The content of Brepols databases covers the classical and medieval period. The BREPOLiS platform containing source materials, articles, encyclopedias, dictionaries was created to serve the needs of the scholars in the fields of religion, philosophy, Latin, Greek and Oriental literature, medieval and Renaissance history, classical and patristic studies, and history of art.
BREPOLiS databases offer access to a wide range of resources on the roots of Western civilization and help foster better quality in scholarship.
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International Medieval Bibliography (IMB online) [Międzynarodowa bibliografia średniowiecza]
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The International Medieval Bibliography was founded in 1967 with the
aim of providing a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles. This
multidisciplinary bibliography of Europe, North Africa and the Near East (300 -
1500) contains more than 350,000 records and offers a wide range of search
possibilities. |
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Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (Bibliografia cywilizacji średniowiecza)
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The Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BCM) has been established
by the Centre d’Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (Université de Poitiers) and aims to provide a comprehensive, current bibliography of
monographs. |
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International Directory of Medievalists [Międzynarodowy informator o specjalistach z zakresu średniowiecza]
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The International Directory of Medievalists Online is the continuation
of the printed editions and contains 15,000 names and addresses of specialists
from over 70 different countries with for the majority their fields of
study. |
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Lexicon des Mittelalters
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The Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA) is an indispensable tool for
medievalists across all disciplines. It deals with all branches of Medieval
Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and
parts of the Middle East and North Africa. The ancient roots of Western Culture,
as well as neighbouring cultures, such as the Byzantine, the Arabic and the
Jewish, occupy a prominent position in the encyclopaedia. |
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International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages [Międzynarodowa encyklopedia średniowiecza - suplement leksykonu średniowiecza]
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The purpose of IEMA is to offer newly-written, commissioned, articles,
fully peer-reviewed that supplement Lexikon des Mittelalters and offer
supplementary notes to the original LexMA articles. The chronological range of
IEMA is 300–1500 CE, and it covers all of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle
East. |
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Europa Sacra
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Europa Sacra offers complete coverage of Church prelates, information
on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates and
prosopographical information on 18,507 bishops, archbishops and patriarchs. |
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Ut per litteras apostolicas... Papal letters
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The database Ut per litteras apostolicas represents an electronic
version of the renowned Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe siècle
(32 vols.; Rome, 1883- ) and the Registres et lettres des Papes du XIVe
siècle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899- ). This publication provides access to
valuable sources not only for church historians but those interested in
politics, socio-economic affairs, warfare, cultural history, even the
environment. |
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In Principio - Incipit Index of Latin Texts (IP-11) - online
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The database contains over 1,000,000 incipits covering Latin literature from
the Pre-classical Age to the Renaissance. It is aimed at all those scholars and
libraries interested in the writers, texts and manuscripts of Antiquity and the
Middle Ages. It is an inevitable tool when studying or publishing a particular
text or to make an inventory of manuscripts. |
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Vetus Latina Database - online
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The huge panoply of Latin biblical texts which were in existence and use from
the second century AD/CE until the time when the Vulgate became predominant are
known under the common rubric of the Vetus Latina, or the Old Latin,
Bible. The term Vetus Latina refers to all those biblical texts
translated into Latin which are not found in the Vulgate. This database contains
every citation, listed by book, chapter and verse of the Bible. The citations
(over 300,000) can be searched individually or as a whole, following the
biblical structure. The result of a search is an image of the card file
available in the Vetus Latina Institute. |
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica
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The Monumenta Germaniae Historica was founded in 1819 by the
Gesellschaft für Deutschlands ältere Geschichtskunde. It is without doubt one of
the most prestigious editorial undertakings for the critical publication of
medieval historical texts. The MGH has established for all Western scholarship a
standard for critical editions. The search-software offers a wide range of
search possibilities. |
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Library of Latin Texts Complete
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Library of Latin Texts (former abbreviation: CLCLT) is the world’s
leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin
literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second
Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period,
the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin
literature as well as works of recentior latinitas.
Series A (LLT-A)
- More than 3,200 latin texts from Antiquity to the
twentieth century
- Each text benefits from intensive research work
Series B (LLT-B)
- A complementary database that grows at a faster pace than the LLT-A
- Texts taken directly from existing editions About 300 texts already available
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Database of Latin Dictionaries (Baza danych słowników łacińskich online)
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The database grows gradually and comprises three kinds of dictionaries:
dictionaries to assist translation from Latin into modern languages,
dictionaries providing semantic and etymological explanations in Latin of Latin
words and historical Latin dictionaries. |
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Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature (Archiwum literatury celtycko-łacińskiej)
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The Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature Online is a full-text database
of the corpus of Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe from the
period 400-1200 A.D. It contains more than 450 Latin works spanning the fields
of theology, liturgy, computistics, grammar, hagiography, poetry and
historiography, and including legal texts, charters, inscriptions, etc. |
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Aristoteles Latinus Database (ALD) - online
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The ALD is a full-text database of the corpus of medieval translations
of the works of Aristotle. The Latin versions of these texts constituted the
main tools for the study of science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. |
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