Parker on the Web

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Parker on the Web is a project run by Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Library and Stanford University Libraries. The main goal of the project is to digitise all of the medieval manuscripts in the Parker Library and to put images of the manuscripts on the internet.

Like most other medieval manuscript collections, access to the Parker Library in Corpus Christi College is limited to scholars and few people ever get to see the treasures of the library, which houses Matthew Parker's manuscripts. Many manuscript libraries have images from their books on the internet, but this is the first project that seeks to make an entire library publicly accessible on the web.

The initial phase of the project began in the summer of 2003, when the first two manuscripts, MSS 16 and 26, were digitised. These images are currently available as a prototype. A feasibilty study was conducted during the early months of 2005 and the main project began at the end fo 2005. The project is funded by the Mellon Foundation.

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