General works
- Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the RenaissanceThe Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance is an interdisciplinary research database containing documentation centering on the classical tradition, a focus of Renaissance studies.
- Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World"With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences."
- Past MastersThe Past Masters series comprises full-text electronic editions of works by major philosophical figures, in both original language and in English translation. Areas: history of political thought and theory, education, religious studies, economics, classics, history and German studies. Texts include published and unpublished works, articles, essays, correspondence.
- Thesaurus linguae LatinaeThe TLL is the first comprehensive scholarly dictionary of ancient Latin from the earliest times down to AD 600. The TLL permits users to follow the development of meaning and usage of Latin words. This online database of the TLL provides access to the contents of all lexicon articles published up to 2008 (that is the letters A–M, O, P–pomifer, porta–pulso), the articles in the Onomasticon volumes (letters C and D), the Index librorum, and the Praemonenda de rationibus et usu operis, a multilingual introduction to the printed version of the Thesaurus. The content of TTL online is identical to that of the printed version of the Thesaurus.
- RETRAPA Project (Repertorium Translationum Patrum Graecorum - XIVth-XVIIth Centuries)The Church Fathers, as well as the classical writers, played a very important role in that wide recovery and renewal programme of the culture, typical of the Humanism. The translations from the Greek done between XIVth and XVIth Century were the most important resource in the promotion of knowledge of Patristic literature in the West.
- Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC)The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval worlds.
- Early Books and Manuscripts at Houghton LibraryThe Early Books & Manuscripts Collection includes material dating from approximately 3000 BCE to 1600 CE and ranges from papyri to early and illuminated manuscripts to early printed books. While there is an emphasis on Western languages and cultures, the collection is also strong in Arabic, Indic, Persian, and Syriac manuscripts.
- Epigraphica EuropeaDatabase con inscriptions in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It includes two searches for literature and images on inscriptions.
- Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes Pinakes : Textes et manuscrits grecsLa base Pinakes rassemble la tradition manuscrite des textes grecs antérieurs au XVIe siècle, à partir des catalogues des bibliothèques du monde entier.
- MIRABILE - Archivio Digitale della Cultura Latina MedievaleMIRABILE è un knowledge management system per lo studio e la ricerca sulla cultura medievale promosso dalla Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino e dalla Fondazione Ezio Franceschini ONLUS di Firenze.
Full text databases of Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance literature
- Library of Latin TextsLatin texts with translations in English, French, German, and Italian, from: Corpus Christianorum.Series Latina; Corpus Christianorum.Continuatio Medievalis; Corpus Christianorum ecclesiasticorum Latinorum; Patrologiae cursus completus.Series Latina; Patrologiae Latinae supplementum; Sources chrétiennes; S. Bernardi opera omnia; and Biblia sacra juxta vulgatam versionem.
- Vetus LatinaThe Vetus Latina Database is a compilation of Latin biblical texts that pre-date the Vulgate. The texts are collected by the Vetus Latina Institut in Beuron, Germany and also printed in the Vetus Latina series. The database is updated as new citations are added to the collection. Coverage: 2nd to 4th centuries CE.
- Latin LibraryThis website includes a very large collection of Latin texts, including classical literature, legal and religious texts and a number of medieval works. According to the website, the texts come from a variety of public domain sources and a list of links to the provider of texts is given. No translations or other commentary is provided.
- Acta SanctorumThe Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic collection of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, organized according to each saint's feast day. The Database contains the text of the sixty-eight printed volumes of Acta Sanctorum published in Antwerp and Brussels by the Société des Bollandistes. A copy of the printed work is available at the Berenson Library at BX4655.A2 1965. The source text for the database is that of the original edition, recommended by the Société des Bollandistes, and not the later incomplete editions published in Venice in 1734-1760 and by Palme in Paris in 1863-1870. The Acta Sanctorum Database contains the complete Acta Sanctorum, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Biblioteca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers are also included. Although the text is primarily in Latin, the database has an English language search engine and help. A cross-search option allows users to find search terms in both the Acta Sanctorum Database and the Patrologia Latina Database. Also, Brill's edition of Jan Frederik Niermeyer's Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus is available from the search page. Coverage: 1643-1940
- Patrologia Latina DatabaseThe Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Latina. he Patrologia Latina Database covers the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Some major figures included are Hilary, Ambrose, Jerome, Boethius, Isidore, Bede, Peter Damian, Bernard, Augustine, Peter Lombard, Peter Chrysologus and many others. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars, are also included. Although the text is primarily in Latin, the database has an English language search engine and help. A cross-search option allows users to find search terms in both the Patrologia Latina Database and the Acta Sanctorum Database. Also, Brill's edition of Jan Frederik Niermeyer's Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus is available from the search page. Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers are also included. Coverage: 200 AD - 1216 AD
Journals online
- I Tatti StudiesI Tatti Studies - Essays in the Renaissance. Available from 1985 until 2009.
- Interpres : rivista di studi quattrocenteschi [0302-0224]Full text available via Editoria italiana online from 2002 (v. 21).
- Italia medioevale e umanistica [0391-7495]Full text available via Editoria italiana online from 2001 (v. 42).
- Journal of medieval and early modern studies [1082-9636]Full text available via Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) from 1997. Most recent 1 year(s) not available. Full text available via Project Muse Standard Collection from 2000 until 2004.
- Reformation & Renaissance review [1462-2459]Full text available via Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) from 1999. Most recent 3 month(s) not available.
- Renaissance and Reformation [0034-429X]Full text available via Miscellaneous E-Journals from 2000 (v. 24).
- Renaissance NewsFull text available via GLBT Life with Full Text (EBSCOhost) from 2004.
- Renaissance quarterly [ 0034-4338]Full text available via JSTOR from 1967-2004 Full text available via Literature Online (Lion) from 1994 until 1998 Full text available via Miscellaneous E-Journals from 2000 until 2006 Full text available via Miscellaneous E-Journals from 1948 Full text available via Project Muse Standard Collection from 2007.
- Renaissance studies [ 0269-1213]Full text available via Blackwell Synergy from 1997 Full text available via Synergy Blackwell H_S_S Backfile from 1987 until 1996.
- Schede umanistiche : rivista semestrale dell'Archivio Umanistico Rinascimentale Bolognese (ARUB)Full text available via Editoria italiana online from 2000.
- Sixteenth century essays and studies [ 0080-987X]Full text available via JSTOR from 1970 until 1971.
- Sixteenth century journal [0361-0160]Full text available via JSTOR from 1972 until 2002.
- Studies in the Renaissance [ 0081-8658]Full text available via JSTOR from 1954 until 1974