Ali

Hi Ali,

Here's where we're at so far....

February 21, 2007

• Finished hunting down "ides", "nones", and various saints' days.
• Beginning entry of calendar items.
• Glossary growing at a satisfying rate.

February 16, 2007

• Finished hunting down references to "calends", next...."ides".
• Permission received to use a photo of the Leshan Buddha.

February 12, 2007

• Data entry from the A-SC completed!!
• Begin hunt for calendar dates pre-900.
• Begin glossary of unusual terms (see Main Page).

February 9, 2007

• 11th century half entered.

February 8, 2007

• 10th century data-entry finished.
• Begin data entry for 11th century.
• E-mailed Tony Jebson on Feb. 7 about using his Anglo-Saxon stuff on the site; no reply yet.

February 6, 2007

• Halfway through entering the 10th century.
• Google Maps extension successfully added and tested on some islands (see Main Page).
• Saxon Genealogies roughed in from the A-SC text, and turned into a .pdf document (ditto).
• Calendar skeleton roughed in (ditto ditto); dates being noted on paper from 900 onwards.

Planned

• Finish A-SC data entry by Feb. 16 (or earlier if possible).
• Retrace pre-900 entries for potential Calendar entries.
• Add collected Calendar entries.
• Add Anglo-Saxon link to all entries and create pages for original text (see 938 for example).
• Create "General" pages for Natural Events, Popes, Kings (subdivided Saxon and Viking), Battles, Treaties, etc.
• Begin individual pages for well-known people, i.e. King Alfred, Augustine, Edward the Confessor, etc.
• Begin dictionary of unusual terms, i.e. calends, ides, nones, etheling, etc.
• Create list of when Easter occurred each year.