Collection Contents Period andlanguage Access and where to findit Best use
Vetus Latina
Database
Citation card file of
Old Latin Bible
citations from
Church Fathers;
searchable by
biblical book,
chapter , and verse,
returning images
of the Beuron card
file.
Patristic
citations to
Old Latin
Bible
Subscription database
on Brepols.
Indispensable
when the
wording is Old
Latin rather
than Vulgate,
or when the
verse’s
reception
history
depends on
textual form.
TLG
Comprehensive
Greek digital
library; the Canon
is open access, the
full corpus is
subscription; the
open Canon
currently lists
10,000 works from
2,000 authors,
while the 2022
printed Canon
covers 4,500
authors and
20,000 works.
Greek
literature
from Homer
to post-
Byzantine
periods
TLG Canon, Abridged
TLG, and lexica are free;
the full corpus requires
subscription.
Best Greek
wording search
tool for verses,
quotations, and
reused
phrasing.
Library of
Latin Texts
Major Latin full-
text database
drawing on
Corpus
Christianorum and
many other
leading editions;
includes lemma-
aware searching.
All periods of
Latin,
especially
strong for
patristic and
medieval
Latin
Subscription on Brepols,
usually through
academic libraries.
Best Latin
wording search
tool across
authors and
centuries.
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