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Science
Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence.
Descriptions and exhibits pertaining to scientific achievements in the Italian Renaissance.

The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. Annotated bibiliography of books about Renaissance science.
By Ronald C. Tobey, Professor of History, University of California, Riverside.


Literature
Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy
Presents Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection at the University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library. The Zahm collection ranks among the top Dante collections in North America.

Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census
A database of information about worship books printed before 1601. This project was developed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and The National Endowment for the Humanities funded early years of the work. It is now supported by the University of Michigan.

The Decameron Web.
Life, works, and times of Giovanni Boccaccio, including links to other sites concerning late medieval and early Renaissance history, literature, society, and arts. By Massimo Riva, Brown University.


Art and Architecture
The Vatican Museum

Italian Renaissance Ceramics, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Twenty-five pieces from the museum's collection. Includes full-screen images, bibliography, exhibition history, location, provenance, and conservation notes


Societies for Renaissance Studies
Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies
Calls for papers and schedule for the next meeting of the society, plus general info about the meetings and the University of Ottawa, in English and French.

Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
A library and research center focusing on the period 1350 to 1700, the Center organizes lectures and seminars, and maintains an active series of publications.

The Renaissance Society of America
Since 1954 the Renaissance Society of America has been the leading organization in the Americas for the interdisciplinary study of the period 1300-1650 in Western history.


LIBRARIES

The Library of Congress, Washington, DC


DATABASES
Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service
CERES, the Cambridge English Renaissance Electronic Service, was started in October 1996 in response to the developing importance of electronic media in literary research. Aimed at those working in the area of English Renaissance literature and its environs, it offers its members a Starter Guide to help them get more from the internet, and a regular email newsletter, CERES Harvest, detailing and reviewing new developments in electronic resources for research in the Renaissance, as well as relaying calls for papers and conference programmes.

The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
A collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization. The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE builds digital collections and services while providing information and support to digital library developers worldwide.

The Internet Classics Archive
The Internet Classics Archive, originally known as The Tech Classics Archive, has received many awards over the years and is referenced from over 10,000 pages around the Web. It is also extensively referenced from the online edition of Encyclopaedia Brittanica.


ELECTRONIC TEXTS
Bibliotheca Augustana
This website is devoted to making Latin texts freely available in electronic form.


LISTSERVS
FICINO An international electronic seminar and bulletin-board devoted to all aspects of the Renaissance and Reformation. Sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto. To subscribe contact Prof. William Bowen: editor@epas.utoronto.ca


MISCELLANEOUS
Medieval/Renaissance Food

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments

Italian Renaissance Gardens
Visual Culture is part of the School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies at Monash Unviersity. The section is concerned with historical and critical studies of visuality in art, architecture, film, photography and the media.




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