Survey of Saint Dedications in Medieval Scotland
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Grant Holder:
Dr Stephen Boardman
The chief aim of the project has been to construct a searchable database with a web-site interface recording and mapping dedications to saints in Scotland prior to 1560. It is hoped that the database will be useful as a research, reference and teaching tool for the study of saints’ cults and the wider examination of piety and devotion in medieval Scotland. The database has been compiled through a systematic survey of published sources relating to the medieval kingdom and a significant body of unpublished archival material. Please note that there are a number of sources, both published and archival, that were not included within the limits of the initial survey. The database should not, then, be regarded at this stage as a comprehensive register of medieval dedications to saints in Scotland, although it does contain sufficient information to allow the spread of particular dedications, and by implication individual cults, to be examined chronologically and spatially. A subsidiary aim of the project has been to stimulate and facilitate further research activity relating to the cult of saints and medieval piety in Scotland.
| Project start date: 2004-10 | Project end date: 2007-09 |
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Era(s):
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| Methods used | Category |
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| Collating | Data analysis |
| Content analysis | Data analysis |
| Searching and querying | Data analysis |
| Interface design | Data publishing and dissemination |
| General website development | Data publishing and dissemination |
| General project management | Strategy and project management |
| Manual input and transcription | Data capture |
Funding sources:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Content types created:
Dataset/structured data
Source material used:
Printed and primary sources relating to medieval Scotland
Digital resource created:
A searchable database with a web-site interface recording and mapping dedications to saints in Scotland prior to 1560.
Access to digital resource:
Open Access
Data Formats created:
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Publications:
Saints' Cults in the Celtic World (Woodbridge, 2009), eds. S.Boardman, J.R.Davies and E.Williamson.
The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland (Woodbridge, 2010), eds. S.Boardman and E.Williamson
The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland (Woodbridge, 2010), eds. S.Boardman and E.Williamson
Project staff and expertise:
| Principal staff member: | Dr Stephen Boardman |
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| Author(s) of record | Steve Boardman |
| Title | Survey of Saint Dedications in Medieval Scotland |
| Record created | 2010-11-22 |
| Record updated | 2011-01-24 15:55 |
| URL of record | http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3545 |
| Citation of record | Steve Boardman: Survey of Saint Dedications in Medieval Scotland. <http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3545> created: 2010-11-22, last updated 2011-01-24 15:55 |