Categories

General

Categories are useful to extract information from the Wiki, and for the reader to find relvant material. This page documents the categories used, and how to use them. Of course everyone is free to come up with new categories, but it would be could to document major changes here. For an overview of all categories, see https://beta.mgh.de/databases/clavis/wiki/index.php/Special:Categories To add a page to a category, simply insert the relevant tag, beginning "[[Category:...". Note that this text is invisible in the normal view (but one can see it if you edit a page).

Manuscripts

• Date: Use [[Category:Manuscripts saec XII]] to tag manuscripts written in the twelfth century, and so on. More precise dates can and should be given in the description, the categories help to get an overview.
• Is the MS digitized? If so, tag it by inserting [[Category:Digitized Manuscripts]] in the manuscript description page. If you want to see all mss in the category, have a look here: Category:Digitized Manuscripts
• If a MS is not digitized but in your opinion urgently should be digitized, add [[Category:Manuscripts that need to be digitized]]!
• Place of origin: Use

Categories

Part of Europe	Modern Country	Modern Region	Examples (from Clavis handbook)
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from Austria]]		Ranshofen
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from France]]	[[Category:Collection from Eastern France]]	Metz, Eastern, France, Lorraine, (modern) Burgundy
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from France]]	[[Category:Collection from Northern France]]	Chartres, Reims, Northern France, Laon, Sens, Thérouanne, Fleury, Châlons, Arras, Poitiers
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from France]]	[[Category:Collection from Western France]]	Angoulême, Poitiers, Bordeaux
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from Germany]]	[[Category:Collection from Southern Germany]]	Würzburg, Regensburg, Reichenau, Freising, Southern Germany, St Blasien, Passau
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from Germany]]	[[Category:Collection from Western Germany]]	Mainz, Trier, Worms, Prüm, Cologne
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from Ireland]]		Ireland
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from Switzerland]]		St Gall
[[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]]	[[Category:Collection from United Kingdom]]	[[Category:Collection from England]]	Cambridge
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from France]]	[[Category:Collection from Southern France]]	Lyon, Rhone Valley, Kingdom of Burgundy
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from Italy]]	[[Category:Collection from Central Italy]]	Rome, Central Italy, Farfa, Montecassino
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from Italy]]	[[Category:Collection from Northern Italy]]	Lucca, Polirone, ...
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from Italy]]	[[Category:Collection from Southern Italy]]	Southern Italy, South of Rome, Palermo
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from Spain]]	[[Category:Collection from Catalonia]]	Catalonia, Ripoll
[[Category:Collection from Southern Europe / Mediterranean]]	[[Category:Collection from Tunesia]]		Carthage

To do:

• Maybe we can have categories "MS contains collection X, Y, Z"? Would make it easier to link from the collections to all MSS.

Collections

• Some descriptions refer to collections not yet contained in the database or, more frequently, to more than one collection in the database. Tagging these pages helps to improve the wiki. Use [[Category:Collections not in Clavis database]] and [[Category:Descriptions that need to be split]], respectively.
• The database entries are based on modern editions (i.e. more or less critical editions 19th/20th c.), early printed books (including Migne's Patrologia), or manuscripts. Use [[Category:Clavis entries based on modern edition]], [[Category:Clavis entries based on early printed book]], and [[Category:Clavis entries based on manuscript]].
• Collections added to since the 2005 edition are "new": [[Category:New Collection]]
• You can add collections to geographical categories using the place names listed below (in the first three columns). Use the most specific tag possible. So [[Category:Collection from Northwestern Europe]] is good, but [[Category:France]] is better, and [[Category:Collection from Eastern France]] is best. Copy&paste is the best, so here is a list of all categories for collections by region.

Place names

Part of Europe	Modern Country	Modern Region	Examples (from Clavis handbook)
Northwestern Europe	Austria		Ranshofen
Northwestern Europe	France	Eastern France	Metz, Eastern, France, Lorraine
Northwestern Europe	France	Northern France	Chartres, Reims, Northern France, Laon, Sens, Thérouanne, Fleury, Châlons, Arras, Poitiers
Northwestern Europe	France	Western France	Burgundy
Northwestern Europe	Germany	Southern Germany	Würzburg, Regensburg, Reichenau, Freising, Southern Germany, St Blasien, Passau
Northwestern Europe	Germany	Western Germany	Mainz, Trier, Worms, Prüm, Cologne
Northwestern Europe	Ireland		Ireland
Northwestern Europe	Switzerland		St Gall
Northwestern Europe	United Kingdom	England	Cambridge
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	France	Southern France	Lyon, Rhone Valley
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	Italy	Central Italy	Rome, Central Italy, Farfa, Montecassino
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	Italy	Northern Italy	Lucca, Polirone, ...
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	Italy	Southern Italy	Southern Italy, South of Rome, Palermo
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	Spain	Catalonia	Catalonia, Ripoll
Southern Europe / Mediterranean	Tunesia		Carthage