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Computus.lat

Computus.lat is a database of medieval manuscripts containing Latin computistical material, such as figurae, lectiones, argumenta and calendaria. Apart from basic information about these manuscripts each entry includes references to the available descriptions and digitalizations. To ensure their availability in the future, I will be publishing opensource datasets and resources on this page. Follow @computuslat on Twitter for updates.

Resources

TitleDescriptionLink
Arno Borst’s Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. JahrhundertEasy access to Arno Borst, Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. Jahrhundert in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales (Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2001).Easy access to Arno Borst’s Reichskalender
IIIF ViewerA IIIF Viewer with 253 digitized computisical MSS.Mirador Viewer
Arno Borst’s Schriften zur Komputistik im Frankenreich von 726 bis 818Easy access to Arno Borst, Schriften zur Komputistik im Frankenreich von 726 bis 818 in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters (Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2006)Easy access to Arno Borst’s Schriften zur Komputistik
Computus manuscripts and where to find themAn interactive map of the places of preservation of more than 550 manuscripts containing computistical and calendric material.Computus manuscripts and where to find them
The intellectual network of the imperial abbey in LorschAn interactive map of the intellectual network of the imperial abbey in Lorsch.The intellectual network of the imperial abbey in Lorsch
Calendar structureThis small resource is based on the appendix ‘Lunar letters and other calendar series’ in Charles W. Jones, Bedea Pseudepigraphia: Scientific Writings Falsely Attributed to Bede (London, Oxford University Press, 1939), pp. 108-110. The numbers of the calendar series by Jones are used in the object-oriented catalogue, in which calendars are catalogued according to their structural elements. A number of additional structural elements are identified using letters.Calendar structure

Datasets

SubjectDescriptionLinkLicense
Arno Borst’s ReichskalenderEach entry within this dataset is a reference to the MGH digitization of Arno Borst, Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. Jahrhundert in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales (Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2001). The entries include month, day of the month (modern), day of the month (Roman), series part number, first page, final page, and the url of the first page of this day of the month within the digitization.Reichskalender.csvOpensource
Arno Borst’s Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. JahrhundertEach entry within this dataset is a reference to the MGH digitization of Arno Borst, Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. Jahrhundert in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales (Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2001). The entries include chapter title, series part number, first page, final page, and the url of the first page of each chapter within the digitization.Reichskalender Table of Contents.csvOpensource
Arno Borst’s Schriften zur Komputistik im Frankenreich von 726 bis 818 Each entry within this dataset is a reference to the MGH digitization of Arno Borst, Schriften zur Komputistik im Frankenreich von 726 bis 818 in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters (Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2006). The entries include chapter, edition label, series part number, first page, final page, and the url of the first page of each chapter within the digitization.Schriften Table of Contents.csvOpensource