The Italian website MIRABILE provides a database of hagiographical source material in Latin, Italian and German languages in cooperation with some other projects. The website itself is available in Italian and English. The search query offers several options to refine the search, especially in terms of manuscripts. Additionally, there are search proposals to guide and help your research.
Schlagwort-Archiv: Latin
Digitisation of the Vitae Sanctorum Danorum (Kiel University)
Digitised and machine readable version of Gertz‘ 1908-12 Vitae Sanctorum Danorum.
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints‘ Lives
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook (IMS) is part of the Internet History Sourcebook project, which aims at providing digital versions of public domain original source texts and can be used as an online textbook. The sub-catalogue for hagiography lists the sources by era and geographical origin (for example “Celtic Saints”, “Byzantine Saints” etc.). Additionally, they provide sources for pilgrimage in Western Europe and about the contemporary critical handling of the cult of saints. While most of the sources are dedicated to one saint, the IMS also gives access to important hagiographical collections like the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine or the work of Symeon Metaphrastes. The user – and that’s of the greatest benefit – can search the catalogue as well as the full text. However, the search procedure is split into different search engines. Reading the introduction to the search procedure is recommended. Not all of the links are still working but it still is an excellent resource for students and scholars! Paul Halsall and the large number of contributors included Latin and vernacular hagiographic texts and even some translations which makes the IMS a truly valuable source!
Mapping Miracles
The project Mapping Miracles. A Database of Motifs in Insular Hagiography was initially started by students and aims to develop a taxonomy and online repository of miracles in saints’ lives written in Latin and the regional vernaculars in Britain and Ireland between 600 and 1200. They are aiming at developing a useful resource for researchers. However, Mapping Miracles is still in its first phase as they are currently cataloging conversion motifs and coming up with an overall data structure. Also, the last post was published in 2014 and the last symposium was in 2015.
Last Updated: 2015
Documenta Catholica Omnia
The website Documenta Catholica Omnia. Omnium paparum, conciliorum, ss. Partum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiae qui ab aevo apostolico ad usque Benedicti XVI tempora floruerunt is concerned with making Latin editions of Christian documents available online. The website is also in Latin. It provides a multitude of PDF-files and links to online versions of the respective editions. They include liturgy, papal documents, patristic texts, and much more.
Saint Patrick’s Confessio
This website is the first point of contact for information on the Confessio of St. Patrick. It was created as part of the HyperStack Project, a project initiated by the Royal Irish Academy and several other Irish institutions. Their aim is to provide information on the Irish patron St. Patrick by providing access to his works. Accordingly, the website offers St. Patrick´s Confessio, his Epistola in Latin and translations in several modern languages (English, German, Italian etc.). For Medieval Studies, the digitisation of eight manuscripts of the Confessio from the 9th to the 17th century might be very useful as there are five manuscripts from the 11th and 12th century. For the history of reception, the digitisation of the two early modern and the four 20th century prints might be of interest. The website also includes “Special Features” such as scholarly articles, bibliographies and further texts on St. Patrick.
patristica.net
patristica.net collects available online editions of papal literature, church councils and other patristic writings. English translations are partly included. The website collects editions of Labbé from the 17th century, Giovanni Domenico Mansi from the 18th century and Heinrich Denzinger from the 19th century. Access to the Patrologiae Cursus Completus Series Graecea and Series Latina by Jacques Paul Migne from the 19th century is also provided. For each volume, there are several links to digitised versions. Not all of the links are still working but it should be possible to find a working link to most volumes.
Moreover, there are a few helpful links to make working with the texts easier (i.e. help with Greek diacritics, a Greek dictionary and more). Thus, the website offers contextualising works that are also important for hagiographic research. Weiterlesen
Narrative Sources: The Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries
Narrative Sources from the Medieval Low Countries is an annotated collection of narrative source texts of all kinds which originate in the historical area of the medieval Low Countries. This includes historiographical sources as well as hagiographical texts. The entries contain a great deal of information on the genesis of the text (author, period of origin, etc.), on transmission (manuscripts, co-transmission, etc.) but also on modern accessibility (editions, translations, etc.). All of this information can be searched for explicitly. In general, the search options are manifold: in addition to a temporal limitation you can also search directly for manuscripts or certain types of sources. This is where hagiography comes into play. Hagiography can be selected via the „Type“ search function. A total of 786 entries on hagiographical texts from the Low Countries between the 6th and 16th centuries can be found here.
Author: Jeroen Deploige (Department of History – Ghent University)