Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures

Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures

Call for Submissions

Digital Philology is a new peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of medieval vernacular texts and cultures. Founded by Stephen G. Nichols and Nadia R. Altschul, the journal aims to foster scholarship that crosses disciplines upsetting traditional fields of study, national boundaries, and periodizations. Digital Philology also encourages both applied and theoretical research that engages with the digital humanities and shows why and how digital resources require new questions, new approaches, and yield radical results.

Digital Philology will have two issues per year, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. One of the issues will be open to all submissions, while the other one will be guest-edited and revolve around a thematic axis.

Contributions may take the form of a scholarly essay or focus on the study of a particular manuscript. Articles must be written in English, follow the 3rd edition (2008) of the MLA style manual, and be between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, including footnotes and list of works cited. Quotations in the main text in languages other than English should appear along with their English translation.

Digital Philology welcomes submissions for the 2012 and 2013 open issues. Inquiries and submissions (as a Word document attachment) should be sent to dph@jhu.edu, addressed to the Editor (Albert Lloret) and Managing Editor (Jeanette Patterson). Digital Philology will also publish reviews of books and digital projects. Correspondence regarding digital projects and publications for review may be addressed to Timothy Stinson at tlstinson@gmail.com.

Editorial Board

Tracy Adams (Auckland University)
Benjamin Albritton (Stanford University)
Nadia R. Altschul (Johns Hopkins University)
R. Howard Bloch (Yale University)
Kevin Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania)
Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet (Université Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV)
Suzanne Conklin Akbari (University of Toronto)
Lucie Dolezalova (Charles University, Prague)
Alexandra Gillespie (University of Toronto)
Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University)
Daniel Heller-Roazen (Princeton University)
Sharon Kinoshita (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Joachim Küpper (Freie University of Berlin)
Deborah McGrady (University of Virginia)
Christine McWebb (University of Waterloo)
Stephen G. Nichols (Johns Hopkins University)
Timothy Stinson (North Carolina State University)
Lori Walters (Florida State University)

Small metadata correction

The Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, PA 23, 24, and 25 shelfmarks have been corrected. Please let us know if you find any other errors.

Site update

There have been a number of changes behind the scenes, but users familiar with the site should notice only small tweaks and refinements. The book browser has a draggable separator.  Displays of tabular data have a new look.

If anything seems out of place or does not work, try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the site. Let the team know at contactus@romandelarose.org if the problem continues. Other feedback is welcome at the above email address or as comments on this post.

Metadata updates:

• Correction to UC1380 102v image description.
• Updates to instrument names in image descriptions of Arras 897 and Douce 332
• Correctly attribute ms to Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

New format for Rose usage statistics

At the request of some researchers, we will now be publishing both single-month as well as cumulative usage statistics for the Roman de la Rose Digital Library. Here are the numbers for February 2011.

Usage statistics for the period February 1-28, 2011:
1,563 visits from 58 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy
1,033 absolute unique visitors
42% of these visitors have returned to the site
56 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
41 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
77 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
80 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
81 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
27 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
120 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
144 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through February 28, 2011, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:
47,772 visits from 149 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada
32,474 absolute unique visitors
32% of these visitors have returned to the site
1,387 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
1,211 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
952 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
831 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
812 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
1,319 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
3,454 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
2,374 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Usage statistics (through February 28, 2011)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through February 28, 2011, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:
47,772 visits from 149 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada
32,474 absolute unique visitors
32% of these visitors have returned to the site
1,387 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
1,211 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
952 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
831 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
812 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
1,319 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
3,454 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
2,374 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Usage statistics (through January 31, 2011)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through January 31, 2011, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:
46,209 visits from 149 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada
31,571 absolute unique visitors
32% of these visitors have returned to the site
1,331 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
1,170 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
875 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
751 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
731 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
1,292 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
3,334 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
2,230 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

Usage statistics (through December 31, 2010)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through December 31, 2010, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:
44,791 visits from 149 different countries or territories
The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
30,788 absolute unique visitors
32% of these visitors have returned to the site
1,287 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
1,119 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
799 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
675 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
715 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
1,183 of these visitors have used the site more than 200 times
3,206 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
2,108 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes