| Digital Scriptorium | |
|---|---|
| Curators | Educational consortium |
| Funded by | Institute for Museum and Library Services |
| Website | digital-scriptorium.org |
Digital Scriptorium (DS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt consortium of American libraries with collections of medieval and early modern manuscripts, that is, handwritten books made in the traditions of the world's scribal cultures.[1][2] The DS Catalog represents these manuscript collections in a web-based platform form building a national union catalog for teaching and scholarly research in medieval and early modern studies.
The DS Catalog is an open-access resource based on Linked Open Data technologies and practices. It enables users to study manuscripts held in academic, research, and public libraries and museums in the United States. It makes available collections that are often restricted from public access and includes not only famous masterpieces of book illumination but also understudied manuscripts that have been previously overlooked for publication or study.
DS is overseen by a board of directors and is supported by its member institutions. As an organization with national representation, DS serves the interests of a diverse community of scholars, teachers, students, hobbyists, booksellers, and collectors—anyone with an interest in premodern manuscripts.
- ^ Clemens, Raymond; Graham, Timothy (2007). Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-80-143863-9. OCLC 487164034.
- ^ De Hamel, Christopher (1997). A History of Illuminated Manuscripts (2nd, revised and enlarged ed.). London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-71-483452-8. OCLC 883857406.