The Dream of the Rood This hypermedia edition of the well known Old English poem 'The Dream of the Rood' contains a full glossary and notes, an Old English grammar, translations, analogue material, background introductory essays, colour photographic images, and a full bibliography. This is an example of a hypermedia edition created using the Poetry Shell (see above). The poem is central to the package. Select any word in the poem and click on the Glossary button to retrieve glossary information for that word. A further click will reveal grammatical information, or all occurrences of the word and its variant forms throughout the poem, or will link to further notes. Click on the Analogue button to display a list of documents; on the Topics button to display a list of background essays; on the Images button to display the list of image titles. Although this hypermedia edition provides a comprehensive learning resource, the contents of the package may be added to, modified, or deleted. Most of the textual material can be altered using a word-processor; the package can be reconfigured to include additional text documents and images; glossary meanings, part of speech, parse, and grammar information can be modified. Machine Requirements: IBM PC-compatible computer with a 386SX or faster processor; 4MB RAM minimum; hard disk or network connection; VGA monitor capable of 256 colours at 640x480 resolution; DOS 5.0 or later is recommended; Windows 3.1; 'The Dream of the Rood' requires 12MB hard disk space; delivered on five 1.4MB 3.5" floppy disks. Produced by: The Hypermedia in Language and Literature Subjects, Centre for Humanities Computing, Oxford University. Funded by: The Information Technology Training Initiative of the Higher Education Funding Councils. Price:- UKHE 25.00 pounds per single-user pack; #95.00 for ten-user pack. Due to copyright restrictions this product is not available for free copying. Non UKHE add p&p costs Distribution:- The product is obtainable from:- Mrs Jean Burgan USDU Level Six University House SHEFFIELD S10 2TN Tel: 0742 725248 Fax: 0742 728705 Email: j.burgan@sheffield.ac.uk Further Information and Comments:- Please contact Dr Marilyn Deegan ( e-mail marilyn@vax.ox.ac.uk) CTI Centre Textual Studies Oxford University Tel 0865 273221 From: Brian ShieldsDate: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 _______________________________________________________________________ | | | In general the copyright for material on the NISS Bulletin Board | | is held by the CHEST & NISS Centre (University of Bath) or by the | | authors. | | | | Copying or reproduction of the material is permitted provided that | | | | (a) the source is acknowledged | | and (b) the material is not used for commercial gain. | | | | However, material must not be made available outside the academic | | community without prior consent. | |_______________________________________________________________________|