Furl http://www.furl.net/ http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.furl.net/member/supakoo.rss Furl archive. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:41:57 GMT http://www.furl.net/item/31256491/forward http://www.furl.net/item/31256491 This is the full audio record of "Changing the Center of Gravity: Transforming Classical Studies Through Cyberinfrastructure", a workshop funded by the National Science Foundation, sponsored by the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments at the University of Kentucky, and organized by the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University. The meeting was held in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday, 5 October 2007, with a meeting of the University of Kentucky's Digital Scholarship Colloquium on Thursday, 4 October 2007, which many workshop participants also attended. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:41:16 GMT Technology The workshop focused on the cyberinfrastructure on which scholarship in Classical studies will increasingly depend. Classics as a field has progressed farther than most in the humanities in the consideration and implementation of cyberinfrastructure, and the collective experience of the Classicists working in this area provides the best vision of what has worked in the past and what will be necessary in the future. We consider that the problems that we face in Classics are significant because they are problems that are shared in many other disciplines engaged in the study and preservation of cultural heritage. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/29928627/forward http://www.furl.net/item/29928627 Includes scans of the whole MS Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:07:02 GMT Bible Ancient MSS The Codex Gigas or the Devil’s Bible is a medieval manuscript at the National Library in Stockholm that is famous for two features. First, it is reputed to be the biggest surviving European manuscript. (Codex Gigas means ‘giant book’.) Secondly, it contains a large, full page portrait of the Devil. (This explains its alternative name.) This site contains a digitised version of every page of the manuscript as well as commentaries on its history, texts, script, initials and decoration. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/17860450/forward http://www.furl.net/item/17860450 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:43:41 GMT Ancient MSS Books Some of the manuscripts are mere copies of an older copy. But often the scribes would compare more than one older manuscript and note all the differences in the copy they were producing. We do the same today with our critical text editions: if there are differing readings in extant manuscripts, modern editors decide which one they believe is the authentic one and print it as the critical text, putting the variants in the apparatus at the bottom of the page. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/17319061/forward http://www.furl.net/item/17319061 Welcome to fsi-language-courses.com, the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:42:06 GMT Language Welcome to fsi-language-courses.com, the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain. This site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. This site is not affiliated in any way with any government entity; it is an independent effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages. Courses here are made available through the private efforts of individuals who are donating their time and resources to help others. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/17281534/forward http://www.furl.net/item/17281534 Books I-V of Irenaeus' "Against Heresies" in English translation. The site mentions no source. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:20:51 GMT Theology Books 3 http://www.furl.net/item/16816956/forward http://www.furl.net/item/16816956 Note critical electronic editions of the Protevangelium of James and also of First Clement. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:38:02 GMT Greek Ancient MSS This page is dedicated to making resources available online, such as conference papers, catalogues, downloads and the like. All information is provided in a spirit of academic co-operation: please respect the copyright and intellectual property of the individual authors. Further online resources connected with ITSEE may be found on the following sites: Vetus Latina resource page (Old Latin Bible: www.vetuslatina.org) Canterbury Tales resource page (Canterbury Tales: www.canterburytalesproject.org) Textual Scholarship resource page (Introduction to Textual Scholarship; a wiki; links: www.textualscholarship.org) 3 http://www.furl.net/item/16367735/forward http://www.furl.net/item/16367735 Maps of the Holy Land from the late 1400's through the 20th century. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:01:54 GMT Child Safety Maps The Holy Land has been the subject of a relatively large number of maps, chiefly due to its religious importance. Some of the earliest maps reflected ancient traditions of mapping such as that of Ptolemy; others were meant to illustrate the Holy Scriptures. Some maps were printed separately; while others were published as part of atlases, itineraries and travel books. Owners who could afford the expense added coloring to their maps. Many maps of the Holy Land are oriented to the east (orient=from the Latin word for east), reflecting the view point of European mapmakers looking in the direction of the Holy Land. However, there are a few maps oriented to the south, and to the west and naturally to the north. Many Biblical elements from the Old and New Testament can be traced in the maps, such as the route of the Exodus, the Tabernacle, the division of the Land among the Tribes, Moses and Aaron, the travels of Jesus and the Apostles, and others. Toward the end of the 18th century a new genre of maps emerged, characterized by the diminished use of pictorial elements. These were replaced by symbols such as letters and numbers, for example to mark the Tribes. The legends appear in the margins. The introduction of surveying at the beginning of the 19th century brought about a significant change in the mapping of the Holy Land. Maps by Jacotin, a cartographer who accompanied Napoleon on his journey to Egypt and Palestine, were the first to be based upon scientific measurements. Later researchers such as Robinson, Kiepert and Van de Velde produced scientific maps, and in 1880, the Palestine Exploration Fund produced more accurate maps, thereby firmly establishing the basis of scientific Holy Land research. This beautiful collection of ancient maps of the Holy Land is part of a much larger collection that includes ancient maps of the world, early printed atlases and travel books. The entire extraordinary collection was donated by its renowned owner, Eran Laor in 1975 to the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. The late Mr. Laor is the author of: Maps of the Holy Land, New York, 1986 3 http://www.furl.net/item/16227781/forward http://www.furl.net/item/16227781 Some collections have complete images (e.g. a 15th century tetraevangelium in Church Slavonic!) Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:19:27 GMT Ancient MSS The Manuscript Department of the University Library, Lund, in collaboration with Lund University Libraries, Head Office, is digitizing and making accessible on line its collection of Medieval manuscripts. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/16227323/forward http://www.furl.net/item/16227323 Finally, answers to the excercises in Lambdin's Sahidic Coptic introduction. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:15:01 GMT Child Safety Coptic Thomas O. Lambdin’s Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, published by Mercer University Press, remains the only English-language grammar of Sahidic that is oriented to teaching, and that is both accessible and comprehensive. The following list of answers to the exercises is intended to supplement this textbook and to help make it more user-friendly. It was felt that a key against which to measure one’s success at the exercises would not only serve the interests of those using the text to teach themselves Coptic, but would also reduce the work-load for teachers of the language using this text for the first time. The copyright for the exercises in Lambdin’s grammar is held by Mercer University Press, and includes rights over translations of these exercises. The following key is therefore “published” to the web only with the explicit permission of the copyright holder. 4 http://www.furl.net/item/14985184/forward http://www.furl.net/item/14985184 From ConsumerReports.org Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:06:34 GMT Child Safety When we crash-tested infant car seats at the higher speeds vehicles routinely withstand, most failed disastrously. The car seats twisted violently or flew off their bases, in one case hurling a test dummy 30 feet across the lab. 3