Historic American Sheet Music / Digital Collections / Duke Digital Repository About the Digital Collection The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University holds a significant collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music. The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of over 3000 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920. Some materials and descriptions may include offensive content. From Our Blog by Brittney Rankins almost 5 years ago New Additions Brief summaries of articles pulled from a future digitized issue published by The Chronicle, as part of the 1990s Duke Chronicle Digitization Project The time has come for the temperature to drop, decadent smells to waft through the air, and eyes become tired and bloodshot.
ATHENA - Pierre Perroud 100% Free eBooks for All Devices Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg The Online Books Page The Vatican Library's Amazing Documents Are Finally Online The news: The Vatican Library is getting an e-upgrade. The official library of the Holy See is undertaking a massive digitization project designed to upload hundred of thousands of books and images from its physical archives into an online database. As Business Insider reports, nonprofit organization Digita Vaticana Onlus was founded in 2013 with the goal digitizing 80,000 manuscripts. The process, as laid out by the project's website, is pretty basic. Check out some of the collections: Codex Borgianus Codex Borgianus dates back to the end of the 15th century. Bilingual version of Iliad This version of the Iliad entered the Vatican Library in 1613. Japanese dance paintings This collection of 11 watercolor paintings depicts Japanese women dancing the traditional Nihon Buyo. Mishneh Torah Dating between 1451 and 1475, the Hebrew manuscript of the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides features intricate illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. They're just getting started. Correction: Oct. 28, 2014
Vatican library plans to digitise 82,000 of its most valuable manuscripts Vatican Apostolic Library, founded in 1451 and considered one of the world’s most important research libraries, is hoping in the next four years to archive its entire collection of 82,000 manuscripts, comprising more than 41 million pages. The library announced on Thursday that it will work with experts from the Japanese IT systems specialist NTT Data Corporation, to digitalise 3,000 handwritten works by 2018. While the library has already begun to digitalise around 6,000 manuscripts, the collaboration is designed to enhance current archiving methods with special measures that will improve long-term storage and safekeeping. The library was founded by Pope Nicholas V in the 15th century and has one of the finest collections of manuscripts, books, photographs, coins and medals in the world. An ancient codex realized in Rome in 400 AD (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)
Vatican Library The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat,[1] is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally established in 1475, although it is much older, it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. It has 75,000 codices from throughout history,[2] as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula. The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science and theology. Pope Nicholas V (1447–1455) envisioned a new Rome with extensive public works to lure pilgrims and scholars to the city to begin its transformation. In March 2014, the Vatican Library began an initial four-year project of digitising its collection of manuscripts, to be made available online. Historical periods[edit] Pre-Lateran[edit] Lateran[edit] Avignon[edit]