The Global Medieval Sourcebook

FAIN: HAA-258712-18

Stanford University (Stanford, CA 94305-2004)
Kathryn Starkey (Project Director: June 2017 to October 2022)

The further development of the Global Medieval Sourcebook, an open-source resource for transcriptions, translations, and contextual information about digitized medieval texts from Europe, North Africa, and Asia. This project adds new content, expands the available languages, integrates TEI markup, and develops new pedagogical features.

The Global Medieval Sourcebook, a teaching and research resource, will present transcriptions of original medieval texts and their translations in an accessible, user-friendly, downloadable, open-source format. It will include information about each text, including a scholarly and user-friendly commentary on the text and translation. Links to online manuscripts and other relevant materials will enable scholars to use the site as a research portal and will provide essential context to students and teachers. Texts will be searchable by genre, author, date, language, keywords, and themes. Additionally, with teachers and students in mind, we will create and upload audio files of specialists reading the texts in their original language. Currently we are able to cover the following languages: Middle High German, Old French, Old and Middle English, and Medieval Chinese, Arabic, and Persian. In the next two years, we will expand to include medieval Spanish and Italian, with Slavic languages anticipated for addition in the next phase.

Associated Products

Global Medieval Sourcebook (Web Resource)
Title: Global Medieval Sourcebook
Author: Mae Velloso-Lyons (General Editor)
Author: Kathryn Starkey (PI)
Abstract: A digital repository of medieval texts and translations.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: http://sourcebook.stanford.edu

The Global Medieval Sourcebook: Creating a Sustainable Digital Anthology of Medieval Texts and Translations (Article)
Title: The Global Medieval Sourcebook: Creating a Sustainable Digital Anthology of Medieval Texts and Translations
Author: Mae Velloso-Lyons
Author: Kathryn Starkey
Author: Quinn Dombrowski
Abstract: The article provides an overview of the Global Medieval Sourcebook project from its beginning to its completion, including technical information and a description of its content. Publication pending.
Year: 2020
Access Model: Open access
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Seminar

Github Repository Access (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Github Repository Access
Author: Kathryn Starkey (PI)
Author: Mae Velloso-Lyons (General Editor)
Abstract: The code available through our Github repository (https://github.com/medieval-source-book) and the XML and PDF files for the texts published on the website.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: http://github.com/medieval-source-book
Access Model: Open access

Online-Kompendium macht mittelalterliche Texte nutzbar (Article)
Title: Online-Kompendium macht mittelalterliche Texte nutzbar
Author: Annika Backe
Abstract: Informative article about the launch of the Global Medieval Sourcebook.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: http://https://muenzenwoche.de/online-kompendium-macht-mittelalterliche-texte-nutzbar/
Format: Magazine
Publisher: Muenzenwoche

Stanford team brings medieval texts to a contemporary audience (Article)
Title: Stanford team brings medieval texts to a contemporary audience
Author: Emily Goodling
Abstract: Informational article about the launch of the Global Medieval Sourcebook
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://https://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/04/bringing-medieval-texts-contemporary-audience/
Format: Magazine
Publisher: Stanford News

English Translations of Obscure Medieval Texts Go Online (Article)
Title: English Translations of Obscure Medieval Texts Go Online
Author: Allison Meier
Abstract: Informational article about the launch of the Global Medieval Sourcebook
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://https://hyperallergic.com/394758/global-medieval-sourcebook-stanford/
Format: Journal
Publisher: Hyperallergic

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