Dictionaries and Thesauri

Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar
The Anglo-Norman On-line Hub
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
Corpus del español
O Corpus do Português
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm. Leipzig: S. Hirzel 1854-1960
Diccionari Catalana ~ Institut d'estudis catalans
Diccionario de autoridades
Divers Dictionnaires de l'Académie Française (ARTFL)
Ducange ~ Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (Search by Letter/Word)
Ducange ~ Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis (Search by Volume)
Gran Diccionari Catalana
LEO English-German Dictionary ~ Informatik der Technischen Universität München
Lewis and Short ~ Latin Dictionary
Liddell-Scott-Jones ~ Greek-English Lexicon
Latin Vulgate
Vulsearch: view and search the Latin Vulgate
Wordreference.com (English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish Dictionary/Translator)

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Manuscripts and Incunabula

Paleography and Typography
Byzantine Paleography
David A. Postles ~ Medieval Paleography an Introductory Course (English Legal Charters)
Denis Muzerelle: Guidelines for Paleographic and Codicological Studies
Dianne Tillotson: Medieval Writing
Introduction to Typography by Aimee Dozois
Movable Type Classification Systems
Short Guide to Medieval Punctuation
Terminologie: Gotische Schriftarten Nomenclature des écritures gothiques
Theleme: Techniques pour l'Historien en Ligne (Interactive Paleographic Exercises)
Typography Glossary
Codicology
Bibliographic Standards of the Association (Several Topical Aids)
Evolution of the Medieval Book From Script to Print
Glossary of of bookselling terms and abbreviations
Hypertext Book of Hours (Generic Layout of a BOH)
Medieval Manuscript Manual (a quality introduction)
Michelle P. Brown ~ Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms
Vocabulaire codicologique ~ IHRT
Watermarks
Archive of Papers and Watermarks in Greek Manuscripts
Gravell Watermark Archive
La base de données filigranes
Printers's Marks from the University of Barcelona Library
Watermarks in Incunabula Printed in the Low Countries
WZMA - Wasserzeichen des Mittelalters
Manuscript Databases
BHLms: Catalogues de manuscrits hagiographiques latins publiés par les Bollandistes
Catalogues numérisés des manuscrits et des documents imprimés: Bibliothèque nationale de France
CHD Center for Håndskriftstudier i Danmark (Essential Data for BOH and Liturgical MS)
Codices electronici sangallenses: CSEG Virtual Catalogue
Digital Scriptorium
HMML Manuscript Catalogue
Inventaire des manuscrits latins de Saint-Victor conservés à la Bibliothèque impériale: M. Léopold Delisle
Kristeller's Latin Manuscript Books Before 1600
Manuscripta Mediaevalia ~ Handschriftenkataloge (over one-hundred German catalogues)
MANUS: Census of Italian Manuscripts
Philobiblon ~ The University of California, Berkeley
Scriptorium and Bulletin codicologique index of manuscript citations
Vivarium: The HMML Visual Resources Online
Incunabula Databases and Research Aids
Biblioteca de la Universidad de Zaragoza
Biblioteca Virtual de Andalucia
Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico
Bancroft Library Incunabula Database ~ UC Berkeley
Census of Italian Editions of the Sixteenth Century
Dawn of Western Printing: National Diet Library, Japan (Best on the Web)
Digital Libraries of Rare Books in Spain
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
Online Resources for Incunabula Research
RELICS: A Census of Renaissance Liturgical Imprints
Place Names and Calendars
Calendoscope: l'identification des calendriers liturgiques médiévaux ~ IHRT
Graesse ~ Orbis Latinus
Gregorian-Hijri Dates Converter
Grotefend, Zeitrechnung des Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit
Latin Place Names ~ Bibliographic Standards Committee of the ACRL
Les textes fondateurs du calendrier grégorien
Lieberknecht's Calendar Tools: Converts Dates to and from Gregorian and Roman Calendars
Online Calendar of Saint's Days
Roman Gregorian equivalents for every day of the year

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Encyclopedias and Reference Sources

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
Cardinals of the Catholic Church
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1917 ed. (dated/doctrinal but useful)
Cursus: An Online Resource of Medieval Liturgical Texts
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church: Information on bishops and dioceses (with caution)
Genealogy of the Trastamara Dynasty (with caution)
Ibercronix: Comprehensive List of Abbots, Bishops, and Nobles (Muslim too) in Iberia
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Islamic Philosophy Dictionary
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum
Thesaurus Preces Latinorum
Web genealogie: Le site de la généalogie historique (with caution)

Medieval Studies Gateways

Byzantine and Medieval Links Index
Edad Media ~ Iberian Peninsula
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Mediaevum ~ Germany
Medieovo Italiano ~ Italy
Medievalismo - Portal de Historia Medieval
Ménestrel ~ France
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Studies
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Reti Medievali: Iniziative on line per gli studi medievistici