple in Echido, Easter Honshu Island (MS 2537)
- Zenko-in temple, Nara (MS 2492)
Korea
- Temple (MS 2597/1-3)
Luxembourg
- Benedictine Monastery of St. Willibrord, Echternach (MS 1817)
Macedonia
- Monastery (MS 1897)
Mallorca
- Convent of St. Jaume (MS 5217)
- Convento de Capuchinos de Mallorca (MS 5146)
- Franciscan Convent of the Holy Fathers (MS 5217)
- Monastery of St. Franciscus Senobio (MS 5221)
Malta
- Church of San Bartholomeo Maggiore, Hurre della Pagilia (MS 260/70)
- Order of St. Johannes of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller (MS 260/70)
Moldavia
- Monastery of Neamtu (MS 1750)
Nepal
- Monastery (MSS 2170/5, 2171-2172, 2174-2175)
- Rudralaksmigegahuvarma monastery, Lalitapura (MS 2170/1-5)
Netherlands
- Brothers of Common Life, Zwolle (MS 1832/4)
Norway
- St. Svithun's Cathedral, Stavanger (MS 1385)
Orkney
- Cathedral of St. Magnus, Kirkwall (MSS 1676/1-2)
Peru
- Convento Grande de San Miguel, Lima (MS 2939)
Poland
- Synodus Wratislavensis, Wroclaw(?), Silesia (MS 670)
Russia
- Church of St. John Chrysostom, Astrakhan (MS 1755)
Scotland
- Augustinian Abbey of St. Mary and St. John, Inchaffray, Perth (MSS 1690/1-3)
- Bendictine Abbey of Kilwinning, Ayrshire (MS 2001)
- Benedictine Abbey of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline, Fife (MSS 1594/1-2)
- College and Royal Chapel at Restalrig, Edinburgh (MSS 1689/1-2)
Serbia
- Monastery of Frushka Gora, Voivodina (MS 1898)
- Monastery of St. George, Bonat, Voivodina (MS 1898)
- Serbian monastery (MS 1795)
Spain
- Abbey of San Juliani de Altura, Terrassa near Barcelona (MS 590/50)
- Abbey of San Laurenzo (MS 590/50)
- Benedictine Abbey of St. Facundus, Sahagun (MS 590/53)
- Capuchin Convent at Vich (MS 262)
- Carthusian Monastery of Aula Dei, Zaragossa (MS 38)
- Church of San Boi de Llucanes, Catalonia (MS 224)
- Church of St. Bartholomew, Campins (MS 210/31)
- Churches of St. Mary and of St. Laurence, Villardello (MS 210/31)
- Confraternity of the Archangel Michael, Valencia (MS 1283)
- Convent of Quejana, Alava, Basque country (MS 2197)
- Convento del Angel de los Carmelitos Descalzos, Sevilla (MS 038)
- Dominican Convent of S. Domingo, Puigcerda, Catalonia (MS 1366)
- Franciscan Convento de Signora Santa Ines, Sevilla (MS 003)
- Monastery of S. Pedro de Valverde, Galicia (MS 590/51)
- Monastery of S. Sebastià del Sull (MS 590/49)
- San Llorenc del Munt, Archive, near Barcelona (MS 590/49, MS 590/50)
- Vich Cathedral (MS 262)
Sweden
- Billinge and Höstånga churches (MSS 1920/1-2)
- Cistercian Nunnery, Sko, Uppsala (MS 1925)
- Franciscan monastery (MS 1392)
Syria
- Convent of Elias the Prophet on the Black Mountain (Convent of Mâr Panteêmôn), Antioch (MS 571)
- Orthodox Monastery, Nitrian Desert (MSS 1644/1-2)
Tibet
- Jokhang temple, Lhasa (MS 2096)
- Mohe nunnery (MS 2556)
- Monastery of Drepung (MS 2202)
- Monastery of Potala, Lhasa (MS 2202)
Turkey
- Agia Sofia, Constantinople (MS 1982)
- Monastery of St. George, Mokk, Lake Van (MSS 233/1-2)
- Monastery of the Theotokos, Constantinople (MS 1982)
- Monastery of Therapia (MS 1933)
U.S.A.
- Collegium Sti. Josephi, Spring Hill (MS 2370)
Vatican
- Papal Chancery (MS 260/05, 07-14, 18, 20-23, 25-26, 30, 32-35, 45, 51, 69, 590/02, 15, 17, 52, 2112)