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Angel with scroll
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature of John with Christ holding books and an angel holding a scroll containing a letter. Angel Hair: short, curly, fairAngel Wings: upright, goldenAngel Clothes: red mantle over blue robeAngel…
Angel with first seal
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and…
Angel or Christ?
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the…
Group of angels with trumpet and thurible
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature with John outside the frame and a group of angels receiving a trumpet from another angel on the left and an angel holding a gold incense bearer on the right. In the middle is Christ enthroned…
Angels pouring fire, blowing trumpet
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature of two angels, one emptying fire from a censer on an altar with the thunders above and the other angel blowing a trumpet, with fire falling to earth from above. Angel Hair: short, curly,…
Angels blowing trumpet, standing in water, holding scroll
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature of an angel with a trumpet and four smaller angels standing in water (the Euphrates); an angel above emerges from a cloud, holding a scroll and Christ is in a mandorla blessing a chalice. Angel…
Angel watching the slaying of clerics
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature from the Commentary: three men with swords kill three clerics and their souls rise up as birds; on the right a king watches, smiling and holding a sword. On the left in a spired building Christ…
Angels with scrolls, angel with rainbow with St. John
British Library Catalogue Description:A framed miniature of John, seated with an open book and the thunders above him; angels with scrolls to his right and left speak to him and in the centre, a tall angel stands with one foot in the water and a…
Tutorial: Introduction to Omeka
An introduction to Omeka. By the end of this tutorial, participants will: understand the building blocks and basic affordances of Omeka as a content management system and data curation platform; Understand the basics of Dublin Core metadata schema;…
Tutorial: Introduction to Neatline
An introduction to Neatline. By the end of this tutorial, participants will know how to use Neatline to map digital collections in space and time onto a static image.
Exercise 2: Add an Item
Take a look at the following manuscript image. Your task is to create a new Item in Omeka that represents this image. You get to decide how to map the metadata from the British Library catalogue entry onto Dublin Core. Then download the manuscript…
Exercise 3: Create a Collection
Create a new Collection in Omeka. Its title should be your last name. Then add an item to the Collection.
Exercise 4: Add Multiple Items
Adding items to Omeka one by one is laborious and error-prone. Using the CSV Import Plugin, add multiple items by saving the file attached to this exercise as .csv and then importing it. How will you map the column headings onto Dublin Core? If…
Exercise 5: Wrangle Your Metadata
In the Exercise spreadsheet attached, you have a survey of angel images from BL Add. 42555. The spreadsheet contains several fields describing the images: Description by BL (from the British Library's catalogue), as well as Angel Hair, Angel Wings,…
Resource: Sample Data Set (Angels)
A sample data set to create an initial set of Omeka items. Focuses on depictions of angels in BL Add. 42555. Before using this file, you must save it as .csv
Sample Assignment: Word Study (Word in Context)
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A sample assignment using Omeka to create a multimedia word study, in an undergraduate Old English course.
This assignment will require students to explore a word within an Old English literary passage, using the Dictionary of Old English and DOE…
This assignment will require students to explore a word within an Old English literary passage, using the Dictionary of Old English and DOE…
Sample Assignment: Rare Books, Digital Collections
A sample assignment using Omeka to explore rare books through digital collections (needs customizing for individual curricula: this is a general-purpose assignment)
Angel with scroll
A framed miniature of John with Christ holding books and an angel holding a scroll containing a letter.
Angel with first seal
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:1-2: the opening of the first seal, with John on the left and an angel with the seal, pointing to the rider on a white horse, who is holding a bow and arrow.
Angel or Christ?
A framed miniature from the Commentary on Revelations 6:5-6: men committing violent crimes, while a king and counsellor sit in judgement (right). Christ in a mandorla with a balance (above), surrounded by the four beasts and Peter, Paul and John on…