The Acta Sanctorum database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, from the edition published in 68 volumes. The collection of rare documents examines the lives of saints, organized according to each saint's feast day, and runs from the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.
Abbreviation: actasan
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1643–1940
Subjects: History, Literature, Religion
Type: E-Book Collections, Historical / Primary Sources
Patrologia Latina (Latin Church Fathers) is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars, are included.
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Abbreviation: patro
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 200–1216
Subjects: History, Religion
Type: E-Book Collections, Historical / Primary Sources
The mission of the Loeb Classical Library, founded by James Loeb in 1911, has always been to make Greek and Latin literature accessible to the broadest range of readers. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease.
Abbreviation: loeb
Vendor: Harvard University Press
Coverage: 700 BCE–700 CE
Subjects: Classics, History, Literature, Religion, Theatre
Type: E-Book Collections
The electronic version of the celebrated Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe sicle (32 vols.; Rome, 1883) and the Registres et lettres des Papes du XIV e sicle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899)—complemented with unpublished information, the more than 250,000 documents provide insights into the most varied aspects of medieval society.
Abbreviation: papal
Vendor: Brepols Publishers
Subjects: History, Religion
Type: Historical / Primary Sources, Indexes / Catalogs
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