Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Search Engines



This one gives hard to find results:
http://go.speedbit.com/

The Russian one will give better results with less ads.

https://yandex.com

Duckduckgo.com claims to not track you.

http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/#
unclassified Docs.

Friday, August 19, 2016

R: The Irish Tribes

R: International World History Project

Head Of David
World History From The Pre-Sumerian Period To The Present
A Collection Of World History Related Essays, Documents, Maps and Music

"Oh human race, born to fly upward."  "Wherefore at but a little wind does thou so easily fall?"
Dante



Wednesday, August 17, 2016

R: Islex Dictionary (with pronunciation)


ISLEX is an online multilingual dictionary between modern Icelandic and six Scandinavian target languages (TLs): Danish, Norwegian (both standards: BokmÄl and Nynorsk), Swedish, Faroese and Finnish. It is accessible on the web, free of charge.

http://islex.lexis.hi.is/islex/islex?infen=1 

R: Medieval Nordic Text Archive



Background

Menota is a network of leading Nordic archives, libraries and institutes working on medieval texts and hĂ„ndskriftsfaksimiler. The aim of Menota is to preserve, disseminate and publish medieval texts in digital form, and to develop the standards required for this. Archive includes texts on the Nordic languages ​​and in Latin. There are now 16 members in Menota (see below), and new members are welcome.


http://www.menota.org/forside.xhtml

R: The Icelandic Saga Database

 is an online resource dedicated to the digital publication of the Sagas of the Icelanders -- a large body of medieval literature which forms the foundation of the Icelandic literary tradition. This website contains all the extant Icelandic family sagas in an easily readable format using modernized Icelandic spelling, with Old Norse versions and translations into English and other languages made available where these exist in the public domain.


Monday, August 15, 2016

Easy PDF Image capture.

Method 3 – Adobe Acrobat Reader

Another method that I have used that works well is using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program. First, go ahead and open your PDF file and scroll down to where the image you want to capture is located.
Next, click the Edit menu and select Take a Snapshot.
At this point, you could simply click and drag your mouse over the area of the image to capture a screenshot, but a better way is to click on the Edit menu again and choose Select All.
Now right-click on the image in the PDF file and you’ll see an option called Copy Selected Graphic.
The image will be copied to the clipboard and you can paste it into any image editing program to save it out in your preferred format. I prefer to do the select and copy procedure because it grabs just the image without any extra parts of the screen.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

R: AN EXCURSUS ON THE CYNEWULF RUNES.


Rune Writan

Or a in depth look at THE CYNEWULF RUNES.  Start at PDF Page 200 or Search (Control F) on "runes"

While one may not agree at all with the (Church Approved) efforts to find Christ name everywhere. It still contains a lot of interesting though on the old Runes.


CYNEWULF'S CHRIST 
An Eighth Century English Epic
 EDITED, WITH A MODERN RENDERING
 BY ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

R: The Allsome Research Tool You did not know you had.



Do a word search in all your PDF files at once without having to even open them!

Adobe Reader
With the advanced search, you can search all PDF files in a directory and it’s sub-directories in a single go. By default, if you open Adobe Reader and press CTRL + F, you’ll get the normal search box. It is located at the top right.
>>To use the advanced PDF search option, you can choose Advanced Search from the Edit drop down menu or press SHIFT + CTRL + F.
Go ahead and enter the phrase you are searching for in the search box. Next choose the All PDF Documents In option under Where would you like to search heading.<<


 http://www.online-techtips.com/computer-tips/how-to-search-for-text-inside-multiple-pdf-files-at-once/



Help and Hints from the Yggdrasil Pagan Researchers Room.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DruidPaganResearch/files/

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Libraries and Codex Sources Around The World of Pagan Interest.

Have many more Links I need to ad.


  • Project Runeberg publishes Nordic literature on the Internet since 1992.
  • This means free electronic editions of old books from Sweden and the Nordic countries.


http://runeberg.org/admin/


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Celtic:

