Project
  
ID36
SubmitterName 
SubmitterEmail 
NameParchments' Digital Images Archive
URLhttp://www.mab.lt/parchments/
CreatorLietuvos TSR Mokslu akademija. Centrine biblioteka
Manager 
ParticipatingCiceniene, Rima | Ožeraitis, Evaldas | Kanišauskaite, Gita | Pajedaite, Ingrida | Bielko, Andrius | Steponaitiene, Audrone | Reviakina, Aneta | Šcekaturovaite, Rasa
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DescriptionThis site features a selection of digitized images of parchments, which are documents written on animal skin that has been specially processed, from the parchments archive of the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The parchments record highly significant information such as royal privileges, donations, papal bulls, and international agreements. They serve as sources for various sciences and provide valuable information about aspects of political and social life, family relations, historical geography, toponymy, genealogy, and linguistics.
Goalaccess | preservation
Digital processesscanning
Inception 
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Collection
  
TitleParchments' Digital Images Archive
URLhttp://www.mab.lt/parchments/
CreatorLietuvos TSR Mokslu akademija. Centrine biblioteka
DescriptionThis site features a selection of digitized images of parchments, which are documents written on animal skin that has been specially processed, from the parchments archive of the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The parchments record highly significant information such as royal privileges, donations, papal bulls, and international agreements. They serve as sources for various sciences and provide valuable information about aspects of political and social life, family relations, historical geography, toponymy, genealogy, and linguistics.
Subject focusHistory
Geographical focusEurope, Eastern
Lithuania
Poland
Belarus
Latvia
Estonia
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
Austria
Italy
Chronological focus1100H-1500H
1180D-1490D
1187-1500
Language of itemslat
rRuthenian
pol
Size of collection121 parchments
Format of original itemsmanuscript
Source typeprimary
Identifier for original items 
Location of original itemsLietuvos TSR Mokslu akademija. Centrine biblioteka
Format of surrogate items 
Metadata/encoding scheme 
Medium of collectionno medium
Web servicesnone
Access conditions/rights asserted{http://www.mab.lt/parchments/contact.html}
Made available 
Frequency of additions 
Future plans