On Wed, 17 May 2000, Sharon Dale wrote:
> Cecilia--would you kindly post the url for Hughes' on-line database of
> saints' offices? I am sure that other members of the list besides me would
> find it very useful. many thanks, sharon
> ----- Original Message -----
I am afraid the database is not online. Hughes release in 1994 a volume
called "Late medieval liturgical offices" that had diskettes that came
with it, and then in 1996 another volume which complemented it with
sources (that is the mss sources). He began the project ages ago and the
programming for the database is antiquated and impossible. Sherry Reames,
who I believe follows this list, has figured it out (Sherry? any ideas)
but I never have. Luckily for me, my computer literate father took the
material from the database and crunched into a very useable share-ware
program out of Toronto called TACT (= Text Analyses Computing Tools). I
use this all the time, since I have also cruched a version of the Vulgate,
a latin word list, and various of my own databases of my own material.
Towit, since I am such a great enthusiast of both TACT and Hughes'
database (and this list), I would be more than happy to send to anyone who
wants it, a Zip-disk or a burned CD Rom with this (admittedly, not
perfect-- somehow much of the book of Daniel never made it into the
database) material on it, provided costs are covered (about 13 bucks for
the zip disk; 3 or 4 bucks for the CDrom). Be warned, though, I work on a
PC, and I dont' know how one would manipulate a Mac to get it to work).
I should say this. The advantage of TACT for whatever material one decides
to place in it (as I say, I've created about a dozen different databases
of my own materials -- sermons I've transcribed, specifical liturgical
texts for my saints, all the various vitas and other relevant published or
non published materials for Saint Louis, Hughes' Databases) is that it is
both very quick, and very manipulateable to search (boolean, proximity,
etc). I keep it on my hard drive and it comes in extrememly handy at all
times, but especially when working in the archives. It helps me
paleographically all the time when I can't figure out a particualry nettly
word, since it will give me options. This might have more to do with my
deficient latin skills than anything else, but people have been known to
approach me at the BN and ask if I might plug in a line or two...
Let me know- I'd be happy to share any of it with listmembers if you
think it might be useful. This list has been so often so generous with me.
cecilia (who works on Saint Louis of France)
uc berkeley history
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