The Europeana Regia project took place over the course of 30 months, from January 2010 to June 2012. With the collaboration of five major libraries located in four countries and the support of the European Commission, this project made it possible to digitise more than 1000 rare and precious manuscripts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. All of them were once part of three great royal collections that are currently dispersed and which represent European cultural activity at three distinct periods in history: the Bibliotheca Carolina (8th and 9th centuries), the Library of Charles V and Family (14th century) and the Library of the Aragonese Kings of Naples (15th and 16th centuries). These manuscripts are now fully accessible on the websites of the partner libraries and have also been included in Europeana.
The library assembled in the 15th century by the Aragonese kings of Naples is the third component of the Europeana Regia project.
* Thanks to Jeff Matthews for bringing this magnificent resource to our attention with his latest blog entry at Naples: Life, Death & Miracles
Also see: • Free Download of The Restoration of Ancient Bronzes: Naples and Beyond From The Getty
• Download Hundreds of Free Art Publications from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
