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
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Arno Borst’s Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. Jahrhundert | Easy 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 Viewer | A IIIF Viewer with 191 of digitized computisical MSS. | Mirador Viewer |
| Arno Borst’s Schriften zur Komputistik im Frankenreich von 726 bis 818 | Easy 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 them | An 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 Lorsch | An interactive map of the intellectual network of the imperial abbey in Lorsch. | The intellectual network of the imperial abbey in Lorsch |
| Calendar structure | This 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
| Subject | Description | Link | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arno Borst’s Reichskalender | Each 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.csv | Opensource |
| Arno Borst’s Der karolingische Reichskalender und seine Überlieferung bis ins 12. Jahrhundert | Each 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.csv | Opensource |
| 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.csv | Opensource |