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Literature from the Middle Ages (736-1500)The medieval literature in the database comprises Latinliterature a ter 735 and includes a large number of textsup to 1500.This part of the database contains more than 83 million wordsand continues to develop. It includes the complete works ofmany medieval authors such as Anselm of Canterbury, Beatusof Liebana, Bernard of Clairvaux, Rupert of Deutz, SeduliusScottus, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas a Kempis, Thomas ofCelano or William of St. Thierry. It also includes the Sentencesand the Commentaries on the Pauline epistles of PeterLombard, the Rationale of Guillaume Durand and importantworks by Abelard, Bonaventure, Hildegard of Bingen, Hughof Saint Victor, Jan Hus, Ramon Llull, William of Ockham,Walter of Châtillon’s Alexandreis, an important collection ofhagiographical texts and of liturgical works, a huge corpus ofworks related to the beginnings of the Franciscan order, andmany others.Key Features Contains more than 5,300 texts Academic partner: Centre ‘Traditio LitterarumOccidentalium’ Updated yearly with new material Interface in English, French, German and Italian The powerful search-so tware enables the usersto undertake enhanced search possibilities: by using wildcards and Booleans operators,the user can construct complex searchqueries filters are used when, instead of searchingthrough the entire data set, one wishes torestrict the search to a particular Authoror group of Authors, a particular Work, aparticular Period or CenturyNeo-Latin Literature (1501-1965)This part of the database already contains almost 12million words and continues to develop.It includes, for instance, the decrees from the modernecumenical Church councils up to Vatican II, the Latintranslations of John of Ruusbroec made by the GermanCarthusian Laurentius Surius, important Latin works ofRené Descartes, Lipsius’ De constantia, the Christianae religionis institutio of Calvin (according to the edition of 1559),poetical works by Joachim du Bellay and by the Jesuit JacobBalde, the epic Colombus poem of Ubertino Carrara SJ, thecomplete works of Lawrence of Brindisi, and many others.Recently Added TextsErasmus’ Correspondence,Spinoza’s main works,Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses and various other works,Peter Abelard’s Logica and various other works,Francis Bacon’s Novum organum,Meister Eckhart’s Commentary on John and various other works,Denis the Carthusian’s Commentary on the Psalms,the recently published Sermons of Augustine,etc.Related Databases The interface is the same as Brepols full-text databases (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Archive ofCeltic-Latin Literature and Aristoteles Latinus Database). Links to the Database of Latin Dictionaries (a user canselect a word found in a text of LLT and automatically find entries on the word in the constituentdictionaries of the Database of Latin Dictionaries); theconnection between LLT and the Database of LatinDictionaries will be enhanced over the coming years. By using the Cross Database Searchtool, LLT can besearched online together with the MonumentaGermaniae Historica, the Archive of Celtic-LatinLiterature and the Aristoteles Latinus Database. The cluster Brepolis Latin Complete includes all Latinfull-text databases and dictionaries.Source Collections5

Monumenta GermaniaeHistorica (eMGH)The online counterpart of one of the most prestigiouseditorial undertakings for the critical publication ofmedieval historical textsThe Monumenta Germaniae Historica wasfounded in 1819 by the Gesellscha t für Deutschlandsältere Geschichtskunde. It is without doubt one ofthe most prestigious editorial undertakings forthe critical publication of medieval historical texts.In more than 300 volumes, covering the widest possible range of historical documents,divided into five major Series (Scriptores, Leges,Diplomata, Epistolae and Antiquitates) and into33 Subseries, the Monumenta not only continues its editorial programme but it has established for all Western scholarship a standardfor critical editions.The powerful search engine developed by theCentre ‘Traditio Litterarum Occidentalium’and Brepols Publishers allows unparalleled exploitation of this important body of texts, permitting in-depth searches of the corpus.Related Databases The integration of the eMGH into the BrepolisLatin platform o fers the opportunity to carryout searches simultaneously with other collections of texts bringing together a total of almost 10,000 works (eMGH, Library of Latin Texts,Aristoteles Latinus Database, Archive of Celtic-LatinLiterature), and allows the user to search Latinreference dictionaries (Database of Latin Dictionaries). The cluster Brepolis Latin Complete includes allLatin full-text databases and dictionaries.6Source CollectionsKey Features The eMGH contains morethan 3,700 texts Interface in English, French,German and Italian In updates, precedence is generallygiven to narrative sources Advanced search capacities forthe eMGH are combined withthe possibility of accessing thedigital version of each text.Thus, from each search result, alink to the digital version of thecorresponding page (along withits critical apparatus) is o fered The powerful search-so twareenables the users to undertakeenhanced search possibilities: by using wildcards and operators,the user can construct complexsearch queries filters are used when, insteadof searching through the entiredata set, one wishes to restrictthe search to a particular Authoror group of Authors, a particularWork, a particular Period orCentury

