Customizing the Patrimonium-Editor

This document serves as a guide for customizing the Patrimonium Editor using the example of the Fercan projects at the University of Graz, that study the Celtic divine names in roman inscriptions in antiquity (see also GitHub https://github.com/DigitalHumanitiesCraft/PatrimoniumEditorFercan/). These projects utilizes the Patrimonium Editor to collect and manage epigraphic data. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) through grants. The first project “Celtic Divine Names in the Inscriptions of the Roman Province Germania Inferior. A Case Study on Religion in the Context of Cultural Contacts and Cultural Transfer” researched the Celtic divine names in the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior (P 29274-G25) and the second one “Celtic Divine Names in Latin Inscriptions of the Military Zone in Germania Superior on the Left Bank of the River Rhine. Religious Phenomena in a Cultural Contact Zone“ (P 34422-G) focused on the northern Germania Superior. These two projects examined how local Celtic traditions were integrated into Roman practices, using epigraphic evidence to trace changes and continuities in religious expression. The customization and application of the Patrimonium Editor was done during the second project and retroactively applied to the data management of the first project too.

The Patrimonium Editor is a web application suite designed for academic use, focusing on the encoding, management, and analysis of epigraphic and historical textual sources. It includes an XML editor for text encoding, conversion tools adhering to the Leiden Conventions, and data management capabilities for places, people, and thematic categories. Its modular architecture provides flexibility for customization and leverages the eXist-db XML database. The editor supports TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) and EpiDoc (Epigraphic Documents) guidelines, ensuring compatibility with international standards in digital humanities.