Franciscan Studies

• The Franciscan Archive — online portal to digitized, resources for the study of Franciscan art, history, liturgy, literature, and saints. Free, open access. http://www.franciscan-archive.org/

• Franciscan Authors, 13th-18th Centuries — bibliography of Franciscan manuscripts and works in Franciscan studies. Free, open access. http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/index.htm

• The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University — an international center of research on the Franciscan intellectual tradition focusing on the works of William of Ockham, Adam of Wodeham, and John Duns Scotus. http://www.sbu.edu/about—sbu/sbu—campus/franciscan—institute
  • Blog concerning publications of The Franciscan Institute. http://www.franciscanpublications.com/
  • Franciscan Institute Library — online informational resources including bibliographies about the Franciscan Order and its founder St. Francis of Assisi. Open access, free. http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/filib/default.htm
  • Digitized, black and white copies of Franciscan engravings and woodcuts. Free, open access. http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/scan/
  • List of Franciscan study centers. http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/filib/franciscan_study_centers1.htm

   

• Franciscan Tradition Digital Collections — digitized documents from the Franciscan tradition with translations. Open access, free. https://digitalcollections.franciscantradition.org/

• Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham University. Free, open access to transcribed selections of Franciscan texts.
  • The Rule of the Franciscan Order. http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/source/stfran-rule.asp
  • Selection from Peter John Olivi’s (Petrus Iohannis Olivi) Apocalypse Commentary. http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/source/olivi.asp
  • Angelo Clareno on an inquisitorial torture session. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/clareno-inq.asp
  • The Testament of Saint Francis. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-test.asp
  • Canticle of the Sun. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-canticle.txt
  • Thomas of Celano, First and Second Lives of Saint Francis. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/stfran-lives.asp

   

• Oliviana — an electronic journal devoted to Peter John Olivi and the Franciscan Spirituals. Free, open access. http://oliviana.revues.org/