Articles by Alessio Innocenti
La digitalizzazione dei documenti, i database e il GIS nell'ambito della ricerca topografica: l'esempio dei possessi dell'abbazia di Farfa (RI) tra VIII e IX secolo
Abstract
Through modern technologies we are able to use medieval documents for topographic studies in a more efficient way. It is easier to read and use a document once it has been digitized and recorded in a topographic database. The present study is based on a partially computerized archive of one of the most important medieval cartularies, the Regestum Farfense. The topographic database was linked to a GIS software, QGIS, in order to create a thematic cartography about the properties of the Farfa abbey. Both cartography and database were made with open source software (LibreOffice and QGIS). Thematic layers were created using data collected in the database, which contains some important fields, such as Chronology, Property Type (Fundus, Casales, Gualdus, Curtis, Ecclesia, Monasterium), Acquisition Type (Purchase, Donation, Exchange), Location (Known-Hypothetical, Exact-Areal), useful for cartographic purposes. Thanks to these computer applications, new insights into some important historical and archaeological questions emerge, like the role of the abbeys in Italy during the Lombard and Carolingian periods. In addition, it is vital for research activity to be able to read a document in a faster and easier way. In fact, documents often reveal new information when we manage them with new instruments.
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