Canterbury Medieval Manuscripts
Catalogues and digitized manuscripts available at
archives and libraries
"In undertaking the publication of this book, the University Press has, I fear, committed itself to a costly and unremunerative work ; and its staff has had to grapple wth some knotty problems in the way of printing."
​
M. R. James, Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1903) e-book on Internet Archive.
​
List of digitized manuscripts dating from c. 700 AD – c. 1550 where the description contains Canterbury (includes references to Archbishops of Canterbury from later periods)
​
Manuscrits France-Angleterre 700-1200
Polonsky Foundation Project with BnF and British Library.
​
MLGB3 – Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
Search under Medieval Library location for Canterbury for books from St Augustine’s Abbey, St Gregory’s Priory (1 ms), Christ Church Priory, Dominican convent (1 ms) and the Franciscan Convent. Dover Priory was a daughter-house of Christ Church Priory. Search results can be saved as a pdf.
​
Although largely superseded by MLGB3, Montague Rhodes James’s catalogue is still useful.
M. R. James, Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1903) e-book on Internet Archive.
​
A list of manuscripts possibly produced in Canterbury, many with digitized images from Digital Bodleian website.
​
146 digitized manuscripts associated with Canterbury from Parker Library, Corpus Christi, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge, Wren Digital Library
Search medieval manuscripts by religious house for Canterbury works. Fully digitized volumes.
​