CELT Corpus of Electronic Text
Mission Statement
To bring the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English) to the Internet in a rigorously scholarly and user-friendly project for the widest possible range of readers and researchers. CELT (the Corpus of Electronic Texts) caters for academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public, all over the world. Texts are accompanied by introductions, background information, graphics, translations where possible, and scholarly bibliographies. CELT is integrated into the teaching and research community of UCC, and far beyond. It draws on the resources of that community and contributes to its work. UCC has charitable status, i.e. donations which help CELT continue its work can be made tax-effectively from Ireland and the USA (see Donations webpage).
The languages used in Ireland in the historic past were many. Languages known to us through extant texts include Irish of all periods, English, Hiberno-Norman French, some Old Norse (including some runic inscriptions) and Latin. Other languages were used by clerics, political leaders, scholars, merchants, diplomats, or emigrants (Spanish, Italian, modern French, Provençal, Dutch, Danish).
Background
CELT grew out of the joint involvement of the Department of History and the Computer Centre over many years, including the former CURIA project. Other humanities resources at UCC are Documents of Ireland, the journals Peritia, Chronicon, and History Ireland, and the Cork Multi-Text Project. CELT has become a major academic resource nationally and internationally, and is providing skills and expertise applicable in many other fields.
Aims and Objectives
CELT is producing an online database of contemporary and historical topics from many areas, including literature and the other arts. It is showcasing Ireland's heritage, and providing material for the greatest possible range of readers, researchers, academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public. The texts can be searched, read on-screen, downloaded for later use, or printed out.
Methods
Texts are taken from the best printed editions*, scanned, and proofread. Markup for structural and analytic features is added according to the recommendations of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). Conversions to HTML are made for online reading, and the master files can be used to create versions in other formats, and for contextual searching, concordancing, and other analyses.
* For copyright reasons not all texts are available. The CELT project does not publish material without copyright permission (or expiry).
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/irllist.html


Chronicon
 is a freely available electronic journal devoted to History - ancient, medieval and modern - with a particular focus on Irish History. It is published by the History Department of University College Cork, Ireland. Articles are published in HTML markup and, from volume 3 onwards, in PDF format.

The journal also publishes reviews and notices of events. Articles, reviews and announcements of forthcoming events should be sent to the editor, Damian Bracken, Department of History, University College Cork, Ireland; email: d.bracken@ucc.ie or dbracken@bu.edu. For further information, click on Submissions.

http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/index.html

CODEXs:



Project:CODECS
CODECS beta
by  D. G. (talk)
last edited:  27 May 2015
Welcome to the beta version of CODECS: Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies. While its name and design are indeed new, this website continues the collection of digital resources, including the selgā catalogue and Tionscadal na Nod, which was formerly accommodated on the main website of the A. G. van Hamel Foundation for Celtic Studies (itself now at www.vanhamel.nl/stichting). The project is still published by the Foundation and directed by board member Dennis Groenewegen.
As you may have read over at www.vanhamel.nl, this part of the website needed to be taken offline while a major transition was in force. This was not so much a technical issue as a matter of insufficient resources at our disposal (remember that the project has carried on without any outside funding). A combination of unfortunate circumstances, however, led to a considerably longer period of delay than anticipated. It was in the middle of a series of scheduled activities when I had to devote more of my time and energy to a grievous personal situation. At this time, my father, who had been suffering from malignant mesothelioma, was becoming increasingly weaker every day. He sadly passed away on the 29th of April.

The release of a beta version might seem premature, but I found myself a little overwhelmed by the many messages that have reached me lately. Many visitors, in fact, seem to have been relying on the availability of the website. I have, therefore, decided to reopen it even in its unfinished, somewhat unsteady state. Obviously, this comes with a hefty disclaimer, but most of you should be able to find your way around these parts as you used to.


http://www.vanhamel.nl/codecs/Project:CODECS

Internet Sacred Text Archive

Welcome to the largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet. The site is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship, and has the largest readership of any similar site on the web. 
Archive.org
Books.goolge.com
gutenberg.org

http://www.globalgreyebooks.com/

https://openlibrary.org/


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Ireland:
Ask about Ireland

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/

Irish::

1)
Library Ireland, Irish Books On-Line
http://www.libraryireland.com/SocialHistoryAncientIreland/II-VIII-1.php


U::

USA:


Name: Adocentyn Research Library – A Pagan Library for the San Francisco Bay Area
Description: private Pagan library open to the public for on-site use; resources for “pagan Studies”, i.e. Pagans studying Paganism and non-Pagans studying PagansLocation: 1029 A Solano Ave., Albany, CA 94706
# of Books: ~13,000


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Virtual Libraries:





  • Publishers
    • Bardic Press: A new publishing company devoted to reprinting medieval texts. Soon to release a major work on the Mabinogi.
    • ChlĂł Mhaigh Eo: publishers of comic books in Irish, on Irish lore, such as the Tain
    • Four Courts Press: Ireland's leading academic publisher.
    • Llanerch Press: A publishing company devoted to reissuing various Celtic books.
    • University of Wales Press: one of the leading academic publishers on Celtic subjects.
  • Similar Sites:
    Language Sites:
  • Irish
    Religion

  • Druid and Celtic Pagan Sites:
    • Ar nDraoicht Fein: the largest American Druid organization; it's emphasis is comparative mythology among the Indo-Europeans
    • Henge of Keltria: Unlike ADF, this Druid group is specifically Irish-oriented. They are large supporters of the Save Taramovement.
    • OBOD: the largest British Druid organization
    • Isaac Bonewits: founder of ADF and elder in the Druid movement.
    • Chronarchy: Michael Dangler's website on being a neodruid.
    • Ceisiwr Serith: website on many Neo/Pagan subjects, but especially Proto-Indo-European culture and linguistics.
    • Y Baedd Gwyn: a site devoted to Welsh paganism.
    Comics
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  • CELT Corpus of Electronic Text

    Mission Statement

    To bring the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture (in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English) to the Internet in a rigorously scholarly and user-friendly project for the widest possible range of readers and researchers. CELT (the Corpus of Electronic Texts) caters for academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public, all over the world. Texts are accompanied by introductions, background information, graphics, translations where possible, and scholarly bibliographies. CELT is integrated into the teaching and research community of UCC, and far beyond. It draws on the resources of that community and contributes to its work. UCC has charitable status, i.e. donations which help CELT continue its work can be made tax-effectively from Ireland and the USA (see Donations webpage).

