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Digitized Printed Catalogues

HMML has begun the digitization of catalogues relating to its holdings . Materials will be put on-line as they become available.

The Arabic Manuscripts in the Antiochian Orthodox Monasteries in Lebanon. Volume Two: Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand. By Souad Slim et al. University of Balamand, 1994.
Catalogue raisonne des manuscrits historiques de la Bibliotheque Orientale de l'Universite Saint-Joseph. Part 1 by Louis Cheikho, S.J. (arabic mss. 1-792), published in the Melanges de l'Universite Saint-Joseph (1913-1929). Part 2 by Ignace-Abdo Khalife, S.J. (arabic mss. 793-1520, plus syriac mss 1-58), published in the Melanges de l'Universite Saint-Joseph (1951-1964).
Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the Collection of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. By Anoushavan Vardapet Tanielian. Series: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Armenian Library.
Katalog der Armenischen Handschriften in der Bibliothek des Klosters Bzommar. Catalogue of Armenian manuscripts held by the Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar in Lebanon.

Search Databases
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library contains a number of different collections. As a "library of libraries," most of its holdings consist of microfilms or digital images of manuscripts held by other institutions. HMML also has its own collections of manuscripts, printed books, and art, not all of which are catalogued. Therefore, several different search systems are used to find things in the HMML collections.

Finding Manuscripts
HMML has been photographing manuscripts and cataloguing their contents since 1965. This core mission has resulted in a collection of over 90,000 manuscripts, mostly on microfilm. If you're looking for information about HMML's manuscript holdings, the main manuscript catalogue is the place to start.

Help on using the main online manuscript database can be found here. In addition to the main catalogue, a number of useful handlists can also be downloaded from this site; these finding aids break the manuscript collection into useful categories for quick searches.

Browsing and Searching for Images Online
In 2004, Vivarium was launched. This online digital object database allows users to browse and search for images and their accompanying metadata.

Note: The holding in Vivarium consist mostly of art and manuscript images from HMML's own holdings. Users looking specifically for manuscripts should start by looking in the main online manuscript catalogue.

Vivarium is an online database, and also acts as a presentation device for the main online manuscript catalogue. Some manuscripts in the main catalogue have images available on Vivarium. Special lists are available indicating which manuscripts in the catalogue have online images available. Refer to the collection of handlist documents at the right of this page.

Handlists

Manuscripts relating to the American Continent. Compiled by Julian G.Plante 21 May 1991
Apocalypse Manuscripts containing Illustrations in HMML. Compiled by Julian G. Plante 20 August 1991
Campanologies: Manuscripts on the subject of bells in HMML and not in HMML, but cited in published sources. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. Updated 28 November 1990
Carmelite Authors and Texts and Manuscripts of Carmelite Provenance. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 27 August 1991
Chinese Manuscripts. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 1 September 1988.
Manuscripts on microfilm from Czechoslovakia. Compiled by Julian G. Plante 21 May 1992
Manuscripts on microfilm from France. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 8 November 1991 (rev. 27 July 1992)
French Manuscripts. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 13 November 1990 (rev. 28 August 1992)
German Paleography. Bibliography compiled by Julian G. Plante from holdings of the Alcuin and Hill Monastic Manuscript Libraries of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota
Indic (including Sanskrit) Manuscripts on Microfilm and Manuscript Catalogues. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 12 June 1992
Manuscripts on microfilm from the Republic of Ireland in HMML. compiled by Julian G. Plante. 21 May 1992
Spanish Manuscripts on Microfilm. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 19 June 1991
Tibetan Manuscripts on Microfilm. Compiled by Julian G. Plante. 22 June 1992
Lowe Manuscripts. E. A. Lowe, Codices latini antiquiores, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934-1966) is a multi-volume palaeographic guide to Latin manuscripts dated prior to the ninth century. The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library systematically acquired reproductions of the manuscripts cited by Lowe.
Microfilm Collections from English Libraries. Prepared by Matthew Heintzelman, April 2003
Manuscripts listed by Gamber. Klaus Gamber, Codices liturgici latini antiquiores, 2 volumes (Freiburg: Spicilegii Friburgensis Subsidia, 1968) is an authoritative bibliography of liturgical manuscripts. HMML systematically collected reproductions of the manuscripts listed by Gamber.
Arabic Manuscripts in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Compiled by Julian G. Plante, edited by Matthew Heintzelman.
Armenian Manuscripts in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Compiled by Julian G. Plante, edited by Matthew Heintzelman.
Syriac Manuscripts in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Compiled by Julian G. Plante, edited by Matthew Heintzelman. 23 October 1990, with later revisions.
MAGI (THREE KINGS; WISE MEN; JESUS CHRIST. EPIPHANY) Manuscript Texts and Bibliography Compiled by Julian G. Plante, 17 November 1990
Apocalypse Manuscripts containing Illustrations in HMML. Compiled by Julian G. Plante, 20 August 1991
Manuscripts of the Rule of Benedict in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Compiled by Matthew Heintzelman March 5, 2003
List of Ethiopian manuscripts in the HMML online catalogue that have sample images online (Excel spreadsheet)
List of manuscripts in the HMML online catalogue that have color microfilm images in Vivarium (Excel spreadsheet).
List of manuscripts from Balamand, Lebanon in the HMML Catalogue that have sample images online (Excel spreadsheet).