The Sexy Codicology Plugin is a Chrome plugin that queries the DMMapp data and lets you find digitized medieval manuscript repositories on the fly!
We want to make it as easy as possible for researchers to reach digitized repositories. With this objective in mind, we wanted to create a tool that could fit in their workflow and reduce clicks needed to reach digitized manuscripts.
A Chrome Plugin seemed to be the most efficient way to achieve this.
Skip having to navigate to the website first; just click the plugin and type the institution you are searching for. The handy autocomplete will also help you get there faster.
Missing a repository? As always, let us know!
No, it is the same.
We had in mind to create this plugin for a while, but we did not have the time to get to it. Recently Giulio came to develop the "Library Search Assistant" for Leiden University Libraries; this gave him the opportunity to learn a couple of tricks, and how Chrome Extensions work. Once that project was completed, he took what he had learned there and used it here.
This plugin uses parts of:
- easy-autocomplete - As the name suggests, it helps with the autocomplete part of this plugin.
- Bootstrap for Chrome Extensions
- Giulio Menna
- Marjolein de Vos
MIT - Have fun with the code!