Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide2026/05/21 00:12:29A Student's Dispatch from Holland: William Nicolson's 1678 Travel Manuscript Is Now OnlineQueen's College MS 68 — Iter Hollandicum — is a 1678 manuscript travel account of Holland written by William Nicolson as a young Oxford student for his powerful patron Joseph Williamson. Recently added to Digital Bodleian, it offers a rare glimpse of one of England's future bishops before his career was made — observing the Dutch Golden Age at firsthand.
Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide2026/05/18 23:18:30A Twelfth-Century Horace with Canterbury Roots Is Now Online at Oxford's BodleianQueen's College MS 202 — a 12th-century manuscript of Horace's complete works with medieval glosses, originating from Canterbury — was digitized and added to Digital Bodleian in April 2026. Its pages, used for centuries as a teaching text, are now freely viewable online.
Today's Newly Digitized Rare Books Worldwide2026/05/15 16:21:01Saint Louis's Prayer Book Hid in a Baltimore Pastor's Collection for DecadesA 13th-century illuminated breviary linked to the court of King Louis IX — written in blue and gold ink in 1260s Paris — was digitized by the Library of Congress on April 30, 2026, opening 563 royal folios to the world for free.