We are excited to launch a BREPOLiS Newsletter, helping you to stay abreast of the continuous updates and improvements of our databases. The November issue of this Newsletter features an important update of Sources chrétiennes online, as the database now comprises 90% of the print volumes ! Read the Newsletter here: https://publicate.it/p/mDOpyV6gjdbz380844
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database has been updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 545 of the over 630 printed volumes.
Notable additions are Cosmas Indicopleustes’ Christian Topography, the spiritual works of Gertrude of Helfta, and a series of sermons by Caesarius of Arles. Furthermore, the Greek source text has been added for two volumes (SC 12 and 15) that originally contained only a translation. By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database has been updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 523 of the almost 630 printed volumes.
Notable additions are Richard Rolle’s Melos amoris, the monastic works of Hildegard of Bingen, and Cyprian of Carthage’s work on the Unity of the Church. Furthermore, for two volumes that originally offered only a translation (SC 6 and 9), the Greek source text has now been added to the database.
By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
The BREPOLiS platform currently offers access to 24 databases in a broad variety of research areas of the Humanities. Because it is sometimes difficult to clearly identify the chronological demarcation of each database, we have brought them together in a convenient timeline.
A more detailed version of the timeline, including additional information on the ‘Typology’ of the various databases, the languages they cover, or the product clusters they belong to, can be downloaded here (PDF file).
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database was updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 491 of the almost 630 printed volumes. Some notable additions are the sermons of Guerric of Igny, Eusebius of Caesarea’s Preparation for the Gospel, and the works of Francis of Assisi. By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
MARC records are now available for the texts of the database Sources Chrétiennes Online. These records can be downloaded via the Help section of the database.
Furthermore, each text of the database provides external links to authority files.
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database was updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 456 of the 625 printed volumes. Some notable additions are Origen’s Contra Celsum, the Rule of St Benedict, and William of St-Thierry’s Mirror of Faith.
By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project. In this latest update, historical authors have also been provided with links to external authority files (to be expanded), and it has become possible to click on to the corresponding headwords in the Database of Latin Dictionaries through the short definitions for Latin words in the Instrumenta pop-up.
The Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database was updated. It now provides source texts and French translations from 431 of the 625 printed volumes. Notable additions include Gregory the Great’s Moralia in Job, the works of Mark the Ascetic, and Hilary of Poitiers’ Commentary on the Psalms, alongside many others. By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
In December 2020, the Sources Chrétiennes Online (SCO) database received its last trimestrial update for 2020. It now provides source texts and French translations from 305 out of 600+ printed volumes. Notable additions include the famous Hymns by Romanus Melodus, the Ecclesiastical History by Socrates of Constantinople, Marius Victorinus’ writings, and many others. By 2025, the SCO database will cover all volumes by then published in print in the long-running Sources Chrétiennes edition project.
We are glad to let you know that the database Sources Chrétiennes Online has been updated with a new tool called ‘Instrumenta‘. Instrumenta provides you with suggestions of translation and morphological analysis in a pop-up, for the Latin words encountered in the texts of the database. The tool is now in a first version, but will be expanded and improved in the next quarterly updates.