    The languages used in Ireland in the historic past were many. Languages known to us through extant texts include Irish of all periods, English, Hiberno-Norman French, some Old Norse (including some runic inscriptions) and Latin. Other languages were used by clerics, political leaders, scholars, merchants, diplomats, or emigrants (Spanish, Italian, modern French, Provençal, Dutch, Danish).

    Background

    CELT grew out of the joint involvement of the Department of History and the Computer Centre over many years, including the former CURIA project. Other humanities resources at UCC are Documents of Ireland, the journals Peritia, Chronicon, and History Ireland, and the Cork Multi-Text Project. CELT has become a major academic resource nationally and internationally, and is providing skills and expertise applicable in many other fields.

    Aims and Objectives

    CELT is producing an online database of contemporary and historical topics from many areas, including literature and the other arts. It is showcasing Ireland's heritage, and providing material for the greatest possible range of readers, researchers, academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public. The texts can be searched, read on-screen, downloaded for later use, or printed out.

    Methods

    Texts are taken from the best printed editions*, scanned, and proofread. Markup for structural and analytic features is added according to the recommendations of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). Conversions to HTML are made for online reading, and the master files can be used to create versions in other formats, and for contextual searching, concordancing, and other analyses.

    * For copyright reasons not all texts are available. The CELT project does not publish material without copyright permission (or expiry).

    CODECS: Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies.



    Project:CODECS
    CODECS beta
    by  D. G. (talk)
    last edited:  27 May 2015
    Welcome to the beta version of CODECS: Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies.
    While its name and design are indeed new, this website continues the collection of digital resources,
    including the selgā catalogue and Tionscadal na Nod, which was formerly accommodated on the main website
    of the A. G. van Hamel Foundation for Celtic Studies (itself now at www.vanhamel.nl/stichting).

    The project is still published by the Foundation and directed by board member Dennis Groenewegen.
    As you may have read over at www.vanhamel.nl, this part of the website needed to be taken offline
    while a major transition was in force. This was not so much a technical issue as a matter of insufficient
    resources at our disposal (remember that the project has carried on without any outside funding).
    A combination of unfortunate circumstances, however, led to a considerably longer period of delay than anticipated.
    It was in the middle of a series of scheduled activities when I had to devote more of my time and energy to a
    grievous personal situation. At this time, my father, who had been suffering from malignant mesothelioma,
    was becoming increasingly weaker every day. He sadly passed away on the 29th of April.

    The release of a beta version might seem premature, but I found myself a little overwhelmed by the many messages
    that have reached me lately. Many visitors, in fact, seem to have been relying on the availability of the website.
    I have, therefore, decided to reopen it even in its unfinished, somewhat unsteady state. Obviously,
    this comes with a hefty disclaimer, but most of you should be able to find your way around these parts as you used to.

    http://www.vanhamel.nl/codecs/Project:CODECS



    Sunday, July 10, 2016

    Dictionary Glossary and Language help sites


    A very large teaching site.
    Scottish Gaelic - Etymology

    http://www.engyes.com/en/dic-content/muime


    1) MacBain's Dictionary An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/in... 2) In DĂșil BĂ©lrai In DĂșil BĂ©lrai has two sections: an English - Old-Irish glossary and a Verbforms database http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/sengoidelc...

    Friday, April 8, 2016

    R: Where the Vikings voyaged – interactive map

    R: Where the Vikings voyaged – interactive map

    VIKINGS, FROM OLD NORSE VÍKINGR, WERE GERMANIC NORSE SEAFARERS, SPEAKING THE OLD NORSE LANGUAGE, WHO RAIDED AND TRADED FROM THEIR SCANDINAVIAN HOMELANDS ACROSS WIDE AREAS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE, AS WELL AS EUROPEAN RUSSIA, DURING THE LATE 8TH TO LATE 11TH CENTURIES
    http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/04/where-the-vikings-voyaged-interactive-map/110521

    R: Map of Europe's Tribes 1 BC-AD

    This vast map covers just about all possible tribes that were documented in the first centuries BC and AD, mostly by the Romans and Greeks. Some migration was involved during this time, and some tribal divisions too, so there may be a few…

    http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/Featu...

    R: English Monarchs and more