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Keyword library
- Bodleian Library
- http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/
- The mainpage of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford can be visited at:
- keywords: library, oxford
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Libraries
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- Daniel's Civil Wars
- http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/SCETI/PrintedBooksNew/index.cfm?TextID=daniel_civil&PagePosition=1
- The Ciuile wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke....London: Printed by Simon Watersonne, 1609. This facsimile is available at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Daniel, Samuel
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Daniel's Collection of the history of England
- http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=daniel_collection&PagePosition=1
- Daniel's Collection of the history of England. Printed at London : [by Nicholas Okes], 1621. Cum priuilegio. This text is available at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: collection, england, history, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Daniel, Samuel
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Dante, Alighieri (1265-1321)
- http://www.ccel.org/d/dante/
- Dante'sInferno,Purgatorio, andParadisoas translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are available atChristian Classics Ethereal Library:
- keywords: dante, alighieri, library
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > European > Dante
- valid as of 2005-09-13
- Donne's Poems
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=donne&PagePosition=1
- Poems, by J.D. With Elegies on the authors death. London : Printed by M.F. For Iohn Marriot ..., 1633. This text is available at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: death, donne, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Donne, John
- valid as of 2005-09-12
Early Modern Women Database- http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3
- Early Modern Women Database, maintained by Georgianna Ziegler of the Folger Shakespeare Library, is a comprehensive and informative gateway to women's writing, art, and society:
- keywords: art, bibliography, database, early, modern, library, women
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Erasmus's Praise of Folly
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=erasmus&PagePosition=1
- The praise of Folie. Moriae Encomium, a booke made in latyne by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. (Moriae encomium. English). [Imprinted at London]: in Fletestrete in the House of Thomas Berthelet. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, [1549] Anno. M.D.LXIX. View this text at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: english, erasmus, library, london, praise, folly
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > European > Erasmus
- valid as of 2005-09-13
- First Folio
- http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=firstfolio&PagePosition=1
- The Furness Libraryat the University of Pennsylvania has the complete First Folio online. Here you can view all the plays in the form they were pubished just a few years after Shakespeare's death: "Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies.London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623.":
- keywords: death, first, folio, library, london
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12

Folger Shakespeare Library- http://www.folger.edu/
- The Folger Shakespeare Librarycontains some of the finest historical and textual materials on Shakespeare. Look especially at their past exhibitions:
- keywords: historical, library
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources
- valid as of 2005-09-09
Folger Shakespeare Library- http://www.folger.edu/index.cfm
- TheFolger Shakespeare Librarymaintains some excellent pages on the exhibitions they have mounted. There are some superb resources available here on the social history of the Renaissance:
- keywords: history, library, renaissance, social
- found in: Renaissance Sites > History
- valid as of 2005-08-02

Folger Shakespeare Library- http://www.folger.edu/
- The Folger Shakespeare Librarycontains some of the finest historical and textual materials on Shakespeare. Look especially at their past exhibitions:
- keywords: historical, library
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Libraries
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- Gosson's Playes Confuted
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=gosson&PagePosition=1
- Playes confuted in fiue actions : prouing that they are not to be suffred in a Christian common weale, by the waye both the Cauils of Thomas Lodge, and the Play of playes, written in their defence, and other obiections of players frendes, are truely setd. London: Imprinted for Thomas Gosson dwelling in Pater noster row at the signe of the Sunne, [1582]. This text is available at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: defence, gosson, library, london, thomas, players
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Gosson, Stephen
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Holinshed's Description of Britain -- Selections
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_britain&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580? An Historicall description of the Iland of Britaine [Selections]. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text can be viewed a theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: britain, england, george, holinshed, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed's Description of Ireland
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_ireland&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580? A Treatise conteining a plaine and perfect description of Ireland [Selections]. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, 1586. This text can be located at theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: england, george, holinshed, library, london, ireland
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed's Description of Scotland -- Selections
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_scotland&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?. The Historie of Scotland, conteining the beginning, increase, proceedings, acts and gouernement of the Scotish nation [Selections]. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1585]. This text is made available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: england, george, historie, holinshed, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sHenry IV
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_henryIV&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?. Henrie the fourth, cousine germane to Richard the second, latelie depriued. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: england, george, holinshed, library, london, richard
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sHenry V
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_henryV&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580? Henrie the fift, prince of Wales, sonne and heire to Henrie the fourth. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: H5, england, george, holinshed, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sHenry VI
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_henryVI&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?. Henrie the sixt, sonne and heire to Henrie the fift. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London:Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop,Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is made available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: england, george, holinshed, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sHenry VIII
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_henryVIII&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580? Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is made available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: H8, england, george, henry, holinshed, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sRichard II
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_richII&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?. Richard the second, the second sonne to Edward prince of Wales. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is made available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: R2, edward, england, george, holinshed, library, london, richard
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Holinshed'sRichard III
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=holinshed_richIII&PagePosition=1
- Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?. Richard the third, third sonne to Richard duke of Yorke, and vncle to Edward the fift. InThe Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: Printed by Henry Denham, at the expenses of Iohn Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, [1587]. This text is made available through theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: R3, edward, england, george, holinshed, library, london, richard
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > The Histories
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Jonson's Volpone F1
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=jonson_volpone&PagePosition=1
- Volpone, or The Foxe. A comoedie. Acted in the yeere 1605. By the K. Maiesties Servants. (Volpone). In Workes of Benjamin Jonson. Imprinted at London : by Will Stansby, 1616. This text is available at theFurness Collectionat:
- keywords: jonson, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Jonson, Ben
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Marlowe's Jew of Malta
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=jew_of_malta&PagePosition=1
- The famous tragedy of the rich Jew of Malta, as it was playd before the king and queene in his majesties theatre at White-Hall. London : Printed by I.B. for Nicholas Vavasour, 1633. This text is available at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: jew, king, library, london, malta, marlowe, theatre, tragedy
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Marlowe, Christopher
- valid as of 2005-09-13
- Mirour for Magistrates 1610
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=mirour_selections&PagePosition=1
- Niccols, Richard, 1584-1616. "How Qveene Cordila in despaire slew her selfe, the yeare before Christ, 800" FromIn A mirovr for magistrates : being a trve chronicle historie of the vntimely falles of such vnfortunate princes and men of note, as haue happened since the first entrance of Brute into this iland...London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1610. Furness Library Facsimile:
- keywords: chronicle, historie, library, london, richard
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-09
- More's Life ofRichard III
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=more_richIII&PagePosition=1
- The tragicall historie of the life and reigne of Richard the third. Written by the right honorable Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England. In The historie of the pittiful life and unfortunate death of Edward the fifth and the then Duke of Yorke, his brother ; with, The troublesome and tyrranical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end. London: T. Payne and sold by M. Young, 1641. This text can be accessed at theFurness Collection:
- keywords: R3, death, edward, england, fifth, historie, library, life, london, richard
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > More, Sir Thomas
- valid as of 2005-09-13
Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism- http://www.geocities.com/litpageadd/moultongeneral.html
- Moulton, Charles Wells.Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, 1901. Text provides a collection of commentaries and criticism from the Early Modern Period through to the late nineteenth century:
- keywords: collection, criticism, english, library
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual articles > Historical (pre-1935)
- valid as of 2005-09-07
National Portrait Gallery- http://www.npg.org.uk/
- The National Portrait Gallery, London provides a picture library search with information on approximately 10,000 works. Search by artist, sitter, or title or browse alphabetical lists of artists and sitters You can restrict your search to images available on the website:
- keywords: gallery, library, london, portrait
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Art
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Ovid's Metamorphoses (1567)
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=ovid&PagePosition=1
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.. The XV. bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis. (Metamorphoses. English). London : William Seres, 1567. This text is made available through theFurness Collection:
- keywords: english, library, london, metamorphoses, ovid, william
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Richard IIISociety
- http://www.r3.org/bookcase/shaksper/
- Richard IIIand a whole lot more (including an article on Shakespeare's sources) resides at theRichard III Society: Online Library of Primary Texts and Secondary Sources:
- keywords: library, sources, r3, richard, primary, secondary
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Hypertexts
- valid as of 2005-09-12
Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/humanism.html
- Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Cultureis an essay on the Humanists in the Renaissance, from the Library of Congress. This site includes images of original manuscripts:
- keywords: vatican, culture, library, manuscripts
- found in: Renaissance Sites > History
- valid as of 2005-09-14

