scholarly journals Best Practices for 3D Digital Recording and Global Sharing of Catacombs from Late Roman Sicily

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-82
Author(s):  
Davide Tanasi ◽  
Ilenia Gradante ◽  
Stephan Hassam
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Recording ◽  
Work Plan ◽  
Systematic Application ◽  
Virtual Archaeology ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The Middle Ages

During the most recent excavations at the Catacombs of St. Lucy at Siracusa, carried out between 2013 and 2015, an array of 3D technologies were employed to record excavation data and provide new interpretative models for the site. The research focused on some very problematic parts of the Region C of the complex. Thisarea most effectively documents the long life of the Christian hypogeum, which incorporated previous structures and artefacts related to the Greek and Early Roman Imperial periods and continued to beused until the Middle Ages. During the exploration 3D digital techniques were used for the daily recording of the archaeological units, but also to create high-resolution virtual replicas of certain districts of the catacombs. Furthermore, the same techniques were applied to support the study of certain classes of materials, such as frescoes and marble architectural elementsthat couldnot otherwise be studieddue to the dark environment of the catacombs. The virtual archaeology research undertaken at the Catacombs of St. Lucy represents the first systematic application of 3D digital technologies tothe study of such a specialarchaeological context in Sicily, culminating in a work-plan for digital global dissemination.

scholarly journals 3D DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO RECORD EXCAVATION DATA: THE CASE OF THE CATACOMBS OF ST. LUCY (SIRACUSA, SICILY)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Tanasi ◽  
Ilenia Gradante ◽  
Mariarita Sgarlata
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Virtual Archaeology ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The University

Between 2013 and 2015, Arcadia University in partnership with the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology and the University of Catania undertook new excavation campaigns in the Catacombs of St. Lucy at Siracusa. The research focuses on some very problematic parts of Region C of the complex, including Oratory C, the so-called Pagan Shrine and Crypt VI. These areas document most effectively the long life of this Christian hypogeum, which incorporated previous structures and artefacts related to the Greek period and continued to be used until the Middle Ages. During the excavation an array of 3D digital techniques (3D scanning, 3d Modelling, Image-based 3D modelling) was used for the daily recording of the archaeological units, but also to create high-resolution virtual replicas of certain districts of the catacombs. Furthermore, the same techniques were applied to support the study of certain classes of materials, such as frescoes and marble architectural elements that could otherwise only be studied in the dark environment of the catacombs, making the visual analysis of such complex artifacts difficult and sometimes misleading, not to mention that the frequent use of strong sources of light for study can also endanger them. The virtual archaeology research undertaken at the Catacombs of St. Lucy represents the first systematic application of 3D digital technologies to the study of such a special archaeological context in Sicily.

Aportaciones a la evolución castellana de f- latina en su contexto románico: del signo lingüístico al signo poético

2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-506
Author(s):  
Francisco Pedro Pla Colomer
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Systematic Application ◽  
The Middle Ages

AbstractThe main objective of the current paper is the study of the aspiration process and its loss of Latin f- in Spanish during the Middle Ages in contrast with other peninsular languages from the metric of the texts written in verse (from the Auto de los Reyes Magos until the Cancionero of Juan del Enzina). The analysis of the sounds distributed along the metrical feet of the verses sheds light on the reconstruction of the phonological element which underlies in the spelling. The systematic application of the dyalepha and synalepha, according to each period, will allow us to obtain an accurate perspective of this phenomenon, as well as to place it in its appropriate variational level of usage.

scholarly journals Sacred Languages of Pop: Rooted Practices in Globalized and Digital French Popular Music

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Spanu
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Religious Control ◽  
Local Languages ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract Nowadays, popular music artists from a wide range of cultures perform in English alongside other local languages. This phenomenon questions the coexistence of different languages within local music practices. In this article, I argue that we cannot fully understand this issue without addressing the sacred dimension of language in popular music, which entails two aspects: 1) the transitory experience of an ideal that challenges intelligibility, and 2) the entanglement with social norms and institutions. Further to which, I compare Latin hegemony during the Middle Ages and the contemporary French popular music, where English and French coexist in a context marked by globalisation and ubiquitous digital technologies. The case of the Middle Ages shows that religious control over Latin led to a massive unintelligible experience of ritual singing, which reflected a strong class divide and created a demand for music rituals in vernacular languages. In the case of contemporary French popular music, asemantical practices of language are employed by artists in order to explore alternative, sacred dimensions of language that challenge nationhood.

XXI.—The Earl of Warwick's Virelai

PMLA ◽  
1907 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-607
Author(s):  
Henry Noble MacCracken
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Introductory Note ◽  
Long Life ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Middle Ages

The career of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, from 1401 to 1439 is hardly to be equalled in the annals of chivalry, even by that earlier Richard, Cœur-de-Lion It is no part of this introductory note to his Virelai, to rehearse in detail the extraordinary events of his long life of travel, adventure, warfare, and diplomacy. Mr. James Gairdner's life of the hero tells the story of his chief exploits, and those to whom Dugdale's Warwickshire is accessible may read it in detail. But to come upon a literary personality in the fifteenth century is so rare a thing, and the character of Richard Beauchamp is so happy an example of a true knight of the Middle Ages, that these few notes upon him and his family, most of them not in Gairdner's article, will not come amiss to the student of the period.

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