Detail of partial screen shot of digital scriptorium website (as of October 2013).  Please click on image to view entire image.

Detail of partial screen shot of digital scriptorium website (as of October 2013).  Please click on image to view entire image.

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Digital Scriptorium is Founded

11/1997
Logo of digital scriptorium page on Bancroft Library website.

Logo of digital scriptorium page on Bancroft Library website.

In November 1997 Digital Scriptorium, an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, hosted by Columbia University Libraries, was founded. It united scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research.

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