Open data
The data behind Motetus, for reuse. 60 manuscript records.
- Manuscripts (JSON) All manuscript records, with a source for every field.
- Manuscripts (CSV) One row per manuscript: holding, date, IIIF manifest, rights.
- Contents (CSV) One row per item in a contents list.
- Composers (JSON) Composer records from Wikidata.
- Pieces (JSON) Pieces and the sources that transmit them.
- IIIF Collection A IIIF Presentation 3 Collection that points to each library’s own manifest.
Licence
The compilation is offered under CC BY 4.0. Applies to the compilation. Fields taken from other sources keep the licence recorded with them. Each record names the source of every field; Wikidata fields are CC0; quoted summaries keep the licence given with them.
The images are not part of the data. They belong to the libraries and are covered by the rights statements in their manifests.
How to cite
Motetus, Medieval polyphony in its manuscripts, built and operated by AEM Ventures SRL, https://motetus.org/data/.
Formats
JSON records follow these JSON Schemas: source.schema.json, composer.schema.json, pieces.schema.json.
CSV files are UTF-8 with a header row.
Provenance
sources.json lists every third-party file the build read, with its address, retrieval date, SHA-256 hash and licence.
Editions
Each edition’s MEI file and its record: the source edition, its licence and the evidence for it, the manuscripts it cites and the checks run on the conversion. The Sumer edition’s files are listed on its own page.