The Digitising the Manuscripts Project

In September 2025, College launched an ambitious appeal to digitise and catalogue its entire collection of medieval and early-modern manuscripts, preserving these remarkable works while making them more accessible to scholars around the world.

The collection offers a unique insight into the intellectual, cultural and religious life of Britain across the centuries. It includes internationally important Welsh manuscripts, among them the Red Book of Hergest, one of the most significant surviving medieval Welsh manuscripts.

Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of alumni and friends, the full £260,000 needed for the project has now been raised. This means that the entire collection can be digitised over the coming years by Bodleian Libraries Imaging Services, using the highest standards of preservation and imaging.

We are sincerely grateful to everyone who supported this appeal. Your generosity will preserve an important part of Jesus College’s heritage while making these manuscripts accessible to future generations of students, researchers and scholars.

Donor Roll

A huge thanks to all the generous donors listed here, as well as those who have chosen to remain anonymous, for their support of the Digitising the Manuscripts Project.

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The symbols beside each donor's name reflect their respective patron level:
◆ Queen Elizabeth Fellows
◇ Principal’s Circle of Benefactors
● Jenkins Patrons
▲ Meyricke Patrons
Δ Mansell Patrons
✾ The 1571 Society members

For further details on Jesus College Patron Scheme, please click here.