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Digital Resources
Decima
https://decima-map.net/
DigiVatLib
https://digi.vatlib.it/
Mapping the Republic of Letters
http://republicofletters.stanford.edu/index.html
The Medici Archive Project
https://www.medici.org/
The Rulers of Venice, 1332-1524
https://rulersofvenice.org/