CEDAR
Critical Editions for Digital Analysis and Research
The CEDAR (Critical Editions for Digital Analysis and Research) project is a digital humanities project based at the University of Chicago and supported by the OCHRE platform. Conceived of by Prof. David Schloen at the Oriental Institute, this project brings together faculty and their students from a variety of departments around the University to create and explore a new set of digital tools for representing, displaying, and analyzing critical editions of manuscripts, complete with textual variants and diverse editorial readings, from a wide range of textual traditions.
Here we document many of the specialized Views and tools available to CEDAR projects. To learn more, or to sign up to have access to this specialized functionality of the OCHRE platform, contact the OCHRE Data Service.
Critical Editions
The CEDAR framework in OCHRE strives to represent faithfully the details of any manuscript tradition, whether it be Biblical texts (Hebrew, Greek, Coptic, Syriac, etc.), tales of Shakespeare (English), modern Melville (English), or the various sources of the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian, Akkadian) . Specialized tools and Views support the study and analysis of such text critical traditions.
CEDAR, Digital Variorum
University of Chicago Associate Professor in the Department of English, Ellen MacKay, has been actively involved in digital humanities in a variety of ways. As one of the Principal Investigator's for the CEDAR project at UChicago, Prof. MacKay is spearheading the CEDAR, Digital Variorum component. Specifically, her team of students is creating an electronic version of The Taming of the Shrew, and another of Hamlet, to explore new ways of studying these classics.
Cast of Characters; Prop Closet
Rebus option
Common Parlance option