WULFILA PROJECT

WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS

PROJECT?
The Gothic Bible is interesting to me since it offers
insights in the early Germanic language and was
translated from the Greek new testament.
The language is also interesting as it also influenced
Medieval Latin!
 HISTORY OF THE WULFILA
PROJECT
The Project got its start in 1996 when two graduate
students began posting fragments of the Gothic Bible
The Project was inspired by the Perseus Project (which is a
digital library that got its start in the 80s)
The project eventually found a permanent home at the
University of Antwerp
The Project, under the guidance of Dr. J. Van Loon,
received funding from the University of Antwerps Special
Research Fund
 THE PROJECTS MISSION
Project Wulfila is a small digital library dedicated to the
study of Gothic and Old Germanic languages in general.
Our primary goal is to provide linguistically annotated
editions that can be downloaded in TEI format or browsed
online
 FUNDING AND STAFFING?
The Project has been largely funded by two different
grants awarded by the Special Research Fund
The Projects staff are all volunteers who are all involved
with other projects.
Wulfila is continually developed when each volunteer
finds the time
Tom De Herdt is the current webmaster of Wulfila
He is also one of the original graduate developers
He is not affiliated with the University of Antwerp
 SERVICES PROVIDED?
This Project does not offer the services of a Reference
Librarian
If someone has a question or concern about the project
they are able to email the Webmaster.
The Project is Open Access!
 WHAT ARE THE CURRENT
COLLECTIONS?
Wulfila offers four different major collections:
The Gothic Bible & Minor Fragments
Old Saxon Heliand
Middle and Early Modern Dutch
Digital Facsimile Editions
Only the Gothic Bible is near completion within the Project.
And other collections and materials will be added based on
their connection to their linguistic and historical value to the
Germanic Languages.
 WEBSITE USABILITY
The Wulfila Project is fairly navigable
There is a lot of information posted that can be
overwhelming at first glance.
The Project does a very good job of explaining why things
were done a certain way
It functions very similarly to the Perseus Project
The Wulfila Project allows users to download the database
and the xml TEI sheet if they so choose
 WEBSITE USABILITY CONT.
The Wulfila Project does offer a search with several
different search options.
However, the search is still in beta (though I did not notice
any problems with it when I used it)
Overall, the website is well constructed for the limited
funding and time of its developers.
WULFILA PROJECT FUTURE
ADDITIONS
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Perseus Digital Library. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2016, from
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
Wulfila Project. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2016
About the project. (n.d.). Retrieved March 28, 2016, from
http://www.wulfila.be/project/
Images Courtesy of the Wulfila Project. http://www.wulfila.be