DMMapp - Digitized Medieval Manuscripts App

The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to the DMMapp after 12+ Years

Giulio Menna — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to the DMMapp after 12+ Years

It’s hard to say goodbye, but it’s time to pass the torch.

Uppsala University Library / Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket: New Repository and new Digitized Medeival Manuscripts

Giulio Menna — Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Uppsala University Library / Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket: New Repository and new Digitized Medeival Manuscripts

We are excited to announce the addition of the Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket / Uppsala University Library to the DMMapp! This valuable link was brought to our attention through the "Report Missing Institution" form, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to the person who reported it.

What's changed? The DMMapp's February 2023 release notes

Giulio Menna — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

What's changed? The DMMapp's February 2023 release notes

We're excited to announce the February 2023 release of a new version of our DMMapp (officially known as v.2023.02.23)!

Going forward!

Giulio Menna — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Going forward!

2023 is bringing some changes to the way Sexy Codicology and the Digitized Medieval Manuscripts app (DMMapp) will go forth!

DMMapp - New major update on the way!

Giulio Menna — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

DMMapp - New major update on the way!

We are excited to reveal that the Sexy Codicology team has been hard at work on a new, major update for the DMMapp. In the past months we have worked hard on many aspects of the application with the goal to improve its usefulness, especially for researchers. Some of the cool new features include:

Coding Codices - Episode 1: Sexy Codicology and the DMMapp

Giulio Menna — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Coding Codices - Episode 1: Sexy Codicology and the DMMapp

We were guests of Coding Codices a podcast from the Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Subcommittee! Find more episodes of their super-interesting episodes at https://podcast.digitalmedievalist.org!

New Repository: Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica della Puglia e della Basilicata

Giulio Menna — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

New Repository: Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica della Puglia e della Basilicata

We have just added a link to the Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica della Puglia e della Basilicata to the DMMapp. The website is super-interesting: unlike the vast majority of the links in the DMMapp, this is full of charters! Accessing them is a bit complex and it involves quite some clicks, but the content is amazing.

Maintenance & upgrades!

Giulio Menna — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Maintenance & upgrades!

We have just released a crucial update for the DMMapp. While nothing visible changed on the website itself, on the back-end of the app it is a whole other story! Without going into too many boring technical details:

March Updates

Giulio Menna — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

March Updates

Hey Codicologists, We have reviewed our reported broken links on the DMMapp, added two new repositories!

Create your own DMMapp!

Giulio Menna — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Create your own DMMapp!

Yes! We are delighted to announce that the code makes the DMMapp work is now available for everyone on GitHub! When we developed the new DMMapp, we were of the opinion that the application we created should be reusable: everyone should have the possibility to recreate the DMMapp, or to create a similar app. So, we took what we created, removed most of the Sexy Codicology modifications and links, and release the code on GitHub and as of today, you can create your own project based on the DMMapp! What does this mean? Although Sexy Codicology focuses on digitized medieval manuscripts, there are so many other potential projects that might benefit for an app with a similar structure as the DMMapp:

Happy New Year!

Giulio Menna — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year!

Dear Sexy Codicologists, We would like to wish everyone of you the best for this 2020! At the same time we would like to thank everyone for their continued support for our projects. We have set some great goals for ourselves and the DMMapp / Sexy Codicology Blog for this year. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for making all of this possible. Let's make this a great year! The Sexy Codicology Team Unknown Abbey Bible, about 1250–1262, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment covered with oak boards backed in white alum-tawed pigskin Closed: 27 × 19.7 cm (10 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.), Ms. 107 (2011.23) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 107

Bibliothèque Mazarine

Giulio Menna — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Bibliothèque Mazarine

We have just fixed the link to the Bibliothèque Mazarine! Also, we have added the link to the same institution in the BVMM. What's the difference?

April Links Update List, pt. 2

Giulio Menna — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

April Links Update List, pt. 2

Busy month! We have just added a few new libraries and updated some information (IIIF / Copyrights mainly) on the database and we thought it would be interesting to share. Here's a quick overview:

April Links Update List

Giulio Menna — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

April Links Update List

Another month has passed! Here are the latest changes on the DMMapp data:

DMMapp March Update

Giulio Menna — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

DMMapp March Update

Thanks to the many reports we have received over the past couple of months we are happy to announce that the DMMapp is approching the end of its "Beta". Planned for the end of the month!

DMMapp 4.0: Open Beta ending soon, release planned!

Giulio Menna — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

DMMapp 4.0: Open Beta ending soon, release planned!

In over two months you have helped us spotting quite some bugs on our new DMMapp, and now we believe that the time has come to embrace the future and archive the old DMMapp completely. An what better period to do so if not early in the new year?

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The New DMMapp

Giulio Menna — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The New DMMapp

The goal of the DMMapp has always been to ease access to digitized medieval manuscripts across the web. We think did quite an OK job at that until now, but the time has come to radically improve what we currently have!

DMMapp 4.0 is on the way!

Giulio Menna — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

DMMapp 4.0 is on the way!

Yes! There is more on the way for what concerns the DMMapp. As you might know, we have recently given you the possibility to report broken links in our DMMapp. We are happy to communicate that it has been a great success, and its working better than expected. A big thank you for all those who have reported an issue with the links! Now, this has been a great improvement for everyone; but it has lead to a new problem for the micro-team behind Sexy Codicology: Links break all the time, and we want all the links fixed, so: how can we update the data on the DMMapp, in a timely and efficient manner?

DMMapp plugin for Chrome & Firefox!

Giulio Menna — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

DMMapp plugin for Chrome & Firefox!

Yes! Just like the medieval monks, we have sat behind our desks writing the code(x)! The result? An improved DMMapp plugin, now also available for Firefox users. The DMMapp plugin allows you to search the DMMapp's database directly, without having to go the website first. For example: Searching for the manuscripts from the Getty Museum? Simply click on the plugin's icon, start typing "Getty", and the link will appear, ready to take you to the digitized objects you need. You can search by:

Keeping digitized manuscripts accessible, the Sexy Codicology way!

Giulio Menna — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Keeping digitized manuscripts accessible, the Sexy Codicology way!

We have a new post up! This time we look into how we are making sure that the DMMapp stays up to date when a digital collections changes its URL, with goal is to keep those beautiful manuscripts accessible!