Aristoteles LatinusDatabase (ALD)The complete corpus of medieval translationsof the works of AristotleThe critical edition of the Medieval LatinAristotle is one of the main projects supervisedand supported by the Union Académique Internationale / International Union of Academies.The most important objective of the project isto bring to scholarly attention the various formsin which Aristotle’s texts came to be read in theWest. The Latin versions of these texts constituted the main tools for the study of scienceand philosophy in the Middle Ages. They wereconsidered as being the canonized littera towhich all the commentaries on Aristotle’s worksreferred. The role played by these translations inthe development of the Western philosophicaland scientific terminology can thus hardly beoverestimated. All the texts that have been critically edited in the series Aristoteles Latinus arenow available online together with the texts notyet available in a critical edition.Key Features Academic partners: InternationalUnion of Academies, AristotelesLatinus Centre (KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven) andCentre ‘Traditio LitterarumOccidentalium’ The texts constitute the maintools for the study of science andphilosophy in the Middle Ages Interface in English, French,German and Italian The powerful search-so twareenables the users to undertakeenhanced search possibilities: by using wildcards and Booleansoperators, the user can constructcomplex search queries filters are used when, insteadof searching through the entiredata set, one wishes to restrictthe search to a particular Authoror group of Authors, a particularWork, a particular Period orCenturyRelated Databases The interface is the same as for the otherBrepols full-text databases (Library of LatinTexts, Monumenta Germaniae Historica andArchive of Celtic-Latin Literature) and the CrossDatabase Search Tool allows the user to searchall of these databases together. Live links to the Database of Latin Dictionaries:a user can select a word found in a text of ALDand automatically find entries on the word inthe constituent dictionaries of the Database ofLatin Dictionaries. The cluster Brepolis Latin Complete includes allLatin full-text databases and dictionaries.Source Collections7

Archive of Celtic-LatinLiterature (ACLL)The corpus of Latin literature produced inCeltic-speaking Europe from the period 400-1200 ADIn the early Middle Ages, literate individuals in and from the Celtic periphery of Europe(Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland andthe Isle of Man) wrote many and varied Latinworks constituting what can arguably be seenas a distinctive literature, whose unusual vocabulary, grammar and phrasing (to say nothingof subject-matter) made it into what has beencalled “one of the most curious and interestingphenomena of medieval philology”.Subject AreasThis database contains more than five hundred Latin works by over a hundred knownand unknown authors, spanning the fieldsof theology, liturgy, computistics, grammar,hagiography, poetry and historiography, andincluding legal texts, charters, inscriptions, etc.Related Databases The interface is the same as the one for otherBrepols full-text databases (Library of LatinTexts, Monumenta Germaniae Historica andAristoteles Latinus Database) and the CrossDatabase Search Tool allows the user to searchall of these databases together. Live links to the Database of Latin Dictionaries: auser can select a word found in a text of ACLLand automatically find entries on the word inthe constituent dictionaries of the Database ofLatin Dictionaries. The cluster Brepolis Latin Complete includes allLatin full-text databases and dictionaries.8Source CollectionsKey Features Contains more than 500 texts Academic partners: Royal IrishAcademy and Centre ‘TraditioLitterarum Occidentalium’ Interface in English, French,German and Italian Possibility to find a text basedon a Lapidge & Sharpereference (L&S) The powerful search-so twareenables the users to undertakeenhanced search possibilities: by using wildcards andBoolean operators, the usercan construct complexsearch queries filters are used when, insteadof searching through theentire data set, one wishesto restrict the search to aparticular Author or groupof Authors, a particular Work,a particular Period or Century

