Message: 2 Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:17:09 -0500 From: "L Herr-Gelatt" <betpulib@ptd.net> Subject: [SCA-AE] Links; Anthrop-and Archae-ology, Weaving, Museums, Puppetry, Vikings, Ceramics, Digital Library collections Greetings All! This week's links: Anthropology and Archaeology links for we rabid researchers, Weaving, Museums, Art in several approaches, Nordic Underwater Archeaology (I wasted a good ten minutes playing with the interactive link-button for the History of Shipbuilding, alone ;), International Puppetry, Vikings (somewhere in these pages is a terrific link to the Jorvik Viking Center in York---*flash reccomended*) , Ceramics, and lastly the Cornell University Prototype Digital Library which has an image library with works from our period along with the Icelandic Sagas links (saganet). If you aren't viewing this post in plain vanilla text, you might note that a simple search with the word museum (the word highlighted in each entry) brought up all this wealth of material ;). The internet is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Enjoy! As always, feel free to forward this stuff anywhere it's wanted so long as the lii.org copyright notice is included. Aoife ********************************************************************** NOTE: Use of the annotations from this list must be accompanied by: Copyright 2002 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org. ********************************************************************** Guide to Internet Resources in Anthropology - http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/legacy/anth_on_www.html Lots of good information. Includes links to anthropologists, anthropology departments, anthropology and archaeoloy sites/digs, museums, literature, jobs, and more. Subject: Anthropology Anthropology Resources on the Internet - http://home.worldnet.fr/~clist/Anthro/ A great place to begin searches for anthropology materials on the Internet. Includes lists of discussion groups; programs and files via FTP; gopher servers; World Wide Web servers on general anthropology, archaeology, archaeological digs, linguistics, cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, museums, academic departments, other institutions, commercial sites; electronic journals and archives; and other anthropology resource collections. Subjects: Anthropology | Archaeology Ruthe's Collection of Weaving Resources - http://home.interlynx.net/~rstowe/weave.htm An excellent source of information about fiber arts in general, and weaving in particular. Annotated links in an interesting format. Linkable table at the top of the page leads to expanded information about the links farther down the page. Sites covered include spinning, weaving and looms, dyes and dyeing, twining, a world-wide guilds list for weavers and spinners and fibre artists, and a special section covering art exhibits and museums around the world. Subjects: Textile fabrics | Weaving Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp) - http://www.icom.org/vlmp/ A directory of museums throughout the world, this site groups museums by country and then lists them in alphabetical order. Museums in the United States are searchable by name, type, or state. Developed by Jonathan Bowen of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, the site is now supported by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). All links are in English unless otherwise stated. Subject: Museums Art Guide: the Art Lover's Guide to Britain and Ireland - http://www.artguide.org/uk/ A comprehensive Internet guide to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland. Organized by museum, artist, exhibitions (what's on), and location (maps). The database currently contains more than 1,900 artists, more than 650 museums, more than 4,500 individual listings, and comprehensive exhibitions listings. For each artist there is a list of their works and where they can be found; for each museum, Web site if available, a list of outstanding works in the collection, an address, telephone number and links to other museums in the same region. Subjects: Artists | Art museums -- Great Britain Nordic Underwater Archaeology - http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/ This large directory categorizes and annotates links to maritime archaeology resources worldwide. What is Underwater Archeology explores shipwrecks, ports, and dwellings around the Nordic coast. The Virtual Museum contains maritime archeological finds around the world including Egypt, Portugal, and Russia, with some information about the Titanic. Additionally, there are worldwide listings of Museums, Societies, Authorities & Contacts; Courses & Academic Departments; Projects; and Wrecks. There is also information on, and histories of, Replicas & Shipbuilding; a section on Documents, Literature, Journals, Conferences; information about Tools & Techniques; related Miscellaneous Links; Diving; and a Glossary. Subject: Underwater archaeology Puppetry Resources Worldwide - http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/ Here's a unique site devoted to the art of making puppets and using them in performances. Coverage is worldwide through a collection of links for puppet theaters, festivals, museums, organizations, performers, and performance companies. Links are provided for various cultures' traditions such as Indonesian shadow puppets or France's Guignol. Different types of puppetry are included, such as animatronics, ventriloquism, giant puppets, and marionettes. Other links provide instructions for puppet building and sources for materials or buying puppets. Read the latest puppetry news, place free classifieds, join a newsgroup or mailing list, and link to even more sites. Subjects: Puppet theater | Puppets The World of the Vikings - http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/ This annotated guide to Internet resources on the Vikings includes academic sites, e-mail lists, museums, re-enactment organizations, and retail sites. There are also links to sources of information on runes, sagas, ships, and mead (the beverage). Subjects: Middle ages -- History | Vikings CeramicsWeb - http://art.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/ This resource for ceramic artists and students features searchable databases of glaze recipes and ceramics materials, news about museums and pottery exhibitions, health and safety information, and an extensive list of links. Subject: Pottery CGFA - A Virtual Art Museum - http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/ Carol Gerten's Fine Art is an extensive collection of several thousand images, covering medieval to early 20th century. Featured artists are usually accompanied by a brief biographical sketch from Microsoft Encarta. Searchable or browsable by artist name, time-frame, or nationality. You can scan thumbnail images and then bring up the full-sized one you want. Was Carol Jackson's - CJFA). Subjects: Art | Artists The Cornell University Prototype Digital Library - http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/ Among digitized graphic and text resources available at this site are the Making of America collection, Math book collection, Ezra Cornell papers, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) agriculture collection, Core historical literature of agriculture, full text articles in Africana digital periodicals, Icelandic sagas, Division of rare and manuscripts digital collections, and exhibits from the Johnson museum of art permanent collection. Subject: Digital libraries Read my little fable: He that runs may read. Most can raise the flowers now, For all have got the seed. Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809-1892) The Flower. Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good. Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Personal Talk. Stanza 3. SUMMER set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flush'd print in a poppy there; Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puff'd it to flapping flame. ----Francis Thompson, The Poppy "My friends are my estate."---- Emily Dickinson "I have undertaken a labor, a labor out of love for the world, and to comfort noble hearts..."----GOTTFRIED VON STRASSBURG