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 Shields 
     Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994
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