Digital Humanities Nerd

XML/eXist-db, Python, Linux | Focus on #Epigraphy & #Papyrology

[DHd (@[email protected]) @DHdInfo]

You want to switch to #Mastodon, but unsure which instance to join? @DHdinfo got you covered and plans to set up an instance for (digital) humanists. We hope to start it soon, please stay tuned! 🐘🤖 Please RT :) ^uw

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

@hadw_bw der Komet wird auch mehrfach im Melanchthon Briefwechsel erwähnt (März/April 1556) https://t.co/jyPyAtrdHd

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

the new online database TheDefix (Thesaurus Defixionum) with ca. 1700 records replaces and updates the old TheDeMa database of ancient curse tablets (Thesaurus Defixionum Magdeburgensis) now hosted by Hamburg University https://t.co/861Kraqa5B #epigraphy

[Zenodo @ZENODO_ORG]

We’ve just added support for CITATION.cff files in our GitHub integration.

Just push a CITATION.cff file in your repo and we’ll use it when registering the DOI via the
@ZENODO_ORG @github integration https://t.co/EBnM7F6eT4.

Enjoy! 🎉

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

The Lower Germanic Limes has just been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List https://t.co/MCF7wum7Fs #epigraphy #archaeology

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

@paregorios @PleiadesProject thank you so much for this, really helpful!

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

great addition to the Pleiades platform! having an RSS feed would be nice, too - yes, I'm a bit old-fashioned ;-)

[eXist-db XML Database @existdb]

✨eXist-db 5.3.0 released ✨

🔴 better #XQuery 3.1 compatibility
🟠 new functions added
🟡 security fixes
🟢 enhanced stability
🔵 better performance
🟣 tons of other features & fixes

https://t.co/IGeqdc35Ub

Grab it while it's hot!

#database #nosql #xml #xquery #xslt

[ERC_LiLa @ERC_LiLa]

New paper accepted at the Third International Workshop on Resources and Tools for Derivational Morphology: "The Two Approaches to Word Formation in the LiLa Knowledge Base of Latin Resources” by @matteopellez @EPicoz Passarotti @FrancMambr @Giova_Moretti #DeriMo2021 #digiclass

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

@pettulda there's a simple short list on the Digital Classicist Wiki: https://t.co/mK3YLN5tP0

[Tom Ljevar @tomljevar]

Great news from ancient #Narona (today's village of Vid, Croatia):

Blocks with the inscription of #Augustus have just been unearthed during repair work of the water pipes. This is the largest inscription found at Narona to date (height of letters 30 cm).

Photos by AM Narona

[Kaja J Tally-Schumacher, PhD @KajaJTS]

Super excited to announce the launch of the Gardens of the #Roman Empire open access database--the first complete online scholarly corpus of all the #gardens attested in the Roman Empire! More entries will be added in coming months! #gardens #Archaeology https://t.co/nm8ZYg37pP

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

online edition of this inscription can be found at https://t.co/Xs7Z4tVqEV

[Ostia Antica HISTORY @HistoryJouney]

the grave of an extremely nice master of the entertainment #actors
“To the divine spirits of the departed. Here lies Leburna, master of the actors in mimes, who lived more or less a hundred years. I died several times but never in this manner."
#archaeology #comedian #epigraphy

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

the @epigraphy_info initiative & community has a brand new website: lots to read about members, past workshops, working groups and vocabularies & ontologies! https://t.co/tzChPoyGck #epigraphy #DigitalHumanities #EpiDoc

[TEI Consortium @TEIconsortium]

The TEI Consortium has released TEI P5 Guidelines version 4.2.2 and Stylesheets version 7.51.2. For more details see the release notes: https://t.co/ybNsyVftZh

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

great fully-funded 4-year Ancient History/ Documentary #Papyrology PhD position starting in August 2021 in Basel as part of project 'Urban Biographies of the Roman and Late Antique Worlds: Antinoopolis and Heracleopolis in Egypt, c. 100 – c. 650 CE': https://t.co/9xbYpBwtA5
#job

[I.Sicily @Sicilyepigraphy]

Come work with us! https://t.co/qhkLNRrOmO We have a 3-year position starting in October, for someone interested in working on the linguistic history of ancient Sicily through the epigraphic corpus - application deadline 10 May #Sicilia #epigraphy

[Digital Humanities Nerd @DhNerd]

the new summer Sunoikisis Digital Classics semester programme is now online: https://t.co/X8Uz2KGF8e #digitalhumanities #epigraphy

[LatinNow @LatinNowERC]

Calling all #digitalhumanities people interested in #Classics: please join us for a presentation of highlights of digital aspects of our work in the LatinNow project 'in' San Diego tonight at 7pm UK time, 8pm CET and 12pm PST @UoNArch @UoNClassics @CsadOxford @ERC_Research ⬇️