Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 35, No. 283. Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Hosted by DH-Cologne www.dhhumanist.org Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org Date: 2021-10-07 01:02:52+00:00 From: Henry Schaffer <hes@ncsu.edu> Subject: Re: [Humanist] 35.279: The Virtual St Paul's Cathedral Project! Terrific work! I'd like to emphasize how interdisciplinary this was/is. Read the press release for information on that. --henry On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 2:29 AM Humanist <humanist@dhhumanist.org> wrote: > Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 35, No. 279. > Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne > Hosted by DH-Cologne > www.dhhumanist.org > Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org > > > > > Date: 2021-10-05 19:43:08+00:00 > From: John Wall <jnwall@ncsu.edu> > Subject: The Virtual St Paul's Cathedral Project > > Folks, > > I'm happy to announce that the Virtual St Paul's Cathedral Project has gone > live. There is still some cleanup work to do on the website, but the bulk > of the work is done. > > On the site, you can tour our model of St Paul's Cathedral, inside and out, > as well as Paul's Churchyard, in a fly-around, a walking tour, and (for the > Choir) a VR version. > > You can hear two full days of worship inside St Paul's -- Easter Sunday > 1624, a festival day, and the Tuesday after the First Sunday in Advent in > 1625, a ferial, or very ordinary day, with full choral services and sermons > by Lancelot Andrewes and John Donne -- over 6 hours of recordings. > > You will hear them as they would have sounded in the Choir of the > Cathedral. > > There is also a good bit of background material, discussions of the > opportunities and challenges of digital modeling, documentation of the > Cathedral's officers and staff, and suggestions for further research in > several areas of the project. And, as they say, much, much more. > > Our website is here: https://vpcathedral.chass.ncsu.edu/ > > Our press release is here: > https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/10/recreating-17th-century-london/ > > Please let me know what you think. And, please pass the word on to your > colleagues. > > JNW > > -- > *John N. Wall* > Professor of English Literature > NC State University > Principal Investigator for > The Virtual St Paul's Cathedral Project > https://vpcathedral.chass.ncsu.edu/ > The Virtual Paul's Cross Project > https://vpcross.chass.ncsu.edu/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted List posts to: humanist@dhhumanist.org List info and archives at at: http://dhhumanist.org Listmember interface at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted/ Subscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/membership_form.php