In order to make it easier for people to find specific rolls in the cabinets and to maintain order in the cabinets, we (Deb, Sarah, Sandra, and Wendy) have devised a system of “call numbers” that will apply only to the microfilm in this collection (microfilm of books or journals will be classified according to the Library of Congress scheme, per usual). As you can see in the table below, we have created a system that uses the first few letters of the city, followed by a number that has been assigned to the holding institutions in that city. As microfilm are processed in the course of the project, the last part of the call number will be assigned: for example, ATH.1.1, ATH.1.2, ATH.1.3, ATH.1.4…, then WEST.ATH.1.1, WEST.ATH.1.2, … for microfilm of manuscripts from the Benaki Museum.
Because Dumbarton Oaks promised the Westerink family that his microfilm would be kept separate from the rest of the collection, microfilm from the Westerink estate have call numbers prefaced by WEST and will be housed in a cabinet as a subcollection. The microfilm from other donors is integrated within the general collection, but the source of the microfilm is noted in the “Acquired” field in the database.
If you identify manuscripts that are held in institutions other than those represented in this table, please see Deb or Sarah to devise an appropriate “call number.”
NB – click through to see the whole post, including call numbers!
| Cities in alphabetical order | Call numbers | Westerink call numbers | |
| Athens | Benaki Museum | ATH.1 | WEST.ATH.1 |
| Athens | National Library | ATH.2 | WEST.ATH.2 |
| Athens | Gennadius Library | ATH.3 | WEST.ATH.3 |
| Baltimore | Walters Art Gallery | BAL.1 | WEST.BAL.1 |
| Basel | Universitätsbibliothek | BAS.1 | WEST.BAS.1 |
| Berlin | Staatsbibliothek – Preussischer Kulturbesitz | BERL.1 | WEST.BERL.1 |
| Bern | Stadtbibliothek | BERN.1 | WEST.BERN.1 |
| Besançon | Bibliotheque de l’Université de Franche-Comté | BES.1 | WEST.BES.1 |
| Bethesda | National Library of Medicine | BET.1 | WEST.BET.1 |
| Bologna | Biblioteca Universitaria | BOL.1 | WEST.BOL.1 |
| Brussels | Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique | BRU.1 | WEST.BRU.1 |
| Bucharest | Academia Romana | BUC.1 | WEST.BUC.1 |
| Bucharest | Biblioteca Nationala | BUC.2 | WEST.BUC.2 |
| Budapest | BUD.1 | WEST.BUD.1 | |
| Cambridge | Cambridge University Library | CAMK.1 | WEST.CAMK.1 |
| Cambridge | Trinity College Library | CAMK.2 | WEST.CAMK.2 |
| Cambridge, MA | Houghton Library | CAMS.1 | WEST.CAMS.1 |
| Copenhagen | Kongelige Bibliotek | COP.1 | WEST.COP.1 |
| Dēmētsana | Library | DEM.1 | WEST.DEM.1 |
| Dresden | Sächsische Landesbibliothek | DRE.1 | WEST.DRE.1 |
| Dublin | Trinity College Library | DUB.1 | WEST.DUB.1 |
| Erfurt | Bibliotheca Amploniana | ERF.1 | WEST.ERF.1 |
| Erlangen | Universitätsbibliothek | ERL.1 | WEST.ERL.1 |
| Florence | Biblioteca Marucelliana | FLO.1 | WEST.FLO.1 |
| Florence | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana | FLO.2 | WEST.FLO.2 |
| Florence | Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze | FLO.3 | WEST.FLO.3 |
| Florence | Biblioteca Riccardiana | FLO.4 | WEST.FLO.4 |
| Geneva | Basilian Monastery | GEN.1 | WEST.GEN.1 |
| Geneva | City Library | GEN.2 | WEST.GEN.2 |
| Glasgow | University of Glasgow Library | GLA.1 | WEST.GLA.1 |
| Göttingen | Niedersächsiche Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | GOT.1 | WEST.GOT.1 |
| Grottaferrata | Biblioteca | GRO.1 | WEST.GRO.1 |
| Hamburg | Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | HAM.1 | WEST.HAM.1 |
| Heidelberg | Universitätsbibliothek | HEI.1 | WEST.HEI.1 |
| Holkham | Earls of Leicester Library | HOL.1 | WEST.HOL.1 |
| Istanbul | Patriarchate Library | IST.1 | WEST.IST.1 |
| Istanbul | Topkapi Palace | IST.2 | WEST.IST.2 |
| Los Angeles, CA | J. Paul Getty Museum | LAN.1 | WEST.LAN.1 |
| Jerusalem | Armenian Patriarchate | JER.1 | WEST.JER.1 |
| Jerusalem | Ecumenical Patriarchate | JER.2 | WEST.JER.2 |
