akumler on Feb 26 2009 | Filed under: Doing research, General academic
Here’s the url for a wonderful research guide to medieval art & architecture compiled by people at Harvard:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/maa/
It contains a wealth of helpful online sources and is definitely worth exploring and bookmarking!
Bon appetit!
akumler on Dec 05 2008 | Filed under: Doing research
If you haven’t yet you’ll want to check out the newly relaunched website for the Roman de la Rose digitization project: http://romandelarose.org/#home
They currently have fourteen Rose MSS digitized, but they plan to do all the extant illuminated Rose manuscripts! Our very own Rose MS, University of Chicago, MS 1380, is viewable from the site.
akumler on Oct 16 2007 | Filed under: Doing research, General academic
If you are interested in medieval and/or renaissance manuscripts, Digital Scriptorium is a resource you should know about: http://scriptorium.columbia.edu
A collaborative project involving a long (and growing) list of U.S. repositories, Digital Scriptorium provides access to high-quality digitized images of manuscripts held throughout the United States. At present, the database comprises records for 5,300 manuscripts and [...]
akumler on Oct 15 2007 | Filed under: Doing research, General academic
The Koniklijke Bibliotheek (in the Hague) has recently launched a fantastic online resource for anyone interested in manuscripts held in Dutch collections. You’ll find it here: http://www.mmdc.nl/static/site/index.html
This database is searchable in a variety of ways and results include both catalog information and (in many cases) sample digitized pages. Even better (for those of us who [...]
rezorach on Oct 09 2007 | Filed under: Doing research, Fellowship information
Dissertators in Art History should consider applying for the SSRC’s international dissertation research fellowships:
http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/
Though it is administered by the SSRC (Social Science Research Council), there is no intrinsic bias against the humanities. Humanities fields are fully eligible for this grant, which provides 9-12 months of funding for research abroad. Proposals should have the capacity to [...]