Monastic and Medieval Digital Collections

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Collections

  • Medieval Document Collection

    Antiphonary, glossed Bible pages, a legal scroll and many other unique materials.

    Originals are housed in the Zhang Legacy Collections Center.

    Medieval Document Collection

  • Medieval Manuscript Variants in Aelfric of Eynsham's Catholic Homilies

    Homilies written by Aelfric of Eynsham, an English abbot, including Western Michigan University’s copy of “A Testimonie of Antiqvities,” dated 1566.

    Medieval Manuscript Variants

  • Relaçión general de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

    Transcription of a 16th-century Cabeza de Vaca general report at the Early Americas Digital Archive, a collaborative grant project with WMU’s Spanish Department.

    Relaçión general de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

  • Comentarios de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

    Transcription of 16th-century Cabeza de Vaca comments at the Early Americas Digital Archive, a collaborative grant project with WMU’s Spanish Department.

    Comentarios de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

  • Cistercian Liturgy Series

    Study of a 12th-century Cistercian hymnal and other Cistercian liturgical practices written by Chrysogonus Waddell, a monk and scholar.

    Cistercian Liturgy Series

  • Cistercian Reference Works

    Important and hard-to-find works on the Cistercian Order including bibliographies and dictionaries.

    Cistercian Reference Works

  • Liturgy O.C.S.O. Journal of Gethsemani Abbey

    Journals from the Liturgy Commission of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Order (O.C.S.O.) about their research and progress in the liturgical renewal, published from 1966 to 2003.

    Liturgy O.C.S.O. Journals

  • International Congress on Medieval Studies Programs

    PDFs of the printed programs from the International Congress on Medieval Studies held at WMU, dating back to 1962.

    Medieval Congress Programs

  • International Congress on Medieval Studies Schedules

    Schedules for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, an annual gathering of scholars, from 2012 to the present.

    Medieval Congress Schedules

  • Medieval Institute Publications

    Publications from faculty and staff affiliated with WMU's Medieval Institute.

    Medieval Institute Publications

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