5.0233 Qs: Vulgate etext; Citation; BCE/CE ... (5/74)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 16 Jul 1991 22:19:50 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0233. Tuesday, 16 Jul 1991.

(1) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1991 17:29 EST (12 lines)
From: ALAN COOPER <ACOOPER@UCBEH>
Subject: Re: 5.0209 Bibliography Software

(2) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 17:09:54 CST (15 lines)
From: Oliver Phillips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: electronic Vulgate

(3) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 22:00:44 -0700 (10 lines)
From: Mary WhitlockBlundell <mwb@u.washington.edu>
Subject: BCE/CE

(4) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 14:50:42 EDT (21 lines)
From: weinshan@cps.msu.edu
Subject: Designing a Swing Set

(5) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 10:19:34 -0700 (16 lines)
From: kproddy@ucdavis.BITNET
Subject: Medieval Study & Computing Graduate Study

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1991 17:29 EST
From: ALAN COOPER <ACOOPER@UCBEH>
Subject: Re: 5.0209 Bibliography Software (2/189)

I've just gotten around to reading this very informative posting,
and was a bit disappointed to see that Citation was excluded from
consideration. I would appreciate information from anyone who has
used it, as well as information on how to reach the manufacturer (name,
address, 800-number).

With thanks. (No need to post replies to the network, unless you think
they'd be of general interest.) Alan Cooper, Hebrew Union Colleget(

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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 17:09:54 CST
From: Oliver Phillips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: electronic Vulgate

Does anyone know of a machine readable Latin Vulgate? Something on
CD-ROM disk would be preferable. We have the Latin CD-ROM disk on
order here at the University of Kansas from the Packard Institute
for the Humanities, in fact, have had it on order for more than a
year without getting it, and I suppose it might be on that. Does
anyone with access to that disk know? Other suggestions?

Oliver Phillips
Classics
University of Kansas
PHILLIPS@UKANVM.BITNET

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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 22:00:44 -0700
From: Mary WhitlockBlundell <mwb@u.washington.edu>
Subject: BCE/CE


Does anyone know who started substituting the abbreviations BCE and CE for
BC and AD, what the grounds for these choices were, and when?

Mary Whitlock Blundell
mwb@u.washington.edu

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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 14:50:42 EDT
From: weinshan@cps.msu.edu
Subject: Designing a Swing Set
DESIGNING A SWING SET: CARTOON

We probably have all seen the cartoon on designing a swing set. There are
six panels showing a tree and swing. What the user wanted (last panel) was
a tire hung from a tree limb, but the rest of the panels show

*As proposed by the project sponsor
*As specified in the project request
*As designed by the senior systems analyst

etc.


I am trying to track down the original source in order to get copyright
permission to use in a new textbook. Do you have a source for this?

While it has been widely reprinted, one colleague here cited it as
"First (?) seen in University of London Computer Centre Newsletter."

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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 91 10:19:34 -0700
From: kproddy@ucdavis.BITNET
Subject: Medieval Study & Computing Graduate Study

Humanists all--

One of my Medieval Studies majors is interested in graduate work in
the field, and has a strong bent towards computers (he did brilliantly
in my Computers and Humanities class, and had been a biological science
major hithertofore), so he's looking for a program either here in the
States or in Europe that might emphasize both. He has Latin and German,
and I believe that his computer skills in UNIX are sufficiently great to make
him marketable. I'd appreciate any help.

Kevin Roddy
Medieval Studies Program
kproddy@ucdavis.BITNET