Terms of Use

Use of images for non-commercial purposes

The use of our digitally reproduced images is regulated by a Creative Commons License . This permits the use of individual images for non-commercial purposes (particularly in the areas of education and research), as long as proper source citation is used (see below).

Use of images for commercial purposes

Any form of commercial use or republication (publication or advertisement, in electronic or print media, company websites, commercial databases, etc.) of images or content made available by e-codices requires a proper source citation (see below) and the prior written permission of the manuscript owner library (see Contact – library or collection). Uncompressed TIFF images can be obtained from the manuscript owner library for publications in print media.

Use of metadata

The use of metadata is protected by a Creative Commons License . Use of this metadata is allowed, as long as proper source citation is used.
Exclusions: some individual manuscript descriptions used on the e-codices website with special permission from the author or publisher. Please note additional limits on the use of certain individual manuscript descriptions.

Metadata Harvesting through OAI Interfaces

Metadata harvesting is made possible by the use of OAI interfaces, based on Dublin Core, under www.e-codices.unifr.ch/oai. All metadata and previews provided via the OAI interfaces are released for free use and are not subject to any copyright .

Source Citation

Source citations must take the following form:
Location, + library, + shelfmark, + page number (www.e-codices.unifr.ch).

Example:
Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 14, f. 12r (www.e-codices.unifr.ch).

For web publications:
Citations as above, with the addition of a hyperlink to http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch.

Questions/Contact

E-Mail: e-codices@unifr.ch

Address:
e-codices – Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
University of Fribourg
Rue de l'Hôpital 4
CH-1700 Fribourg
SWITZERLAND

 

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