AWOL - The Ancient World Online

Monday, October 28, 2013

Edition Open Access

This website provides open access to the publications of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge, in accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to knowledge in the sciences and humanities, which was launched by the Max Planck Society in 2003. The aim is to disseminate the results of scholarly work – in accordance with the open-access paradigm – to a broad audience rapidly and at low cost. The volumes presented here are directed at scholars and students in a wide range of disciplines. The works are available online both as print-on-demand books and open-access publications and can be accessed, together with additional information.

Publications relating to antiquity include:

Studies 1

The Globalization of Knowledge in History

Jürgen Renn (ed.)

The extent to which globalized knowledge also existed in the past is an open question and, moreover, a question that is important for understanding present processes of globalization.
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Sources 4

Bernardino Baldi "In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes"

Elio Nenci

"In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes" written by Bernardino Baldi is reprinted with an introduction and commentary. (italian)
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Sources 3

Bernardino Baldi’s In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes

Elio Nenci

"In mechanica Aristotelis problemata exercitationes" written by Bernardino Baldi is reprinted with an introduction and commentary.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Claremont Colleges Digital Library

[First posted 1/16/09. Updated 27 October 2013]

The Claremont Colleges Digital Library is serving some interesting open access material relating to antiquity:

Antiquities of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
The artifacts in this collection represent part of the antiquities of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. The items are mostly eastern Mediterranean in provenance, originating from ancient Greece, Cyprus, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and neighboring regions. A fair proportion of the collection dates to the Bronze Age, but every period thereafter is represented up to the fourth century of the current era. Although the majority is earthenware, other artifacts include objects of glass, ceramic, stone, metal and Cypriote.

Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is a center for basic research on the origins and meaning of the cultural heritage of Western civilization. The Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is published periodically under the auspices of the Society for Antiquity and Christianity for the general information of persons interested in the research programs of the Institute.

Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
The two volumes of the Campi Phlegraei (1776) and the Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei (1779) provide a firsthand report from Sir William Hamilton which documents the late eighteenth century eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and are important to the science of volcanology due to the precise descriptions of the changes in the appearance of the volcano, the lava flows and other volcanic activity. Displayed here in their entirety, these books contain text in both English and French and 59 hand-colored plates with accompanying explanations.

Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
The Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia (CCE) will initially include approximately 2800 articles published in The Coptic Encyclopedia (Aziz S. Atiya, ed. NY: Macmillan, 1991). The CCE will continuously add updates and new topics from the growing body of scholarship in Coptic studies at institutions worldwide. The scope of articles includes Coptic language and literature; Copto-Arabic literature; Coptic art, architecture, archaeology, history, music, liturgy, theology, spirituality, monasticism; and biblical, apocryphal, social, and legal texts.

Nag Hammadi Archive
The Nag Hammadi codices, thirteen ancient manuscripts containing over fifty religious and philosophical texts written in Coptic and hidden in an earthenware jar for 1,600 years, were accidentally discovered in upper Egypt in the year 1945. This immensely important discovery included a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures. These texts were once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy," scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth. The images in this collection were taken during the excavations and translation project of the 1970’s and record the environments surrounding excavations, visiting dignitaries, and the scholars working on the codices. The project has provided momentum to a major reassessment of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism.

Sacred Text Conference Archives
The First Annual Conference of Religions is a conversation and exploration of passages addressing relationships with insiders and outsiders, and points of inclusivity and exclusivity, within the Sacred Texts of six groups: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, LDS/Mormonism, and Hinduism.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Logeion is now an app for iOS 7 devices

From postings to mailing list be Helma Dik

What was only (?) a website for Greek and Latin diction at logeion.uchicago.edu is now also available as an app for iOS 7 devices:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logeion/id727860177?ls=1&mt=8

(searching for Logeion will likely not yet yield results in the App Store; things will need to propagate to its indices. For now, use the direct link above)

For those with older systems, Lexiphanes (for Greek) and Lexidium (Latin) are still excellent substitutes.

What's in Logeion: LSJ, Autenrieth, Lewis & Short, and much more for the low low price of FREE. Brought to you thanks to the Perseus Project's (Tufts University) policy to license its materials generously, and to Josh Day's labors to wrap it in a convenient package for iOS devices.

Enjoy!

Helma
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Helma Dik
Department of Classics

University of Chicago

Alphabetical List of Open Access Historical Newspapers and Other Periodicals in Middle East & Islamic Studies

Peter Magierski, my colleague and co-conspirator in Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) ISSN 2160-3049, has posted the following message on various mailing lists:

AMIR has published list of Open Access historical newspapers and other periodicals in Middle Eastern Studies : http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2013/10/alphabetical-list-of-open-access.html

Most titles on the list have been digitized by independent projects across the globe and may not have been fully cataloged. It is often difficult to find and access them on the web or through
catalogs such as HathiTrust, Gallica, Revues.org, WorldCat, etc. We welcome your comments and suggestions of additional titles to include. Please forward this information as you see appropriate.

For the list of active Open Access journals follow this link:
http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/2010/12/alphabetical-list-of-open-access.html

AMIR is a collaborative project aimed at collecting and disseminating information about Open Access resources and other kinds of networked information in the Middle East and Islamic Studies.

Peter

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Peter Magierski
Middle East& Islamic Studies Librarian
Columbia University Libraries
309 Lehman Library
420 West 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
tel.: 212-854-3995
pm2650@columbia.edu
Research Guides: http://library.columbia.edu/middleeast
Blog: http://amirmideast.blogspot.com/

Open Access Journal: Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series

Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series
[1912-1922 at JSTOR]
ISSN: 0894-8380

1922 (Vol. 14)

No. 2, THE TINGUIAN: SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF A PHILIPPINE TRIBE, 1922, pp. 231-493

1919 (Vol. 15)

No. 3, SINO-IRANICA: Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran, 1919, pp. i-iv, 185-630

1917 (Vol. 15)

No. 2, The Beginnings of Porcelain in China, with a Report on a Technical Investigation of Ancient Chinese Pottery, 1917, pp. 79-183

1915 (Vol. 15)

No. 1, THE DIAMOND: A STUDY IN CHINESE AND HELLENISTIC FOLK-LORE, 1915, pp. 1-75

1915 (Vol. 14)

No. 1, TRADITIONS OF THE TINGUIAN: A STUDY IN PHILIPPINE FOLK-LORE, 1915, pp. 1-226

1914 (Vol. 13)

No. 2, CHINESE CLAY FIGURES: PART I PROLEGOMENA ON THE HISTORY OF DEFENSIVE ARMOR, 1914, pp. 73-315

1913 (Vol. 13)

No. 1, NOTES ON TURQUOIS IN THE EAST, July, 1913, pp. i-iii, 1-71

1913 (Vol. 12)

No. 2, THE WILD TRIBES OF DAVAO DISTRICT, MINDANAO, September, 1913, pp. I-VII, 49-203

1912 (Vol. 12)

No. 1, CHINESE POTTERY: IN THE PHILIPPINES, July, 1912, pp. 1-47

1912 (Vol. 11)

No. 2, Brief Miscellaneous Hopi Papers. The Stanley McCormick Hopi Expedition, February, 1912, pp. 99-149

No. 1, THE ORAIBI MARAU CEREMONY: The Stanley McCormick Hopi Expedition, February, 1912, pp. 1-88

1912 (Vol. 10)

JADE: A STUDY IN CHINESE ARCHÆOLOGY AND RELIGION, February, 1912, pp. i-xiv, 1-370

Continues Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Anthropological Series , 1895-1922 (Vols. 1-6)