Link: http://www.menota.org/forside.xhtml
Project Status: Ongoing
The Medieval Nordic Text Archive (Menota) is a digital repository for medieval texts from Nordic repositories. A user can navigate the repository in either English or Norwegian. A joint project among many libraries and universities across Scandinavia, Menota invites editors to submit medieval texts in the Nordic languages or Latin. All texts on the platform have been marked up in XML and users can select a variety of views, like diplomatic of facsimile. As of 2020, over 50 manuscripts have been digitally edited and the project is ongoing.
Beyond digital texts, the platform also provides a few translations of medieval texts, lexicographical resources, and links to some images of manuscripts in Nordic repositories. Menota makes its encoding practices clear in documents and handbooks available on the site. The XML of digital editions hosted on the platform are open-source and available for download.
Resource details:
Resource Type: Bibliography, Dictionary/Glossary, Digital Edition, Downloadable data, Text: Medieval
License: Must provide credit, No Fee, Open Source
Medieval content details:
Dates: 400 - 1600
Menota is not period specific and published texts from all medieval subperiods.
Subject: Dictionaries, Linguisitcs, Literature, Manuscript Studies, Vikings
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and Artifacts, Manuscripts, Material Evidence, Textual Evidence
Geopolitical Region: Denmark, Europe, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden