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Cairo Genizah Collection 

This collection is made up of over a hundred thousand fragments of writings found in the genizah of a synagogue in Cairo. Though they have been scattered among many collections, they are now being made available online. For more info see this Wikipedia article.

Rylands Collection

The University of Manchester has a collection of about 11,000 fragments in the John Rylands Library and available online.

Friedberg Genizah Project

This is a project that aims to bring many of the different Cairo Genizah collections into a single place. Firefox doesn't work with this site thus far, so you'll have to use IE 6 or up.

Penn/Cambridge Genizah Fragment Project

Another attempt at digitizing and making the fragmanets available online.

Bible Codices

Seforim Online (Leningrad Codex B19a)

This cite has a number of biblical manuscripts available for download in PDF format. The two most notable inclusions are the Leningrad Codex (B19a) and the Aleppo Codex (also available in High Res).

Aleppo Codex

This is one of the earliest versions of the Hebrew Bible available. Supposed to match the Masorah better than the Lenningrad. It was complete until most of the Pentatuech was lost in 1947, due to ant-Jewish riots. The entire codex is made available, and the UI is very accessible and friendly.

Codex Sinaiticus

This 4th century manuscript is useful in Septuagint studies. Available online.

Biblical Manuscripts Project

Here is collection of a number of manuscripts, including the New Testament, and Septuagint versions for the Hebrew Bible which include Codex Sinaiticus and Freer Codex. Also includes many other manuscripts available there and other sites.

Gutenberg Bible

Although not useful for most most biblical scholarship, this is still a fun resource. The entire bible is available online.

Dead Sea Scrolls

Recently it has been announced that the Dead Sea Scrolls will be made available online for free. See this New York Times article.

The Great Isaiah Scroll

The entire scroll is online for viewing. Magnification makes it readable, but still less than ideal.

Databases

Inscriptifact

This online archive contains images from all over the ancient Near East. Tablets, inscriptions, and some of the Dead Sea Scrolls.