Websites Archive
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New Testament from the oldest complete Bible available online for the first time
Posted on December 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe 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. -
The Geese Book – medieval manuscript now available online
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsOne 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 a project from the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. -
University of Exeter to create app showcasing Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe 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. -
Five new websites for medievalists
Posted on September 20, 2012 | No CommentsIn the first of what will be an occasional series, here are five new websites on the Middle Ages... -
People of Medieval Scotland online database officially launched
Posted on September 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe 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 transformation from a land of patchwork regions to an established kingdom with fixed borders and modern systems of government. -
Taking Inventory of Manuscripts. Survey of Tasks Achieved and Tasks to Do
Posted on August 6, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was an informal discussion on the topic of manuscripts and canonical resources, regional statistics and the problems with current database compilation. -
New Battle of Bannockburn website launched
Posted on July 23, 2012 | No CommentsWith 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 construction of a visitor's centre that will make the site a major tourist destination. -
St Andrews Cathedral in Scotland recreated online
Posted on June 25, 2012 | No CommentsPeople 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. -
Creating An Online Portal Into The Medieval World
Posted on June 14, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers 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 and philosophy. -
New website – Getty Research Portal – offers better access to art history resources
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsThe 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. -
MyDante: An Online Environment for Contemplative and Collaborative Reading
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper explores the tensions between individual and collaborative aspects of reading in the context of MyDante, a digital environment for the study of Dante’s Divine Comedy. -
I’m the King of the Castle: Historvius launches social-travel game
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsLeading history travel website Historvius.com has launched a new social-travel game allowing people to truly become King of the Castle or even Emperor of the Colosseum. Users can rule historic sites they’ve visited, earn points, titles and badges, share with their friends and build their very own virtual empire while they travel. -
Thousands of Irish Medieval Documents now available online
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsTrinity College Dublin historians have reconstructed invaluable medieval documents destroyed during the bombardment of the Four Courts in 1922. -
Tweeting History: Social Media meets Mummies and Moats
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsLast week, dozens of Toronto-area bloggers gathered at a local bar, bringing with them their iPhones and Blackberries. Amidst watching Viking re-enactors fight it out on stage and playing trivia, the group got ready for the main event of the evening - watching a tv show about the Pergamon and Neues Museums in Berlin, Germany, and tweeting history. -
Bodleian Libraries Cairo Genizah collection now available online
Posted on March 5, 2012 | No CommentsFrom the store room to the web: Bodleian launches website featuring its 25,000 Cairo Genizah fragments -
‘Battle Castle’ lays siege on-air and online
Posted on March 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe show is an interactive, trans-medieval journey into castle engineering, bloody siegecraft, and epic clashes that transform mortals into legends. Hosted by UK celebrity Dan Snow, the show takes its viewers over six one-hour timeslots to Syria, France, Spain, Wales, Poland and England delving into the stories of six fascinating castles. -
The Ghent Altarpiece in 100 Billion Pixels
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsIt is now possible to zoom into the intricate, breathtaking details of one of the most important works of art from the medieval world, thanks to a newly completed website focused on the Ghent Altarpiece. -
Mapping the Medieval Countryside project receives £528,000 in funding
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsA new project from King’s College London and the University of Winchester will allow researchers to explore the lands of medieval England as never before has received over half a million pounds in funding. -
New Website Showcases Suffolk’s Medieval Masterpieces
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsThis month sees the launch of a new website designed to showcase one of the most important sets of medieval wall paintings to be found in East Anglia -
Gruesome murders to mythical beasts: Britain’s historic church wallpaintings now can be seen online
Posted on November 22, 2011 | No CommentsEarlier this month, the Churches Conservation Trust – the national charity protecting historic churches at risk – launched a brand new online resource providing an interactive guide to just some of the fine wallpaintings in its care -
New project to examine immigration to medieval England
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe study will create a huge database of around 80,000 immigrants who lived in England between 1330 and 1550. -
Discover Medieval Chester project gets funding
Posted on November 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe 'Discover Medieval Chester’ project, which intends to promote the rich history of medieval Chester as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual frontier city, has has received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Knowledge Transfer Fellowship to the value of £172 000. -
New App features Bodleian Treasures
Posted on November 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe Bodleian Libraries have launched a mobile app featuring a selection of the rarest, most important and most evocative objects from the Bodleian collections. -
Profiling English Landed Society in 1066
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsProfessor Lewis details the project, Profile of a Doomed Elite: The Structure of English Landed Society in 1066 project, which involves completing a prosopography of landowners from England in 1066 -
“A Song of Ice & Fire – A Game of Thrones”
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No Comments“A Song of Ice & Fire – A Game of Thrones” The new series is set to release April 17th, 2011 on HBO in the US and HBO Canada for...
