(The following collection of resources does not claim to be comprehensive. The MBK do not accept any responsibility for the content of the linked pages)

General information

• An informative website on medieval libraries: Wolfgang Müller, Bibliothekswesen (Spätmittelalter), publiziert am 10.12.2014; in: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, (30.10.2018)
• ARChumanities: A useful list of projects and publications on medieval library catalogues
• Virtual Library Geschichte: A list of useful links (unfortunately not completely up to date).

Editions and Repertories of medieval library catalogues

• Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, published by the British Academy, see also https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/british-medieval-library-catalogues#tab-266421
• Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Österreichs: 5 volumes, Holzhausen, Vienna 1915–1971 and the later volumes of the series: „Veröffentlichungen zum Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters“ published by the Austrian Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Abteilung Schrift- und Buchwesen
• Inventari delle Biblioteche Medievali Italiane: A collection of digitized publications on medieval libraries in Italy based on the database R.I.Ca.Bi.M. (Repertorio di inventari e cataloghi di biblioteche medievali) created by the Società internazionale per lo studio del medioevo latino (SISMEL). The project Repertorio di Inventari e Cataloghi di Biblioteche Medievali is intended to extend beyond the Italian peninsula to include the medieval libraries of Bohemia (Czech Republic).
• Corpus Catalogorum Belgii, 7 vol., Brüssel 1966–2011, edited by Albert Derolez u.A.
• Bibliothèques de manuscrits médiévaux en France. Relevé des inventaires du VIIIe au XVIIIe, herausgegeben von Genevois, Anne-Marie u.A., Paris 1987
• Libraria. Pour l’histoire des bibliothèques anciennes: a French project devoted to the history of ancient libraries in France
• Theodor Gottlieb: Über mittelalterliche Bibliotheken, Leipzig 1890. The classic publication on medieval library catalogues
• Becker, Gustav: Catalogi bibliothecarum antiqui, Bonn 1885

Manuscript catalogues online

• Handschriftenportal: The central online portal for book manuscripts in German collections
• Handschriftenkataaloge (previously: Manuscripta Medievalia): A database of printed and unprinted manuscript catalogues from German libraries
• manuscripta.at: Medieval manuscripts in Austrian libraries
• e-codices: Swiss online catalogue of digitalized manuscripts and manuscript catalogues
• Biblissima: A joint project of leading libraries and research institutions in France with a large collection of digitized manuscripts and old prints, catalogues and editions
• Gallica: The information portal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) with a large collection of digitized manuscripts and prints
• CODEX. Inventario dei manoscritti medievali della Toscana: A database of medieval manuscripts in Tuscany
• Manuscriptorium: A Czech project with a digital library of manuscripts and printed books
• British Medieval Library Catalogues: A catalogue of identified books from British libraries of the 10^th – 16^th century

Digital Library Reconstructions

A survey of projects aimed at digitally reconstructing medieval libraries by Prof. Dr Eva Schlotheuber/Düsseldorf and Prof. Dr Jürgen Wolf/Marburg (PDF, German language). 

The overview entails project descriptions, contact data and links for 18 current or completed projects in Gemany and abroad; last updated in June 2022.