| Jerusalem | Greek Patriarchate | JER.3 | WEST.JER.3 |
| Karlsruhe | Badische Landesbibliothek | KAR.1 | WEST.KAR.1 |
| Leiden | Rijksuniversiteit Bibliotheek | LEID.1 | WEST.LEID.1 |
| Leipzig | Universitätsbibliothek | LEIP.1 | WEST.LEIP.1 |
| London | British Library | LON.1 | WEST.LON.1 |
| London | Royal Institute of British Architects | LON.2 | WEST.LON.2 |
| Madrid | Biblioteca Nacional | MAD.1 | WEST.MAD.1 |
| Madrid | El Escorial | MAD.2 | WEST.MAD.2 |
| Manchester | John Rylands University Library | MAN.1 | WEST.MAN.1 |
| Messina | Biblioteca Universitaria | MES.1 | WEST.MES.1 |
| Metēora | MET.1 | WEST.MET.1 | |
| Milan | Biblioteca Ambrosiana | MIL.1 | WEST.MIL.1 |
| Modena | Biblioteca Estense Universitaria | MOD.1 | WEST.MOD.1 |
| Moscow | State Historical Museum | MOS.1 | WEST.MOS.1 |
| Mount Athos | Dionysiou Monastery | MTA.1 | WEST.MTA.1 |
| Mount Athos | Docheiariou Monastery | MTA.2 | WEST.MTA.2 |
| Mount Athos | Esphigmenou Monastery | MTA.3 | WEST.MTA.3 |
| Mount Athos | Great Lavra Monastery | MTA.4 | WEST.MTA.4 |
| Mount Athos | Great Lavra Monastery, Skete of St. Anne | MTA.5 | WEST.MTA.5 |
| Mount Athos | Gregoriou Monastery | MTA.6 | WEST.MTA.6 |
| Mount Athos | Hilandar Monastery | MTA.7 | WEST.MTA.7 |
| Mount Athos | Iveron Monastery | MTA.8 | WEST.MTA.8 |
| Mount Athos | Karakallou Monastery | MTA.9 | WEST.MTA.9 |
| Mount Athos | Koutloumousiou Monastery | MTA.10 | WEST.MTA.10 |
| Mount Athos | Panteleimon Monastery | MTA.11 | WEST.MTA.11 |
| Mount Athos | Pantokrator Monastery | MTA.12 | WEST.MTA.12 |
| Mount Athos | Stauroniketa Monastery | MTA.13 | WEST.MTA.13 |
| Mount Athos | Vatopedi Monastery | MTA.14 | WEST.MTA.14 |
| Mount Athos | Xeropotamou Monastery | MTA.15 | WEST.MTA.15 |
| Mount Sinai | Monastery of Saint Catherine | MTS.1 | WEST.MTS.1 |
| Munich | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | MUN.1 | WEST.MUN.1 |
| Naples | Biblioteca Nazionale | NAP.1 | WEST.NAP.1 |
| New Haven | Beinecke Library | NWH.1 | WEST.NWH.1 |
| Oxford | Bodleian Library | OXF.1 | WEST.OXF.1 |
| Oxford | Corpus Christi College Library | OXF.2 | WEST.OXF.2 |
| Padua | Biblioteca Universitaria di Padova | PAD.1 | WEST.PAD.1 |
| Palermo | Biblioteca Centrale della Regione Siciliana | PAL.1 | WEST.PAL.1 |
| Palermo | Biblioteca Comunale | PAL.2 | WEST.PAL.2 |
| Paris | Bibliothèque Nationale | PARI.1 | WEST.PARI.1 |
| Parma | Biblioteca Palatina | PARM.1 | WEST.PARM.1 |
| Patmos | Monastery of Saint John | PAT.1 | WEST.PAT.1 |
| Princeton | Princeton University Library | PRI.1 | WEST.PRI.1 |
| Rome | Biblioteca Angelica | ROM.1 | WEST.ROM.1 |
| Rome | Biblioteca Casanatense | ROM.2 | WEST.ROM.2 |
| Rome | Biblioteca Palatina | ROM.3 | WEST.ROM.3 |
| Rome | Biblioteca Vallicelliana | ROM.4 | WEST.ROM.4 |
| St. Petersburg | National Library | STP.1 | WEST.STP.1 |
| Strasbourg, France | STF.1 | WEST.STF.1 | |
| Thessalonikē | Anatolia College | THE.1 | WEST.THE.1 |
| Thessalonikē | Aristotle University | THE.2 | WEST.THE.2 |
| Tiblisi | National Academy of Sciences | TIB.1 | WEST.TIB.1 |
| Tírnavos | Library | TIR.1 | WEST.TIR.1 |
| Turin | Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria | TUR.1 | WEST.TUR.1 |
| Uppsala | Universitetsbiblioteket | UPP.1 | WEST.UPP.1 |
| Urbana IL | University of Illinois | URB.1 | WEST.URB.1 |
| Vatican City | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana | VAT.1 | WEST.VAT.1 |
| Vatican City | Vatican Archives | VAT.2 | WEST.VAT.2 |
| Venice | Archivio de Stato | VEN.1 | WEST.VEN.1 |
| Venice | Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana | VEN.2 | WEST.VEN.2 |
| Vienna | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek | VIE.1 | WEST.VIE.1 |
| Washington, D.C. | Dumbarton Oaks Museum | WAS.1 | WEST.WAS.1 |
| Wolfenbüttel | Herzog August Bibliothek | WOL.1 | WEST.WOL.1 |
| Yerevan | Matenadaran | YER.1 | WEST.YER.1 |
| Zurich | Zentralbibliothek | ZUR.1 | WEST.ZUR.1 |
Manuscripts on Microfilm 