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Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Latin

A guide to library resources for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Medieval Latin Literature at UIUC Library

The Classics Library Collection of the Literatures and Languages Library, located in 225 Main Library, is home to one of the world's greatest collections of Latin texts, not only from Classical Antiquity, but extending to all periods of the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.  Series of texts that are of import to medievalists and are housed in their entirety in 225 Main Library include Corpus Christianorum, the Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, Sources Shrétiennes, the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Oxford Medieval Texts, Oxford Early Christian Texts, and the I Tatti Renaissance Library.  The Classics Library Collection is also home to a wide assortment of reference works and secondary studies pertaining to Latin literature in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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