SCETI: Furness Collection- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/
- Several individual plays and other early titles of interest are available in facsimile from theFurness Libraryat the University of Pennsylvania. The site requires a modern browser and a fast connection to the Internet:
- keywords: collection, library
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays
- valid as of 2005-09-09

SCETI: Furness Collection- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/
- The wonderfulFurness Library, at the University of Pennsylvania, now provides vibrant facsimiles from various Shakespeare plays and other renaissance works of interest in Shakespeare studies, such asHolinshed's Chronicles. This site requires Flash plug-in:
- keywords: collection, facsimiles, folio, holinshed, library, manuscript, renaissance
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Shakespeare on Film & Video: Books in the UC Berkeley Library
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/ShakespeareBib.html
- Investigate Shakespeare film bibliography from the Library of the University of California, Berkeley:
- keywords: bibliography, film, library, video
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Performance > Movies
- valid as of 2005-09-09
The British Library - The world's knowledge- http://www.bl.uk/
- The website forThe British Libraryin London can be accessed at:
- keywords: british, library, london
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Libraries
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- The Frank Furness Collection
- http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/furness/
- The Frank Furness Collectionat the University of Pennsylvania Library includes the text of various Shakespeare plays as well as graphic examples of the originals; the site also has other relevant Renaissance texts. This site requires flash plug-in:
- keywords: collection, library, renaissance
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources
- valid as of 2005-09-09
- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
- http://www.huntington.org/
- The Huntington Library, Art Collection, and Botanical Gardensof San Marino, California can be accessed at:
- keywords: art, library
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Libraries
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- The Newberry Library
- http://www.newberry.org/
- The Newberry Libraryof Chicago can be located at:
- keywords: library
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Libraries
- valid as of 2005-09-15
The Perseus Digital Library- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
- The Perseus Digital Libraryfrom Tufts University "is an evolving digital library, engineering interactions through time, space, and language." The library's materials cover many periods and include such resources as ancient texts and translations, philological tools, maps, extensively illustrated art catalogues, and secondary essays. View the contents of this site at:
- keywords: ancient, art, essays, illustrated, library, maps, perseus, translations
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Pre-Renaissance Materials > Classical
- valid as of 2005-09-15
Touchstone : Co-operation and Partnership among UK Shakespeare Collections- http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/
- The British Library presentsTouchstone, a "research tool for Shakespeare research in the United Kingdom." From this site you can search for materials on Shakespeare in the UK, explore past and present productions, and submit questions to the Shakespeare Enquiry Service. This site includes a good exhibitions section:
- keywords: british, library
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources
- valid as of 2005-09-09

World Shakespeare Bibliography- http://www.worldshakesbib.org/
- Harner, James. L. ed.World Shakespeare Bibliography Online. The Johns Hopkins UP and The Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. This bibliography contains annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1968 and early 2006. An excellent resource for the serious student, however, the site requires a $60.00/year subscription:
- keywords: association, articles, bibliography, electronic, library
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Study materials
- valid as of 2005-10-20