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DSI - Datatabase of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950

DSI - Datatabase of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950 Abt. GNT, History Dept., Univ.Stuttgart, Prof. Dr. Klaus Hentschel, ibidem, many dozens of external contributors world-wide - 30 September 2023
Description
The Stuttgart-based online database, fully functioning since 2011, now already covers 13096 illustrators of publications in natural history, medicine, technology and various sciences in more than 100 countries, active between c.1450 and 1950, explicitly excluding still living illustrators. Basic search for names of illustrators or clients, regions of activity or techniques are possible, but also advanced Search with a combination of 21 different search fields. Temporalized geospatial maps of DSI -entries and a beacon-file correlating DSI-IDs and viaf-numbers are also available
Information
ROAR ID:
21086
Home Page:
https://dsi.hi.uni-stuttgart.de/
Repository Type:
Research Cross-Institutional
Organisation:
Abt. GNT, History Dept., Univ.Stuttgart, Prof. Dr. Klaus Hentschel, ibidem, many dozens of external contributors world-wide
Additional Information:
A brief (partly outdated) survey of DSI is given in https://www.hi.uni-stuttgart.de/gnt/datenbanken/DSI-Flyer.pdf cf. also Klaus Hentschel: "The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950: Making the Invisible Hands Visible", Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science. 6 (1): 182–191, doi:10.4245/sponge.v6i1.17156; Klaus Hentschel & Torsten Himmel: "Die Stuttgarter Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950 (DSI)" in Peggy Bockwinkel & Beatrice Nickel & Gabriel Viehhauser (eds.). Digital Humanities. Perspektiven der Praxis, Berlin 2018 and further links provided in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_Database_of_Scientific_Illustrators_1450%E2%80%931950
Software:
Other softwares (various)
Software Version:
other
Birth Date:
30 September 2023 10:14:53 UTC
OAI-PMH Interface:
https://www.hi.uni-stuttgart.de/gnt/dokumente/BeaconDatei-final.pdf
Location
Location:
Europe > Germany
Country:
Germany
City:
Stuttgart
Longitude:
9.1746
Latitude:
48.7824
Record
URI:
http://roar.eprints.org/id/eprint/21086
Record Creator:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Hentschel
Date Deposited:
10 Oct 2023 16:02
Revision:
33
Last Modified:
12 Jan 2024 10:22
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