List of RISM abbreviations

The RISM library abbreviations, or sigla, are used for identifying locations of musical manuscripts.

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.

[1] The complete list is very long (see pdf).

Only a selection of major source locations are listed here: