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Posted on December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 by Roger Pearse

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Ancient Christian Writers volumes online
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Cambridge Ancient History (3rd edition) online
Clauss-Slaby Inscriptions Database
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Franciscan Authors, 13th-18th Century: A catalogue in progress
Fundamental Reference Works for the Study of Arabic Literature
GCS texts for download
Google ancient Greek and Latin (hi-res)
Greek and Latin Epigraphy – an absolute beginners' guide
Gregory of Nyssa: the translations of Richard McCambly
Hermes – Zeitschrift für klassische Philologie
How to find patristic biblical citations
Hugh Houghton's papers on Ancient Biblical Commentaries
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Islamic Manuscripts Reference Library (including Graf)
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Loebs for download
Maia Ancient World Blogs
Mansi volumes online
Mischa Hooker: list of Patrologia Graeca volumes online
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Oeuvres complètes de Saint Augustin
Original Douay Rheims Bible
Papyrus Stories
Patristique.org
Patrologia Graeca online
Patrologia Graeca PDF's online (graeca.patristica.net)
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Perseus Catalog of ancient authors
PHI Database of Greek Inscriptions
Pinakes – IRHT Greek Manuscripts Database
Post-classical Latin Resources, by Daniel Hadas
Pseudo-Chrysostomica Database
Remacle.org – L'antiquité grecque et latine
Repertorium pseudo-chrysostomicum
Revue des Études Augustiniennes
Robert Bedrosian’s Armenian Translations
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Search engine for digitized Greek manuscripts
Sidonius Apollinaris
Table of all the councils
Texte und Untersuchungen online
The Suda Online

Language tools online

Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions
Corpus Corporum – a database of Latin texts
Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (DMNES)
Digital Gaffiot
Du Cange's Latin Dictionary (PDFs)
Du Cange, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis. Searchable for medieval Latin.
French English dictionary
Gaffiot's Dictionaire Latin-Français (1934)
Later Latin – Dictionaries (offline)
Latin inscription abbreviations (1808)
Lexicon of Latin Lexicons
Littré’s French dictionary
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