All data

• All texts as XML-files
• All manuscript descriptions as XML-files
• All metadata used in the frontend and LOD
• All dictionary data used in the frontend
• Schema for editions

Linked Open Data

The Metadata-Repository contains information to link to the resources in the Patristic Text Archive (PTA) at https://github.com/PatristicTextArchive/pta_metadata/LOD.

Currently we provide this information as tables in csv-format, as BEACON and as RDF files (turtle, rdf/xml, JSON-LD).

Authors of texts in the PTA

using Gemeinsame Normdatei and Wikidata

• pta_authors.csv (columns: GND-ID,Wikidata-Entity,URN)
• pta_authors_gnd_beacon.txt, pta_authors_gnd.xml, pta_authors_gnd.ttl, pta_authors_gnd.json-ld (all authors in PTA identified by a GND-ID)
• pta_authors_wikidata_beacon.txt, pta_authors_wikidata.xml, pta_authors_wikidata.ttl, pta_authors_wikidata.json-ld (all authors in PTA identified by a Wikidata-ID)

Works in the PTA

using Clavis Clavium and Pinakes

• pta_works.csv (columns: CPG no.,BHG no.,Pinakes-Oeuvre no.,URN)
• pta_works_cpg_beacon.txt, pta_works_cpg.xml, pta_works_cpg.ttl, pta_works_cpg.json-ld (all works in PTA identified by a Clavis Patrum Graecorum number)
• pta_works_bhg_beacon.txt, pta_works_bhg.xml, pta_works_bhg.ttl, pta_works_bhg.json-ld (all works in PTA identified by a Bibliographia Hagriographica Graeca number)
• pta_works_pinakes-oeuvre_beacon.txt, pta_works_pinakes-oeuvre.xml, pta_works_pinakes-oeuvre.ttl, pta_works_pinakes-oeuvre.json-ld (all works in PTA identified by a Pinakes Oeuvre number)

Manuscript descriptions in the PTA

using Pinakes

• pta_manuscripts_diktyon.csv (columns: Diktyon-ID,URN)
• pta_manuscripts_diktyon_beacon.txt, pta_manuscripts_diktyon.xml, pta_manuscripts_diktyon.ttl, pta_manuscripts_diktyon.json-ld (all manuscript descriptions identified by a Diktyon-ID)

Biblical references in the texts of the PTA

Editions used are: Hexapla, LXX = Septuagint, NA = Greek New Testament, Vg = Vulgata

Biblical books are abbreviated as follows:

• Gn, Ex, Lv, Num, Dt, Jos, Judg, Rt, 1Sa, 2Sa, 1Ko, 2Ko, 1Chr, 2Chr, 3Esr, Esr, Est, Jdt, Tob, 1Mak, 2Mak, 3Mak, 4Mak, Ps, Oden, Prov, Eccl, Song, Job, Wis, Sir, PsSal, Hos, Am, Mi, Joel, Ob, Jon, Nah, Hab, Zeph, Hag, Sach, Mal, Is, Jr, Bar, Lam, EpistJer, Hes, Sus, Dn, Bel
• Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn, Act, Rom, 1Cor, 2Cor, Gal, Eph, Phil, Col, 1Th, 2Th, 1Tim, 2Tim, Tt, Phm, Heb, Jak, 1P, 2P, 1Jn, 2Jn, 3Jn, Jud, Rev

linking to the texts

• pta_biblereferences.csv (columns: Quotation-URL,Edition,Reference)

linking to the index

• pta_biblereferences_index.csv (columns: Edition,Reference,Reference in Index)

Persons mentioned in texts in the PTA

using Gemeinsame Normdatei and Wikidata

linking to the texts

• pta_persons.csv(columns: GND-ID,Wikidata-Entity,mentioned in)
• pta_persons_gnd_beacon.txt, pta_persons_gnd.xml, pta_persons_gnd.ttl, pta_persons_gnd.json-ld (all persons mentioned identified by a GND-ID)
• pta_persons_wikidata_beacon.txt, pta_persons_wikidata.xml, pta_persons_wikidata.ttl, pta_persons_wikidata.json-ld (all persons mentioned identified by a Wikidata-ID)

linking to the index

• pta_persons_index.csv (columns: GND-ID,Wikidata-Entity,Person in index)
• pta_persons_index_gnd_beacon.txt, pta_persons_index_gnd.xml, pta_persons_index_gnd.ttl, pta_persons_index_gnd.json-ld (all entries in the persons index identified by a GND-ID)
• pta_persons_index_wikidata_beacon.txt, pta_persons_index_wikidata.xml, pta_persons_index_wikidata.ttl, pta_persons_index_wikidata.json-ld (all entries in the persons index identified by a Wikidata-ID)

Organisations and groups mentioned in texts in the PTA

using Gemeinsame Normdatei and Wikidata

linking to the texts

• pta_orgs.csv(columns: GND-ID,Wikidata-Entity,mentioned in)
• pta_orgs_gnd_beacon.txt, pta_orgs_gnd.xml, pta_orgs_gnd.ttl, pta_orgs_gnd.json-ld (all groups mentioned identified by a GND-ID)
• pta_orgs_wikidata_beacon.txt, pta_orgs_wikidata.xml, pta_orgs_wikidata.ttl, pta_orgs_wikidata.json-ld (all groups mentioned identified by a Wikidata-ID)

linking to the index

• pta_orgs_index.csv (columns: GND-ID,Wikidata-Entity,Person in index)
• pta_orgs_index_gnd_beacon.txt, pta_orgs_index_gnd.xml, pta_orgs_index_gnd.ttl, pta_orgs_index_gnd.json-ld (all entries in the groups index identified by a GND-ID)
• pta_orgs_index_wikidata_beacon.txt, pta_orgs_index_wikidata.xml, pta_orgs_index_wikidata.ttl, pta_orgs_index_wikidata.json-ld (all entries in the groups index identified by a Wikidata-ID)

Places mentioned in texts in the PTA

using Pleiades Gazetteer

linking to the texts

• pta_places.csv (columns: Place,mentioned in)
• pta_places_beacon.txt, pta_places.xml, pta_places.ttl, pta_places.json-ld (all entries in the place index identified by a Pleiades Gazetteer ID)

linking to the index

• pta_places_index.csv (columns: Place,Place in index)
• pta_places_index_beacon.txt, pta_places_index.xml, pta_places_index.ttl, pta_places_index.json-ld (all entries in the place index identified by a Pleiades Gazetteer ID)

Patristic Textarchive. An open access archive of ancient Christian texts

published by Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Academy research project „The Late Antique Biblical Exegesis of Alexandria and Antioch“ is part of the Academies Programme, a research funding programme co-financed by the German federal government and individual federal states. Coordinated by the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, the Programme intends to retrieve and explore our cultural heritage, to make it accessible and highlight its relevance to the present, as well as to preserve it for future.