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This project explores the Salem Witch Trials by using primary sources from the 17th century, including historical maps, books, letters, images, and court records. The project also explores the important people of the time period.
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The Lost Plays Database is a wiki-style forum for scholars to share information about lost plays in England, 1570-1642. Its purpose is to add lost plays to scholarly discussions of early modern theatrical activity.
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The Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding by bringing texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and making them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader.
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A vessel shaped like a female turkey used to make hot cocoa.
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Talks about a coffee pot from 1755 in The Met Art Gallery.
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Inscription: Signed (left, on stone): ·J·chardin
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preserved clay vase displaying chariot and riders
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73cm in Length (65.1cm Blade). 17.1cm in Width (5.2cm Blade). 1360.8g in Weight.
Kris blade forged in an asymmetrical, wavy fashion. Hilt is wrapped in several layers of various materials. A short rope is attached to the top of the hilt, likely used to tie the blade to the body. The blade itself is a dull gray with signs of wear, especially around the tip of the sword.
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A covered dish shaped like a duck, made of pressed clear amethyst and black and green opaque glass.
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A German porcelain figurine possibly meant to hold candles. Depicting a woman in a white and gold cloak, multi-colored skirt and crown, resting atop an alligator(?) and holding a parrot. Behind her is a gold gilded
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It is an oil painting by Thomas Hill that portrays the landscape of Yosemite Valley in 1885.
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A medal plaquette that is gray in color. It is struck bronze with a light brown patina. It has an image of a person playing the harp; behind the person, there is an obverse signature that says "A.Rivet." There is an inscription that says "LA MUSIQUE" on the left edge. There is also a Paris mint mark along the edge as well.
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Gift of Kihei Hattori, in memory of his father, Kihei Hattori
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A gray, unglazed Banko ware (sculpture) of a cat with four kittens crawling on/around its feet and back. Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
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Japanese miniature sculpture of a girl playing with a cat
Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 1 in. (2.5 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
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This box demonstrates stylistic variations on the peony scroll, a favorite design on Korean lacquer ware ornamented with shimmering abalone shells, or mother-of-pearl. Here, the large luscious blooms are accentuated.
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The website provides basic information about natural disasters between 1200-1800 in the UK. Shows users the information through maps, links, and a timeline.
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A map of London from October 7th, 1940 - June 6th 1941. The map uses data from the bomb census to chronicle the location and timing of each bomb launched upon the city during the blitz.
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Peer reviewed sources displaying a timeline of all natural disasters taking place in the pre modern period, including floods, plagues and famine on a worldwide scale taking place up until 1800 through timelines, maps, and videos.
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The Bomb Sight maps the London WWII bomb census, taking place between 07/10/1940 to 06/06/1941. It has a detailed satellite map with red dots placed on the locations that bombs were dropped on London, with zoom in/zoom out functionality. It also contains divisions based on specific neighborhoods, bomb totals for each neighborhood, specific locations of each bomb, location searching, and data for the first night of the Blitz, a weekly bomb census, and an aggregate bomb census. It allows users to visualize and contextualize the frequency of the bombs dropped on London in World War II, as well as determine which parts of London were bombed more than other parts of London. -Sofia Wilson
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Quoting Levin, “The original aim was to catalogue academic mapping projects… But the list has drifted away from this, to cover literary and historical mappings in general... I’ve begun to compile a list of Digital Humanities projects where GIS (Geographical Information Systems) has a leading part.” Essentially, this is an archived list of geographical academic projects that cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from literary to historical contexts.
