46 projects
Photo Archive of the Cultural Anthropology Switzerland (CAS)
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Photo Archive of the Cultural Anthropology Switzerland (CAS)

With its approximately 500,000 photo objects from across the world, the photo archive of the CAS fosters new approaches to the study and consumption of photographs.

AfghanistanAnthropologyCultural Heritage
Postkarten Russland
Finished
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Postkarten Russland

The project makes an extensive collection of Russian postcards public which is held by the Chair of Eastern European History at the University of Basel.

postcardsRussiahistory
The Churches of Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Liturgical Furnishing and Architecture (Corpus Cosmatorum II)
Ongoing
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The Churches of Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Liturgical Furnishing and Architecture (Corpus Cosmatorum II)

Each Roman church that was affected by building work in the High Middle Ages is presented in alphabetical order, including its architecture (with associated annexes) and its liturgical furnishing

AntikenrezeptionArcheologyArchäologie
Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg
Finished
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Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg

Folk music enthusiasts gathered between 1972 and 1980 at the picturesque Lenzburg Castle. Discover the audio heritage of the legendary Lenzburg Folk Festival

FolkloreLenzburgSchweizerisches Volksliedarchiv
U.D. Metzger – Handschrift eines Hinterglasmalers. Digitale Edition, Kommentar und Werkverzeichnis
Finished
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U.D. Metzger – Handschrift eines Hinterglasmalers. Digitale Edition, Kommentar und Werkverzeichnis

Die Handschrift Ulrich Daniel Metzgers (1671–1738) dokumentiert das Leben des Glasers und Hinterglasmalers und wirft Licht auf die Lebensumstände wandernder Künstler in der Barockzeit.

Baroquemanuscriptreverse painting on glass
University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project
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University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project

Assessment of tombs in the Kings’ Valley used for burials of royal family and entourage (ca. 1350 BCE), looted (ca. 1000 BCE), and reused for burials of members of priestly families (ca. 800–700 BCE).

ArchaeologyEgyptValley of the Kings
Vitae Sanctae Wiboradae — Lebensbeschreibungen der heiligen Wiborada von St. Gallen, herausgegeben, übersetzt und mit einer Einleitung und Anmerkungen versehen von Walter Berschin
Finished
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Vitae Sanctae Wiboradae — Lebensbeschreibungen der heiligen Wiborada von St. Gallen, herausgegeben, übersetzt und mit einer Einleitung und Anmerkungen versehen von Walter Berschin

Edition und Übersetzung der beiden von den St. Galler Mönchen Ekkehart I. und Herimannus verfassten Viten Wiboradas von St. Gallen († 926) durch Walter Berschin.

WiboradaEkkehart I.Herimannus
vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online
Ongoing
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vitrosearch: stained glass and glass art in Switzerland online

vitrosearch - Database for stained glass and glass art by the Vitrocentre Romont

art glassart historyglass in concrete
WoPoss: A world of possibilities. Modal pathways over an extra-long period of time: the diachrony of modality in the Latin language
Ongoing
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WoPoss: A world of possibilities. Modal pathways over an extra-long period of time: the diachrony of modality in the Latin language

The WoPoss project aims at reconstructing the evolution of modal meanings in Latin from the prehistory of the language up to the 7th century CE, through a linguistically annotated, diachronic corpus.

Diachronic semanticsModalityLatin