New website – Getty Research Portal – offers better access to art history...
The Getty Research Portal is a free online search gateway that aggregates descriptive metadata of digitized art history texts, with links to fully digitized copies that are free to download.
View ArticleCreating An Online Portal Into The Medieval World
Researchers are in the process of pulling together a website bringing together scores of electronic resources on medieval subjects, including literature, history, theology, architecture, art history...
View ArticleSt Andrews Cathedral in Scotland recreated online
People can now explore St Andrews Cathedral, Scotland’s largest medieval church, as it looked in the Middle Ages, through a new online portal created by the University of St Andrews.
View ArticleNew Battle of Bannockburn website launched
With 700 days to go until the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, the National Trust for Scotland and Historic Scotland have launched a new website to promote the medieval battle and the...
View ArticleTaking Inventory of Manuscripts. Survey of Tasks Achieved and Tasks to Do
This paper was an informal discussion on the topic of manuscripts and canonical resources, regional statistics and the problems with current database compilation.
View ArticlePeople of Medieval Scotland online database officially launched
The People of Medieval Scotland (PoMS) project has catalogued over 21,000 individuals mentioned in 8,600 documents. The documents, written between 1093 and 1314, tell the story of Scotland’s...
View ArticleFive new websites for medievalists
In the first of what will be an occasional series, here are five new websites on the Middle Ages...
View ArticleUniversity of Exeter to create app showcasing Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
The world’s largest collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry may soon be available on a smart device App, as part of a project initiated by the University of Exeter.
View ArticleThe Geese Book – medieval manuscript now available online
One of the most interesting manuscripts of the late Middle Ages is now available online - The Geese Book, a lavishly and whimsically illuminated, two-volume liturgical book, can now be accessed through...
View ArticleNew Testament from the oldest complete Bible available online for the first time
The New Testament volume from one of the British Library’s most valuable treasures, Codex Alexandrinus, has been made available online for the first time on the British Library’s website.
View ArticleFive medieval websites to explore
Five more websites we have come across that are worth a look at...
View ArticleProject uses GIS to map Jewish communities of the Byzantine Empire
Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers are discovering for medieval history.
View ArticlePelagios Project to give better understanding of ancient and medieval maps
A collaborative project is bringing together maps and geographical texts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages in a new online database that will allow researchers and the general public to explore online...
View ArticleTake a (Virtual) Tour of St.Andrew’s Cathedral in the year 1318
An Open Virtual Worlds project is allowing people in 2013 to go back nearly seven hundred years to explore one of Scotland's most important medieval cathedrals.The post Take a (Virtual) Tour of...
View ArticleNew App allows users to explore the archaeology of Wales
The new Archwilio App will now allow smartphone and tablet users to digitally explore over 100,000 archaeological records in Wales for the first time. The post New App allows users to explore the...
View ArticleThe Anti-Social Scholar (and how not to become one)
Julian Harrison about talks the British Library's Medieval Manuscripts BlogThe post The Anti-Social Scholar (and how not to become one) appeared first on Medievalists.net.
View ArticleDigitised Diseases website allows users to see the bones of the past
Digitised Diseases, a new online resource being launched today, will offer medical experts, archaeologists and historians the chance to view over 1,600 bone specimens with chronic diseases. The post...
View ArticleMedieval England map on Google Maps
Google and National Geographic are teaming up to share over 500 of the maps created by National Geographic Magazine.The post Medieval England map on Google Maps appeared first on Medievalists.net.
View ArticleBeowulf in 100 Tweets
How Elaine Treharne took over 3000 lines of Beowulf and made it into 100 tweets.The post Beowulf in 100 Tweets appeared first on Medievalists.net.
View ArticleWellcome Trust puts over 100,000 images online
The Wellcome Trust, a leading British health organization, has created an online database of over 100 000 historical images, including many from the Middle Ages.The post Wellcome Trust puts over...
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