Award winning software that enables the detailed study of ancient and medieval manuscripts from around the globe. Evellum puts these priceless treasures at your finger tips.

Current products

Ductus
Latin paleography teaching software based on 66 manuscript facsimiles. Includes videos depicting the scribe at work, a 15-session course, and extensive glossaries and support documentation. (The Australian Award for Excellence 2000)

Exeter
Conventional and digital editions of Exeter Dean & Chapter MS 3501, commonly known as "The Exeter Book", but presented here as The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry.

Junius
A scholarly digital facsimile edition of Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 11, often referred to as the 'Caedmon Manuscript'.

Wilfrid
Conventional and digital editions of the twelfth-century Life of St Wilfrid by Edmer of Canterbury (secretary of St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury).

The Making of a Medieval Manuscript
Step-by-step demonstration of the making of a medieval manuscript. The first stage of a larger undertaking to produce a documentary film recreating and recording this complex process.


Upcoming products
Scriptorium
This documentary affords users a glimpse into life in a medieval scriptorium. It examines various aspects of the production of a medieval manuscript: the making of inks and paints, the application of gold leaf, the preparation of the parchment, and much more.

Terence
A scholarly digital facsimile edition of the six Latin Comedies of the second-century B.C. Roman playwright Terence, as preserved in the 12c illustrated manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library Auct. F. 2. 13.

Vernon
A scholarly digital facsimile edition of the Middle English Vernon Manuscript, preserved in the illuminated manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library Eng. Poets 1. This project is under the direction of Professor Wendy Skase of The University of Birmingham.

Evellum specialises in the production of digital facsimiles of ancient and medieval manuscripts. Read more...