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Aldus Pius Manutius - Publisher of Renaissance Venice
"Using books published as early as 1502 this exhibition describes the life, work, and impact of Aldus who published in Venice from 1494 until his death in February of 1515. The exhibition includes beautiful bookbindings from the 16th to the 20 Century."
Simon Fraser University Library Rare Books and Special Collections

Dscriptorium Home Page
"...devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts (D is for Digital)."
By Jesse Hurlbut

The Ilardi Microfilm Collection
Renaissance Diplomatic Documents ca.1450-1500
Information on the collection and digitized images of selected documents.
Yale University Library

Jesuits and the Sciences: 1540-1995 - (dead link)
Online exhibit from Loyola University of Chicago
Some great scanned images

Philadelphia Museum of Art

• Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript Illumination
  "Eighty manuscripts and cuttings from the collections of eleven Philadelphia-area institutions are assembled for the first time in this collaborative exhibition. Organized by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold presents a wide variety of religious and secular works of art that represent the major manuscript centers of medieval and Renaissance Europe."

Printing- Renaissance & Reformation
Online exhibit from the University of South Carolina

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
The Library of Congress' online Vatican Exhibit

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