Collection Contents

Introduction / About Us

• 1. Size and scope of the collection
• 2. History and future
• 3. Provenance
• 4. Conservation
• 5. Research and publication

Monastic scriptoria and provenances

Bibliography

Main Collections

• 1. The Bible
  • 1.1 The Hebrew and Aramaic Bible
  • 1.2 The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint
  • 1.3 The Coptic Bible translation
  • 1.4 The Latin Bible translation
  • 1.5 Other Bible translations

• 2. History
  • 2.1 Sumerian history
  • 2.2 Babylonian history
  • 2.3 Assyrian history
  • 2.4 Persian, Greek and Byzantine History
  • 2.5 Roman history
  • 2.6 Medieval history
  • 2.7 Modern history

• 3. Literature
  • 3.1 Sumerian literature
  • 3.2 Babylonian literature
  • 3.3 Assyrian literature
  • 3.4 Classical Greek literature
  • 3.5 Classical Roman literature
  • 3.6 Medieval and Renaissance literature
  • 3.7 Modern literature

• 4. Palaeography
  • 4.1 The beginning of writing and the first alphabets
  • 4.2 Greek book scripts
  • 4.3 Latin book scripts
  • 4.4 Latin documentary scripts
  • 4.5 Greek and various documentary scripts
  • 4.6 Aramaic, Hebrew and Syriac scripts
  • 4.7 Arabic scripts
  • 4.8 American Indians' scripts, glyphs, pictographs and drawings

Special Collections

• 5. Patristic literature
• 6. Liturgy
• 7. Music
• 8. Law
• 9. Mathematics
• 10. Magical literature
• 11. Calendars and almanacs
• 12. Dead Sea Scrolls
• 13. Scribal activity, school and learning
• 14. Papyri and ostraca
• 15. Bindings and bookboxes
• 16. Seals
• 17. Apocryphal literature
• 18. Nordic countries
• 19. Dictionaries and Lexical texts
• 20. China
• 21. Pre-Gutenberg printing
• 22. Buddhism
• 23. Extinct and living religions

24. Various Smaller Collections

• 24.1. Architecture
• 24.2. Books of Hours, Prayerbooks
• 24.3. Historical and Literary letters
• 24.4. Legends
• 24.5. Children's literature and fairy tales
• 24.6. Library catalogues
• 24.7. Maps
• 24.8. Marine life
• 24.9. Medical texts
• 24.10. Miracles and lives of Saints
• 24.11. Peerage genealogies
• 24.12. Roman military diplomas
• 24.13. Ships, shipbuilding and seamanship
• 24.14. Slavery
• 24.15. Weight and measures
• 24.16. Wine and beer
• 24.17. Literature by female authors
• 24.18. Various texts