Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide

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Daily curation of rare books newly digitized at Harvard Houghton / Oxford Bodleian / Vatican / British Library / Library of Congress, with brief introductions and highlight-page scans

Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide05/18/2026, 11:18:30 PM

A Twelfth-Century Horace with Canterbury Roots Is Now Online at Oxford's Bodleian

Queen's College MS 202 — a 12th-century manuscript of Horace's complete works with medieval glosses, originating from Canterbury — was digitized and added to Digital Bodleian in April 2026. Its pages, used for centuries as a teaching text, are now freely viewable online.

Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide05/15/2026, 04:21:01 PM

Saint Louis's Prayer Book Hid in a Baltimore Pastor's Collection for Decades

A 13th-century illuminated breviary linked to the court of King Louis IX — written in blue and gold ink in 1260s Paris — was digitized by the Library of Congress on April 30, 2026, opening 563 royal folios to the world for free.

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