Portugal: Historical Collections

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• Medieval Sourcebook: Portugal

(Translations)

• Occidental manuscripts

The collection of Occidental manuscripts of the time from the 6th to the 20th century includes around 38,000 codices, among them predominantly 17,000 Latin and 13,000 German manuscripts, but also more than 1,000 French ones, 950 Italian ones, 650 Greek ones, 145 Spanish and Portuguese ones and 124 Slavic ones.

From Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

(6-20th century; facsimiles; English interface)

• Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

List of digitized books by date of publication.

(1175-2004; Latin and Portuguese facsimiles)

• Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Publicações periódicas

List of digitized newspapers and journals in alphabetical order.

(18th-20th centuries; Portuguese facsimiles)

• Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Following explorers from Portugal during the Age of Discovery.

By Levenson, Jay A; Curto, Diogo Ramada; and Turner, Jack.

(16th-17th centuries; maps, facsimiles, and commentary)

• Exploration and Expansion

(Translations and transcriptions).

• Naval History: Portugal

(1807; transcriptions).

• O Portal da História - História de Portugal

Political Documents from Portuguese History

(18th - 20th centuries; Portuguese-language transcriptions)

• Lista da obras na Memória da História

List of Portuguese Historical Works digitized by the National Library

(Facsimiles and transcriptions in Portuguese)

• Ius Lusitaniae - Fontes Históricas do Direito Português

Database of fundamental documents relating to Portuguese Legal History.

Browse or search the database.

(16th - 20th centuries; facsimiles)

• Hemeroteca Digital

A digital collection of historic Portuguese newspapers and journals.

(19th & 20th centuries; facsimiles and transcriptions)

• Biblioteca Nacional Digital

Portuguese National Digital Library with many books, maps and documents.

(Facsimiles)

• Biblioteca Digital da Universidade de Lisboa

Lisbon Digital Library with many books and documents.

(Facsimiles)

• Lista de obras na Memória da História

Digitized chronicles and related source documents in Portuguese history.

A product of the Biblioteca Nacional Digital.

(16th-20th centuries; facsimiles)

• Casa Comum

Archive includes historical prints, newspapers and other collections

(Portuguese, facsimiles)

• ATLAS: Cartografia Histórica

Includes maps and other geographic data on demography and political history in Portugal

Spearheaded by Prof. Luís Nuno Espinha da Silveira.

A project of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)

(Facsimiles and textual commentaries).

• Historic Cities of Spain and Portugal

A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities

(Facsimiles)

• Map Collections: Portugal

Collection of historical maps of Portugal.

(facsimiles)

• Intermediate Europe: Portugal Index

Collection of historical maps of Europe.

(facsimiles; Hungarian)

• Portugal: World Documents Library

Portuguese page of the World Documents Library.

(photos; facsimiles)

• Peace Agreement Database: Portugal

Collection of peace agreements entered into by Portugal.

(English)

• Colecções digitalizadas - Espólios

List of poems, letters, and manuscripts written by Portuguese artists.

(19th and 20th centuries; Portuguese facsimiles)

• Cinemateca Portuguesa: Portuguese Cinematheque

Catalog of Portuguese films, Portuguese articles about films, and images.

(Portuguese facsimiles)

• International Civic Coats of Arms: Portugal

(Facsimiles).

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