A new manuscripts catalogue covering materials held in both the Bodleian Library and Oxford college libraries was launched in October 2023. It is known as MARCO.

Funded by The Mellon Foundation, this new service – Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University – aims to create a connected and adaptable digital environment for the University of Oxford’s manuscripts and archives.

It is now possible to search over 200,000 items from 11 online catalogues, including archives, early modern and medieval manuscripts, Hebrew manuscripts, and manuscripts from Western, Central and Southern Asia, from 400 BC to the present day, all in one place.

This new discovery service showcases newly discoverable content in the fields of mediaeval and early modern charters, South Asian manuscripts, and archival collections, including many outstanding collections of literary archives.

The new search tool, which also includes manuscripts held in a number of Oxford colleges, makes it easier to find material from across Oxford’s unique and diverse special collections, and enables searching across internal collection boundaries.

MARCO can be found at: https://marco.ox.ac.uk.