The RISM library abbreviations, or sigla, are used for identifying locations of musical manuscripts. The special volume RISM-Bibliothekssigel. Gesamtverzeichnis (RISM Library Sigla. Complete Index), which appeared in 1999, has been available in a regularly updated version on the RISM website since 2006 and in a searchable database online since 2011.RISM Zentralredaktion, announcement 29 November 2011 and Birgit Grün, "RISM Library Sigla," trans. Keith Harris, Forum Musikbibliothek 27 (2006/4), p. 331ff. Background information about the sigla
The complete list is very long (see pdf). Only a selection of major source locations are listed here:
F-Pn Bibliothèque nationale de France GB-Lbl British Library GB-Ob Bodleian Library I-FEca :it:Curia Arcivescovile di Ferrara e Comacchio, Archivio I-MOas :it:Archivio di Stato di Modena I-MOe :it:Biblioteca estense universitaria di Modena E-Mn :es:Biblioteca Nacional de España E-Bbc :es:Biblioteca de Cataluña
References
External links Online Directory of RISM Library Sigla