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Evolution of BREPOLiS Latin Full-Text databases

Thanks to regular updates, the BREPOLiS Latin Full-Text databases (Library of Latin Texts, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Aristoteles Latinus Database & the Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature) continue to grow at a steady pace. To illustrate this growth, we are excited to share this chart with you.

At the moment (November 2022), these databases offer access to some 180 millions words!

The most exciting is yet to come with the launch of a new interface in the coming weeks. To be continued…

Update Sources Chrétiennes Online

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.

Update Sources Chrétiennes Online

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.

Sources Chrétiennes Online: new update

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.