This dataset contains curated files derived from the cleaning process of a digitized version of the chronologic inventory of Antonio Magliabechi's letters compiled by Manuela Doni Garfagnini (1). The digitization and conversion process was initiated by Ingeborg van Vugt and, the parsing, cleaning and mapping process was done in collaboration with Liliana Melgar during the SKILLNET project.
The printed version of the inventory (1) was digitized and OCR-ed. The raw OCR-ed files were parsed and cleaned with the purpose of converting the inventory to a tabular format. Subsequently, the person names were mapped to the person names in the dataset of the Catalogus Epistolarum Neerlandicarum (CEN) (2). The resulting cleaned, parsed and mapped version is deposited here.
This dataset is used as part of the article "Unlinked: Conflict Resolution and Structural Balance in the Early Modern Republic of Letters" (DOI forthcoming) written by Ingeborg van Vugt, with the collaboration of Liliana Melgar for the data preparation (3).
(1) Garfagnini, Manuela Doni. Lettere e carte Magliabechi. Inventario cronologico. Rome: Istituto Storico Italiano per l'Età Moderna e Contemporanea, 1988.
(2) SKILLNET project, 2022, "Catalogus Epistolarum Neerlandicarum (CEN): Letter and person metadata (1270-1820) curated by the SKILLNET project", https://doi.org/10.34894/G8XQI0, DataverseNL, V1; persons_CEN_1200to1800_cleanedSkillnet_version20221109-141003.csv [fileName]
(3) The data preparation process and the raw input data, together with the processed output data is documented here: zenodo doi to add.
The datasets provided by the SKILLNET project have been curated (i.e., cleaned, harmonized, reconciled) using manual and semi-automatic methods. Even though a lot of dedication and effort was put in curating the datasets provided here, some errors, inaccuracies and/or missing data still exist.
Until December 2022 the dataset will be constantly updated with more cleaned data. For that reason, it is important that users of the dataset always include the version number in their reports.