Database ofLatin Dictionaries (DLD)An unparalleled resource for research onthe Latin language throughout the agesBecause of its broad spectrum of dictionaries,the Database of Latin Dictionaries (DLD) o fers animmediate overview of Latin vocabulary that noisolated dictionary can give.In order to cover all possible perspectives onLatin vocabulary, the DLD o fers several kindsof dictionaries: defining and translating, thematic, medieval and early modern. Therefore,the DLD is a major tool both for students learning Latin and for experienced scholars.Key Features 24 Dictionaries available Academic responsibility:Centre ‘Traditio LitterarumOccidentalium’ Multilingual interface (English,French, German and Italian)The interface provides first-time users witha simple search option, while the more experienced can explore the advanced searchpossibilities where all kinds of words or expressions, Latin or Non-Latin, can be the object ofcomplex queries using various criteria, singlyor in combination. Defining, translating, thematic,medieval and early moderndictionariesStarting in 2005 with only two dictionaries,it has now grown into a large collection of 24dictionaries. Each year at least one dictionaryis added and various improvements are madeto the existing ones. These improvements canbe corrections to the original text, increasedsearch possibilities or the addition of newlypublished addenda. The DLD strives to give itsusers the best and most up-to-date information. Newly added: Meyer-Lübke, W.(1935), Romanisches etymologischesWörterbuch, Heidelberg: Winter Search by Latin dictionaryheadwords or by non-Latin words(English, French, Spanish, Italianor German) The DLD includes the Dictionary ofMedieval Latin from British Sources(DMLBS) The DMLBS provides online accessto the complete printed version( The British Academy, finalfascicule published in December 2013) The database presents thevocabulary of the Latin languageas written in Britain and by Britonsabroad from Gildas (AD 540) toCamden (1600)Related Databases The DLD provides links to the full-text databases(Library of Latin Texts, Monumenta GermaniaeHistorica, Aristoteles Latinus Database and Archiveof Celtic-Latin Literature). The cluster Brepolis Latin Complete includes allLatin full-text databases and dictionaries.Source Collections9

Patrologia OrientalisDatabase (POD)The corpus of patristic texts from the Christian Eastpublished in the Patrologia Orientalis seriesThe Patrologia Orientalis Database (POD) is acollection of patristic texts from the ChristianEast, including works, recorded in non-Latin languages, that come from geographical, cultural,or religious contexts somehow linked to Romeor the Eastern Roman Empire.This initial version of the database allows usersto access texts included in the Patrologia Orientalis (PO) series in two forms: the original text,available as a PDF file, and a searchable translation. The user can search for items (such as keywords or quotes) in the language into which atext was translated in the PO. All the texts in thePO are searchable, and the reader can check thetranslation with the original text visible alongside as a non-searchable PDF file.Related Databases For patristic texts see also Library of LatinTexts (full-text database), Sources ChrétiennesOnline (full-text database including Frenchtranslation), and Répertoire des traductionsfrançaises des Pères de l’Eglise (repertorium).10Source CollectionsKey Features Provides the online version oftexts and translations publishedin the Patrologia Orientalis series Each text is provided in its originallanguage (Syriac, Armenian,Arabic, Coptic, Ge’ez, Georgian,and Slavonic) and in translation Translations are searchable Numerous filters (author, title,subject, language, etc.) Multilingual interface (English,French, German, and Italian) Content up-to-date with printedseries by the end of 2020

