Searching the corpus is as simple as typing one or more words in the search bar and clicking "Search."
You can also refine your search results using several advanced options.
You can also refine your search results using several advanced options.
Wildcards
* : represents any sequence of characters
? : represents any single character, including none
. : represents any single character
* : represents any sequence of characters
? : represents any single character, including none
. : represents any single character
Square Brackets
[abc] : matches any one character from those enclosed in brackets
[abc] : matches any one character from those enclosed in brackets
Other regular expressions
The search supports all JavaScript regular expressions.
Check here for more.
The search supports all JavaScript regular expressions.
Check here for more.
Forms
Click on "Forms" to view a list of all forms of any word
or character sequence as they appear in the database.
Click on "Forms" to view a list of all forms of any word
or character sequence as they appear in the database.
Handling Results
Click on a line in the results.
The cobla (stanza) will appear on the right side of the screen.
Click "Full text" to view the entire song.
The cobla (stanza) will appear on the right side of the screen.
Click "Full text" to view the entire song.
To highlight entries most relevant to your research, select the star icon.
Click "Filter highlighted" to display only highlighted results.
Click the arrow to the right of the search bar to view
previously searched sequences and their result counts.
Click a searched sequence to retrieve results,
including highlighted lines.
previously searched sequences and their result counts.
Click a searched sequence to retrieve results,
including highlighted lines.
Search by Lyric
Click on "Search by Lyric" to find a text by its BdT number
(following the updated BEdT), author, or incipit.
(following the updated BEdT), author, or incipit.
Spelling Normalization
Please note that the normalization feature is experimental.
It applies general rules of Occitan linguistics,
but achieving complete accuracy would require full lemmatization.
It applies general rules of Occitan linguistics,
but achieving complete accuracy would require full lemmatization.
Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to the following editors, whose generosity in sharing the texts they edited has been invaluable to this project: Giorgio Barachini, Fabio Barberini, Paolo Di Luca, Barbara Francioni, Paolo Gresti, Ruth Harvey, Silvio Melani, Linda Paterson, Nicolò Premi, Francesca Sanguineti, Paolo Squillacioti, and Sergio Vatteroni.
Furthermore, I wish to acknowledge the foundational work of Peter Ricketts.
Furthermore, I wish to acknowledge the foundational work of Peter Ricketts.
Disclaimer:
I am neither responsible for nor do I claim credit for the collection and digitization of the texts in this database.
This tool was created solely as a support for scholars in Occitan studies, particularly after other essential tools with similar functions became unavailable.
Note that editions may not reflect the most recent publications. If you would like to submit an update, email me at stefano.milonia [§] uni-tuebingen.de, and I will provide guidance on the required text format.
I am neither responsible for nor do I claim credit for the collection and digitization of the texts in this database.
This tool was created solely as a support for scholars in Occitan studies, particularly after other essential tools with similar functions became unavailable.
Note that editions may not reflect the most recent publications. If you would like to submit an update, email me at stefano.milonia [§] uni-tuebingen.de, and I will provide guidance on the required text format.