The Vercelli Book: a machine readable transcription

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Welcome to the Digital Vercelli Book!

This is a facsimile and diplomatic edition of Codex Vercellensis CXVII, Archivio e Biblioteca Capitolare di Vercelli. Here are a few tips about how better browse the edition:

it is recommended to go to full screen mode so that all available screen space is used to show the manuscript images and the transcription text;
speaking of "text", note that unfortunately only part of the homilies and poems are currently available, they will be all present in the final version of the edition;
note that the digitized images, while not too heavy, require some time to load in the browser window, so we advise against going too fast when moving from folio to folio, lest the navigation software gets confused;
finally, if you have any suggestions or spot an error/bug please contact me at roberto.rossellidelturco@gmail.com

This edition was created using EVT.

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Information about EVT

EVT (Edition Visualization Technology) is a software for creating and browsing digital editions of manuscripts based on text encoded according to the TEI XML schemas and Guidelines. This tool was born as part of the DVB (Digital Vercelli Book) project in order to allow the creation of a digital edition of the Vercelli Book, a parchment codex of the late tenth century, now preserved in the Archivio e Biblioteca Capitolare of Vercelli and regarded as one of the four most important manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon period as regards the transmission of poetic texts in the Old English language.

To ensure that it will be working on all the most recent web browsers, and for as long as possible on the World Wide Web itself, EVT is built on open and standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Specific features, such as the magnifying lens, are entrusted to jQuery plugins, again chosen among the open source and best supported ones to reduce the risk of future incompatibilities. The general architecture of the software, in any case, is modular, so that any component which may cause trouble or turn out to be not completely up to the task can be replaced easily.

For more information about how to use and/or customize EVT please refer to the EVT Manual included in the archive you downloaded, in the "doc" folder.

EVT is used in the following projects:

EVT has a home page in the SourceForge repository, but development is done on Gitlab and Github: if you are interested in learning more about EVT and/or in adapting it to your specific needs please contact the project Director, Roberto Rosselli Del Turco roberto.rossellidelturco@gmail.com.

If you have any suggestions or spot an error/bug please contact us at evt.developers@gmail.com