ROKref2011 – database of reference works dealing with the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
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Dataset
Change log
Authors
Martin, William H.
Mason, Sandra
Description
This database ROKref2011 lists some 400 books, articles and other material relating to the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, identified by Martin & Mason in the course of their research.
The listing includes material on book illustration and publishing, and some specific artworks and catalogues, as well as publications more directly related to Omar Khayyám, Edward FitzGerald, and the Rubáiyát; among the latter are many parodies of the poem. There is a broad subject classification on the database.
Further details of the fields and codings used in the databases are given in the ‘ROKref2011 definitions' doc / pdf files below.
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Software / Usage instructions
The database files have been saved in three formats: a Microsoft Access 2007 database (.accdb); a DBASE IV file (.dbf); a comma-delimited text file (.txt). A separate doc / pdf file lists tables, fields with definitions and the codings used in different cases.