Launched in 2020Bibliographie Annuelle duMoyen Âge Tardif (BAMAT)OnlineThe Annual Bibliography of Late MedievalLatin Authors and TextsThis database, published in collaboration withthe IRHT, forms an answer to the challenge raisedby the proliferation of the current bibliography,by focusing on two criteria: the speed of thedata extraction and the analytical quality of therecords.The database provides an up-to-date bibliography with very little timelag. It is a bibliographyabout late medieval authors and texts, andincludes the manuscripts cited in catalogues bylibrary collections, by genres, or by authors aswell as in editions or other studies.Key Features Online version of the BibliographieAnnuelle du Moyen Âge Tardif(Brepols Publishers, 1992-) More than 115,000 bibliographicrecords More than 10,000 historicalauthors, over 48,000 manuscriptsand 60,000 incipits Direct links with In Principio Annual updates Partner: the Institut de Rechercheet d’Histoire des Textes (Paris) Numerous search fieldsRelated Databases For other medieval and early modern bibliographies, see the International MedievalBibliography (IMB), the Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BCM), and the InternationalBibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance(IBHR). Another useful research tool for the study ofthe writers, texts and manuscripts of Antiquity,the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance isIn Principio, the incipit index of Latin texts. For the study of Latin texts, see also the fulltext database Library of Latin Texts.Bibliographies11

L’Année philologique (APh)The reference bibliography for academic publicationsrelating to Ancient Greek and Roman CivilizationL’Année philologique, published by the Société In-ternationale de Bibliographie Classique, is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly worksrelating to all aspects of Ancient Greek andRoman civilizations. The bibliography is published in print and online. The online databaseincludes all volumes of the annual index, beginning with Volume I published in 1928. Both theonline and print publications are now availablevia Brepols Publishers.Key Features Broad coverage of publicationsrelated to Antiquity, includingLate Antiquity More than 868,000 bibliographicrecords and 519,000 review references About 14,000 records addedannuallySubject AreasL’Année philologique covers a wide array ofsubjects, including Greek and Latin literatureand linguistics—which includes early Christian texts and patristics—Greek and Romanhistory, art, archaeology, philosophy, religion, mythology, music, science, and scholarly subspecialties such as numismatics, papyrology, and epigraphy.Abstracts of journal articles are provided inEnglish, German, Spanish, French, or Italian.Book entries may include tables of contents andbook review information.Related Databases Live links to ancient authors and texts in theLibrary of Latin Texts published by Brepols andto external full-text resources on the ClassicalWorks Knowledge Base , including PHI ClassicalTexts, Perseus Digital Library and ThesaurusLinguae Graecae.12Bibliographies More than 1,000 journalsindexed Records include abstracts forarticles, citations of reviewsfor monographs, and tables ofcontents for edited volumes Multiple search fields: author, title,year of publication, subject, etc. DOI links to the full text ofa book or article Several export formats(EndNote, Zotero, RefWorks,Microso t O fice Word) Multilingual interface Metrics component that enablesusers to examine in detail trendsin Classics, see journal profiles(e.g. information on subjectsand periods covered), and findauthors’ publication profiles Compatible with OpenURL,facilitating linkage to full text Email alerts

International MedievalBibliography (IMB)Multidisciplinary Bibliography of Europe,North Africa and the Near East (300-1500)The International Medieval Bibliography wasfounded in 1967 with the support of the MedievalAcademy of America, with the aim of providing acomprehensive, current bibliography of articlesin journals and miscellany volumes (conferenceproceedings, essay collections or Festschri ten)worldwide. Its editorial sta f is based at theInstitute for Medieval Studies at the Universityof Leeds, and the project is supported by over 50teams of contributors in Europe, North America,Australia and Japan.The International Medieval Bibliography comprisesmore than 500,000 articles, all of whic

4 T he project was started in 1991 as the Cetedoc Library of Christian Latin Texts, CLCLT, under the direction of Prof. Paul Tombeur.From 2009 on-wards, the database is known as the Library of Latin Texts, the world’s leading database for Latin texts. The new name Library of Latin Texts refers to the expansion of the chronological