06 May 2026 | The database counts now 2.305 passages on the Roman conquest, deriving from 308 different authors, 655 works, and 236 manuscripts. A blog contribution on its current state, and notably on its wide-ranging potential for future scholarship, has just been published: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imafo/read/deploying-the-roman-conquest-of-jerusalem-in-latin-texts-c400-c1300 |
| 12 March 2026 | The database counts now 2.203 passages. Besides a simple search interface, we have also developed now a more complex linguistic search. Furthermore, we keep working on various visualizations of the data, notably the large genealogy that shows dependencies and traditions from Flavius Josephus himself to the end of the Middle Ages. |
| 09 Feb 2026 | The database counts now more than 2.000 entries; and the cataloguing of passages from all major full-text databases has been completed. Specifically, it catalogues at the moment passages from 625 works, 302 authors, and 183 manuscripts. |
| 12 Jan 2026 | The database counts now 1.900 entries, including c.350 cases from unpublished materials. The latter were especially retrieved during surveys at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich in December last year. |
| 18 Sept 2025 | The database counts now more than 1.500 entries, that is, passages on the Roman conquest of Jerusalem, and the cataloguing of passages from the Glossa Ordinaria and Hugh of Saint-Cher's Postillae in Bibliam are now complete. Furthermore, we have started to work on visualizing the data, notably in the form of a large genealogy from Flavius Josephus himself to the end of the Middle Ages. |
| 15 Aug 2025 | The database counts 1.230 entries, that is, passages on the Roman conquest of Jerusalem, including c.300 cases deriving from unpublished materials |
| 16 July 2025 | A first article from the project is published (open access), on how Rupert of Deutz uses the Roman conquest in the shadow of the First Crusade (1095-1099), fusing results of the database with close textual analysis, and showing meaningful applications of the conquest: |
July 2025 | Retrieving numerous passages from unpublished manuscript materials in Oxford (Bodleian Library and several college libraries), collecting within 3 weeks c.90 new passages |
June 2025 | Completion of cataloguing passages from the Patrologia Latina Database – the largest chunk of materials |
April 2025 | The database counts now 1.000 entries, that is, passages on the Roman conquest of Jerusalem |
February 2025 | Retrieving numerous passages from unpublished manuscript materials in Great Britain (British Library, Lambeth Palace, Cambridge) |
18 Nov 2024 | A contribution is published in a blog of the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris, presenting the results of first manuscript surveys in Paris, having found c.100 new passages on the Roman conquest, deriving from c.35 manuscripts: |
June 2024 | Starting to build up the database, that is, cataloguing passages on the Roman conquest of Jerusalem, deriving from various sources, notably the full text databases |
01 June 2024 | Start of the project |
