Issue 1: Scholarly Editions

Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella: The Oldest Commentary Tradition

Carolingian Scholarship and Martianus Capella: The Oldest Commentary Tradition http://martianus.huygens.knaw.nl (Last Accessed: 2014-04-13). Reviewed by Franz Fischer (CCeH, University of Cologne).

This paper reviews a semi-diplomatic edition of the oldest gloss commentary on Martianus Capella's De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, a popular fifth-century encyclopaedic allegory of the seven liberal arts. Based on and including facsimiles of a ninth-century manuscript from Leiden University Library (Vossianus Latinus Folio 48), the edition was produced…

Codex Sinaiticus

Codex Sinaiticus http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net (Last Accessed: 2014-05-24). Reviewed by Markus Schnöpf (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften).

Much effort was put into the digital edition of the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest and most complete Codices of the New Testament. Whereas the material is conserved in four different places, this edition reconstructs a virtual codex, transcribing the text and offering documentary data for easy and deep access to the material. It can be described as a…

Leal Conselheiro Electronic Edition

Leal Conselheiro Electronic Edition http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/IbrAmerTxt.LealConselheiro (Last Accessed: 2014-05-06). Reviewed by Ulrike Henny (Cologne Center for eHumanities, Universität zu Köln).

The paper reviews the Leal Conselheiro Electronic Edition, the first digital edition of the medieval text Leal Conselheiro, a moral treatise authored by king Edward I of Portugal. The goal of the research project behind the edition, a co-operation between the University of Lisbon and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is to offer a scholarly, critical…

Nietzschesource

Nietzschesource http://www.nietzschesource.org/ (Last Accessed: 2014-05-25). Reviewed by Philipp Steinkrüger (KU LEUVEN).

This review addresses the digital edition of Nietzsche’s works, Nietzschesource. The project presents a definite step ahead in the history of editions of the works of the 19th century philosopher and writer and offers the best text available to date. Moreover, it includes a growing archive of digital facsimiles of Nietzsche’s manuscripts and thus allows a…

Sandrart.net

Sandrart.net http://www.sandrart.net/ (Last Accessed: 2014-05-06). Reviewed by Patrick Sahle (Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing).

Sandrart.net describes itself as a 'research platform for the history of art and culture of the 17th century'. It is a digital edition of Joachim von Sandrart’s magnum opus, the 'Teutsche Academie', published between 1675 and 1680 in a German and between 1680 and 1684 in a Latin version. Facsimiles and full texts for both publications are provided as well…

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