Research Tools: Reference works, bibliographies and databases
Dictionaries and lexical aids
- Du Cange's Glossarium Mediae et infimae latinitatis (ed. 1883-7): A wordlist of medieval Latin, giving examples of the words' post-classical usage
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Orbis latinus on-line edition of Graesse's Orbis Latinus (1909): a dictionary of Latin placenames and their vernacular equivalents (University of Columbia)
- Latin Place NamesLink opens in a new window found in the imprints of books printed before 1801 (Bibliographic Standards Committee)
- Lexicons of Early Modern English (including a number of English/Latin dictionaries), from the University of Toronto
- Neulateinische Wortliste (Johann Ramminger)
- REED Composite Latin Word-List Link opens in a new windowa glossary of Latin terms relating to Early Modern drama and performance by the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project (Toronto)
- Sylva rhetoricae on-line definitions and examples of rhetorical terms
- Bautz (BBKL) Biographical and Bibliographical Church Lexicon
Bibliographies and Thematic Databases
- GnomonLink opens in a new window: Online bibliographical database linked to the Classics journal Gnomon
- Traditio ClassicorumLink opens in a new window: Charles S. Lohr's bibliography of secondary literature on The Classical Tradition
- Database of Nordic Neo-Latin LiteratureLink opens in a new window
- Early English Books OnlineLink opens in a new window (EEBO): anything printed in England in any language, including Latin. Subscription needed.
- Eighteenth Century Collections OnlineLink opens in a new window (ECCO): picks up where EEBO ends. Subscription needed.
- English Short Title Catalogue OnlineLink opens in a new window
- Text Creation PartnershipLink opens in a new window (TCP): (access from contributing institutions)
- Oxford Text ArchiveLink opens in a new window: (for portion of TCP now in public domain)
- Humanistica Helvetica: An open access portal dedicated to the Latin literature of the Swiss humanists
Bibliographical Tools, Palaeographical Aids, History of the Printed Book
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Vocabulaire codicologique - a multi-lingual lexicon (Fr, It, Sp, Eng) of codicological terms (English version under development)
Journals
- Classical Receptions Journal journal on the Receptions of Antiquity, OUP
- CamenaeLink opens in a new window (revue en-ligne) French journal based at the Sorbonne, Paris
- Humanistica Lovaniensia multi-lingual journal based at Leuven University, Belgium
- Neulateinisches Jahrbuch multi-lingual journal based at the Universität Bonn, Germany
- Revista SilvaLink opens in a new window Spanish journal dedicated to the study of humanism and the Classical Tradition
- Studia Humaniora TartuensiaLink opens in a new window On-line, open-access journal, based at the University of Tartu, Estonia, focussing on Classical studies and Ancient history, Neo-Latin studies, the Classical Tradition, and the History of Scholarship and Philosophy