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The Julian calendar, in use in the British Empire until September 1752. This calendar is used for dates where the date of the beginning of the year is ambigious.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year regularized to beginning on 1 January.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year beginning on 25 March. This was the calendar used in the British Empire until September 1752.
The Gregorian calendar, used in the British Empire from September 1752. Sometimes
referred to as New Style (NS). Years run from January 1 through December 31.
The Anno Mundi (year of the world
) calendar is based on the supposed date of the
creation of the world, which is calculated from Biblical sources. At least two different
creation dates are in common use. See Anno Mundi (Wikipedia).
Regnal dates are given as the number of years into the reign of a particular monarch. Our practice is to tag such dates with @calendar="regnal", and provide an equivalent date using a more systematic calendar (usually Julian) in a custom dating attribute.
Most MoEML documents, or significant fragments with @xml:id attributes, can
be addressed using the mol: prefix and accessed through the web application
with their id + .xml.
The molagas prefix points to the shape representation of a location on MoEML’s OpenLayers3-based rendering of the Agas Map.
Links to page-images in the Chadwyck-Healey
Links to page-images in the
The mdt (MoEML Document Type) prefix used on <catRef>/@target points to a central taxonomy in the includes file.
The mdtlist (MoEML Document Type listing) prefix used in linking attributes points to a listings page constructed from a category in the central MDT taxonomy in the includes file. There are two variants, one with the plain @xml:id of the category, meaning all documents in the specified category, and one with the suffix _subcategories
, meaning all subcategories of the category.
The molgls (MoEML gloss) prefix used on <term>/@corresp points to a a glossary entry in the GLOSS1.xml file.
This molvariant prefix is used on <ref>/@target attributes during automated generation of gazetteer index files. It points to an element in the generated variant spellings listing file which lists all documents which contain a particular spelling variant for a location.
This molajax prefix is used on <ref>/@target attributes during the static build process, to specify links which point to MoEML resources which should not be loaded into the source page during standalone processing; instead, these should be turned into links to the XML source documents, and at HTML page load time, these should be turned into AJAX calls. This is to handle the scenario in which a page such as an A-Z index of the whole site would end up containing virtually the whole site inside itself.
The molstow prefix is used on @facs attributes to link to the HCMC verison of the Stow facsimiles. Usually the first group is the year (1633) and then last is the image number (0001).
The molshows prefix is used on @facs attributes to link to the copies of page-images from mayoral shows stored in the london account on the HCMC server. The first group is the year (1633), the second is the source repository, and then last is the image file name.
The sb prefix is used on <ref>/@target attributes to link to Stow’s Books URLs at UToronto.
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PLACEHOLDER BIBLIOGRAPHY ITEM. The purpose of this item is to allow encoders to link to a person entry when they do not have access to PERS1 or cannot add a new entry. When linking to this item, please include a comment explaining the details of the item the link should really point to.
Programmer, 2018-present. Junior Programmer, 2015-2017. Research Assistant, 2014-2017. Joey Takeda was a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of English (Science and Technology research stream). He completed his BA honours in English (with a minor in Women’s Studies) at the University of Victoria in 2016. His primary research interests included diasporic and indigenous Canadian and American literature, critical theory, cultural studies, and the digital humanities.
Data Manager, 2015-2016. Research Assistant, 2013-2015. Tye completed his undergraduate honours degree in English at the University of Victoria in 2015.
Director of Pedagogy and Outreach, 2015–2020. Associate Project Director, 2015. Assistant Project Director, 2013-2014. MoEML Research Fellow, 2013. Kim McLean-Fiander comes to
Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of
Dr. Michael Best is professor emeritus, University of Victoria, and coordinating editor of
Helen Ostovich is professor of English at McMaster University and editor of the journal
Diane K. Jakacki is the Digital Scholarship Coordinator at Bucknell University. Her research interests include digital humanities applications for early modern drama, literature and popular culture, and digital pedagogy theory and praxis. Her current research focuses on sixteenth-century English touring theatre troupes. At Bucknell she collaborates with faculty and students on several regional digital/public humanities projects within Pennsylvania. Publications include a digital edition of
Dr. James Mardock teaches Renaissance literature at the University of Nevada. He has
published articles on
Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.
Tom Bishop is a MoEML Pedagogical Partner. He is Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he teaches in the English and Drama programmes. He is the author of
Shakespeare’s Theatre Games.
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
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Printer and bookseller. Husband of
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Ballad writer. Not to be confused with
Playwright and pirate.
Playwright.
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Historian.
First Viscount Dorchester. Secretary of State.
First Baron Burghley. Husband of
Playwright, translator, and poet.
Playwright, printer, and pamphleteer.
Countess of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery.
Printer.
Pamphleteer and bookseller. Accused of printing scandalous material in
Printer.
Poet and historian.
Playwright, poet, and author.
Silkweaver and author.
Writer and Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Father of
Poet. Helped establish Whitefriars Theatre.
Eyewitness of
Writer and book collector. Revised
Writer.
Queen consort of England
Merchant.
Martyrologist. Author of
Venetian ambassador in the court of
Clergyman and anti-theatrical polemicist.
Printer and historian.
Writer and playwright. Buried at St. Botolph, Aldersgate.
Historian and topographer.
Joiner and architect.
Playwright.
Clergymen and historian. Author of books on science and geography.
Playwright and poet.
Historian. One author of the
Bohemian etcher. Moved to London in
Chronicler.
King of Scotland
Architect and theatre designer.
Poet and playwright.
Political writer.
Printer.
Writer and playwright.
Clergyman and writer.
Chronicler. Member of the
Playwright and poet.
Playwright and poet.
Playwright. Buried at St. Saviour (Southwark).
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Lord Chancellor of England. Husband of
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Dancing master, poet, translator, surveyor, and geographer. Appointed
King’s Cosmographer
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Naval officer and diarist. Husband of
Printer and bookseller.
Clergyman and pamphleteer.
Actor and playwright.
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Playwright and poet.
Jesuit priest, poet, and secret missionary in England. Viewed as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church after his execution.
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Physican, astrologist, and translator.
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Poet and satirist.
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Diarist and gardener.
Poet and playwright.
Welsh historian and writer.
Writer.
Playwright. Husband of
Architect.
Printer. Apprenticed under
Bishop of Rochester
Author and biographer.
Second Baron Harington of Exton. Courtier.
Lawyer and writer.
Luxembourgeois historian. Author of
Knight, religious writer, and historian.
Poet and playwright.
Writer and bookseller.
Clergyman and printer. Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.
Translator.
Writer and biographer.
Scholar and poet.
Historian, playwright, and poet.
Poet.
Printer and bookseller.
Architect. Author of
Author. Not to be confused with
Poet. Tutor of
Statistician. Known as the founder of demography.
Poet and dramatist.
Bishop of Worcester
First Baronet. Antiquary.
Writer. Archbishop of York
Poet.
Portrait painter.
Pamphleteer. Author of criminal biographies.
Minister. Exorcised
Author.
Highwayman and writer.
Author.
Printer.
Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and martyr. Executed by
Bishop of Bangor.
Dean of Canterbury.
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