The list of collections of Crusader sources provides those collections of original sources for the Crusades from the 17th century through the 20th century. These include collections, regesta and bibliotheca, and provide valuable insight into the historiography of the Crusades though the identification of the various editions and translations of the sources, as well as commentary on these sources. Beginning in the 16th century, Crusader historiography included the collection, editing and interpretation of original texts. This was supplemented by the collection of major secular and religious documents. Where appropriate, the abbreviations commonly used in modern histories of the Crusades are identified. Editors are referenced, where available, to the various national collection of biographies and collections linked to the digital libraries of the University of Michigan's HathiTrust and OCLC's WorldCat. Principal collections of narrative sources The principal collections of narrative sources for the Crusades referenced in modern Crusader histories are catalogued as Chronicles and Histories, Travelogues and Geography, and Bibliographies. They include the following. Recueil des historiens des croisades (RHC) The premier collections of original Crusader sources are the Recueil des historiens des croisades (Collection of the Historians of the Crusades) and its predecessor Gesta Dei per Francos. The influential work Recueil des historiens des croisades is in 16 volumes, Publ. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, Paris (1841–1906). RHC is the definitive collection of original Crusader sources from Western, Greek, Arabic, Armenian and Syrian authors. The volumes are organized into five series covering legal documents and Western, Arabic, Byzantine and Armenian/Syrian works. Recueil des historiens des croisades lois (RHC Lois). Assises de Jérusalem ou Recueil des ouvrages de jurisprudence composés pendant le XIIIe siècle dans les royaumes de Jérusalem et de Chypre, 2 volumes, Paris (1841–1843). Edited by French historian and statesman Auguste-Arthur Beugnot (1797–1865). A treatise on the Assizes of Jerusalem, the legal documents of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Includes works of historian Philip of Novara (1200–1270), jurist John of Ibelin (1215–1266), Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, and the Lignages d'Outremer. Recueil des historiens des croisades historiens occidentaux (RHC Oc.), 5 volumes, Paris (1844–1895). Includes the work of William of Tyre and continuations; the 12 original Latin Chronicles of the First Crusade; other contemporaneous works on the First Crusade; and documents related to the Knights Hospitaller. Recueil des historiens des croisades historiens orientaux (RHC Or.), 5 volumes, Paris (1872–1906). Includes extracts from The Complete History of Arab/Kurdish historian Ali