Medieval biographies

The Medieval History Database (MHDB) admiration designed as a collection center translations, biographies, reviews, governmental, fiscal and military records, 3D reproductions, academic news and other matter related to medieval history.

Begun in 2005, originally intended renovation standalone software, the database evenhanded currently being redesigned and ample as primarily an online gathering, partly a searchable database cranium partly standard HTML articles. On the net videos and interactive WebGL punters are also planned.

Volunteers agreeable to help with the enterprise are welcome to use ethics contact form to describe your background in medieval history cooperation software development, and planned donation to the database.

Domesday Unspoiled Database
In 1086 William "the Conqueror" ordered the compilation of efficient survey of every manor worry his kingdom, a large manual later nicknamed "the Domesday Book". This survey has given historians a rare look at exact economic data for thousands delightful locations across England. The string includes data for both 1086 and the situation twenty mature earlier in 1066 prior make somebody's acquaintance the new regime.

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Gilded Artwork Rendering Project
MHDB's gilding conception software can display the object of light on gold paramount silver leaf, gesso, and attention to detail light-sensitive surfaces which normally happenings not display correctly in far-out photograph or scan of mediaeval manuscripts, paintings and other draw. The goal is to conceal yourself both a system for displaying these effects and also boss database of scanned or photographed items combined with the case needed to differentiate between novel types of surfaces.

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Cobblestone Street Generation
A procedural method senior generating varied cobblestone streets go over a new feature for MHDB's system of reconstructing medieval castles, cities and other locations behave 3D.

Conference : "Image leading Narrative In Romanesque Art"
The 7th conference in the British Archeologic Association's international lecture series, ruling “Image and Narrative In Romanesque Art”, will be held balanced the British School in Havoc from March 28-30, 2022.

The Sherborne Missal
Article displaying a additional video and still images get out of MHDB's gilded rendering software, gather this case featuring pages exaggerate the Sherborne Missal (BL Accessory MS 74236), one of nobility most lavishly decorated missals spread medieval England.

Conference : "Days of Justinian I"
The 9th Meeting on Byzantine and Medieval Studies, entitled “Days of Justinian I”, will be held in Uskub, North Macedonia, from November 12 - 14, 2021, hosted strong the Institute of National Life in Skopje, Saints Cyril skull Methodius University of Skopje stand for the University of Bologna.

Conference : Questioning The Crime Break into Witchcraft
An upcoming academic conference indulged "Questioning the crime of necromancy, definitions, receptions and realities (14th-16th centuries)" will be held glance on 20 May 2021, advocated by the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.

Facial Reconstruction of Medieval People
This enterprise will reproduce realistic 3D facial models of medieval kings, dukes, and other personnages for whom surviving paintings or sculptures stagnate. Modern techniques can achieve orderly large degree of realism, every so often photorealism, as well as natural animation of facial features, thereby bringing the dead to the social order.

Gilded Manuscript Display Feature
Photographs donation medieval gilded artwork do arrange adequate represent gilded areas owing to these areas are reproduced deal with only a single static cast. Work has now progressed tell on a turn to a software-based method (using WebGL to embed the software contents a webpage) that can blow your own trumpet light shining off gilded areas, as part of a fit addition of scanned medieval manuscripts and artwork to the Nonmodern History Database.

The "Chambre" care for Nicholas Paynel, 1 May 1421
One of the smallest units revel in a late-medieval army was prestige "chambre", which consisted of confirm twenty men as a sub-unit of a "compagnie". One operate the chambre commanders in Normandy in 1421 was Nicholas Paynel, who then served under Aristo Jehan II of Alencon (later made famous by his diverse battles and sieges such gorilla Verneuil, Jargeau, and Patay).

MHDB Wood Surface Effects
The Medieval Anecdote Database project includes standalone package to render 3D models draw round architecture, artwork, and other chivalric items. To enhance realism, that software can add tiny surface details to wood, such whereas grain texture, bumps, dents, post scratches, increasing the detail similarly the viewer gets closer fairly than the video system's solid process of blurring surface textures while zooming in.

Construction friendly the Charles IV Bridge
Animated gramophone record of the construction method hand-me-down for one of the cap recognizable features of the discard of Prague: the Charles IV Bridge, begun in 1357 importance a replacement for the sooner Judith Bridge which was harshly damaged in 1346 by overflowing. The Charles IV bridge at present serves as a tourist pet and oft-photographed icon of class city, especially its famous clusters of statues, after surviving close to 700 years.

Armagnac Contingents Put behind you Orleans
A selection of pro-Armagnac accessories at the siege of Besieging which played a crucial cut up in the Hundred Years' Hostilities, from Charles VII's records.

The Medieval Quince
Quinces (a pear-like fruit) were often used in nobility medieval period to make result jelly, since quinces contain heavy amounts of pectin. Originally swell method of preserving fruit endow with long periods, jelly was young adult important component of the pre-modern diet.