Major US Repositories of Medieval Manuscripts
- The Morgan Library & Museum = 1,300 (including papyri)
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale = 1,100
- Walters Art Museum = 1,000
- Houghton Library, Harvard = 850
- Huntington Library = 400
- Newberry Library = 260
- Cornell University Library = 150
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