Renaissance Liturgical Imprints (RELICS)

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This is a database of information about worship books printed before 1601. This project was developed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and The National Endowment for the Humanities funded early years of the work. It is now supported by the University of Michigan, the supervising personnel being:

Dr. David Crawford , Director
      (Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Dr. James Borders , Associate Director
      (Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Dr. Barbara Haggh, Associate Director
      (Professor of Musicology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)
Dr. David Rutherford, Advisor
      (Assistant Professor of History, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant)

We are interested in global questions about worship in Renaissance Europe. Our definition of liturgy, often a topic for spirited discussion, is rather loose; when in doubt about a particular book, we include it. We wish to portray here the European books of ritual for the several Catholic churches and also books for Protestant and Jewish faiths during the tumultuous generations before 1601. Our goal is to help colleagues find the books that can strengthen their research.

RELICS now includes information on over 13,882 titles. This information is based upon personal inspections of books in most of the major research libraries of the United States and also libraries in a few selected European cities. Some additional information derives from published bibliographies and library catalogs. Since this is an atypically ecumenical and international enterprise, much remains to be done; we will gratefully acknowledge in the database corrections or additions that you bring to our attention.

This database is distributed by the University of Michigan Library, and searching strategies are those of the Library's online catalog, which uses NOTIS and WebZ software. The data are copies from another database maintained at another location and managed by the software ProCite. Although information at the worksite is regularly updated, the file that is publicly available is infrequently updated.

Searching capabilities for this database include the following:

By year and date of printing

By printer's name

By printer's city

By publisher's name

By publisher's city

By book type (Missal, Processional, etc.)

By users (Roman, Franciscan, Ambrosian, etc.)

By names of artists, authors, editors, or translators

By country of probable use

By modern locations of copies

By the presence or absence of illustrations, music, or red ink

By language of texts

We invite you to browse through our web pages. For advice on citing this or other online sources, see The Columbia Guide to Online Style.