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American Academy in Rome, Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library, Barbara Goldsmith Rare Book Room

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Buffalo and Erie County Public Library

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California State Library, Sutro Library

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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

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University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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University of California, Riverside, Tomás Rivera Library, Special Collections & Archives

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City College of New York, Morris R. Cohen Library, Archives and Special Collections

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Columbia University Libraries and Barnard College Library

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Fordham University, Archives and Special Collections

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Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections

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General Theological Seminary, Christoph Keller, Jr. Library

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Harvard University, Houghton Library

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Indiana University Bloomington, Lilly Library

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Library

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University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

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University of Missouri, Ellis Library

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Spencer Art Reference Library

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New York University, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library

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Oberlin College, Oberlin College Library Special Collections

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University of Oregon, Special Collections & University Archives

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University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Rutgers University, New Brunswick Libraries

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San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library

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Smith College, Special Collections, Mortimer Rare Book Collection

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University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center

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Tufts University, Tisch Library Special Collections

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University of Vermont, Silver Special Collections Library

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The Walters Art Museum, Manuscripts and Rare Books

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Yale University, Beinecke Library

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Digital Scriptorium (DS) is a growing consortium of North American institutions with collections of global premodern manuscripts. DS is dedicated to building an online national union catalog built on Linked Open Data technologies and practices for premodern manuscripts in US collections.

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