[Loch-Ruadh] Fw: Medieval manuscripts online through Johns Hopkins University

[Steve Rourke]

Received this from a librarian friend of mine and thought I would pass this
along.

Dohmnall


Here's  an article from the Nov. 2000 Computers in Libraries magazine.
(Okay, so I'm at the end of the journal routing system...)  Your SCA folks
may already be aware of this site. In the two years since this article was
written, the development may have made enough progress for some of the noted
features to be functional:

Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries have received total funding of
$65,000.00 for the Samuel H. Kress and the Gladys Krieble Delmas foundations
to continue the development of a Web-based research tool for medieval
manuscripts. The first phase of the project resulted in a prototype
containing digital surrogates of the three manuscripts of Le Roman de La
Rose, a principal medieval text. In collaboration with the Pierpont Morgan
Library (New York) and the Bodleian Library (Oxford, England) the second
phase of the development will focus on the search and display capabilities
of the web site as well as the metadata, which enables these capabilities.
Attention will turn to developing sophisticated search capabilities to
support searching each manuscript for "structural" features such as rubrics
and miniatures. Another enhancement will be the development of a database of
Old French variant spellings so the searches of the text result in more
matches for scholars to consult. Improved site navigation and refinements to
the display of the manuscripts will be informed by ongoing usability
testing, including development of a method to remotely assess the usefulness
of new search and display features.

Currently three different manuscripts can be viewed and searched
simultaneous on the web site (http://rose.mse.jhu.edu)

Source : Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, Baltimore, Md.,
410/516-8337; http://www.jhu.edu




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