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Usage statistics (through September 30 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through September 30 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 23,866 visits from 135 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 18,055 absolute unique visitors
  • 24% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 579 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 468 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 263 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 206 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 112 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
  • 1,356 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 635 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

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Usage statistics (through August 31 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through August 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 22,466 visits from 131 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 14,402 absolute unique visitors
  • 24% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 534 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 421 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 253 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 168 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 112 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
  • 1,257 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 562 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes
This monthly reports marks gathering usage statistics for one year on the Roman de la Rose Digital Library. The Rose team has noted that there has been a steady increase in the statistics for every month during our first year. We thank you for interest in the Roman de la Rose Digital Library. Please continue to send us your feedback!

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Usage statistics (through July 31 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through July 31 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 21,406 visits from 127 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 16,385 absolute unique visitors
  • 23% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 488 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 370 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 219 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 158 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 87 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
  • 1,169 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 497 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

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Usage statistics (through June 30 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through June 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 20,197 visits from 127 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 15,614 absolute unique visitors
  • 23% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 450 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 338 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 203 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 131 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 27 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
  • 1064 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 424 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

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The Getty has produced a short video on making manuscripts, and they have another on the structure of a medieval manuscript:

Both videos might prove helpful for someone examining the images of manuscripts found on our site.

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Screencasts

We have put up 3 videos demonstrating how to search manuscript folios, illustrations, and text.

These screencasts were made by our student assistant, Taylor Breslin.

Finding a folio

Finding an illustration or illustration keyword

Finding a line or section of verse

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Available editions

Parts of several editions of the poem are freely available in Google books. There is vol. 1 of Méon’s 1819 edition; vol. 1 of Michel’s 1864 edition; vol. 3 of the edition of Langlois from 1921 as well as his Origines et sources du Roman de la Rose; vol. 3 of Dufresnoy and Damerey’s 1799 edition; and vol. 5 of the 1880 edition of Croissandeau. There is also a transcription of Hunter 409 in Max Kaluza’s 1891 publication. And finally, Francis William Bourdillon’s book on The early editions of the Roman de la Rose is available in full.


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Site update

Revisions have been made to the French version of the site, book descriptions and image tagging have now been added, and some minor bugs fixed. Check back for further updates in the near future. 

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Usage statistics (through May 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through May 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 18,557 visits from 123 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 14,402 absolute unique visitors
  • 22% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 423 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 312 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 163 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 93 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 9 of these visitors have used the site 101-200 times
  • 945 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 346 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We have noted that France is now number two in the list of top countries represented. This movement may relate to our efforts to translate the site into French.

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Usage statistics (through April 2009)

Since the launch of the site on September 2008 through April 2009, the Rose team has noted the following usage statistics:

  • 16,331 visits from 119 different countries or territories
  • The top five countries represented (in order): United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
  • 12,852 absolute unique visitors
  • 21% of these visitors have returned to the site
  • 357 of these visitors have used the site 9-14 times
  • 254 of these visitors have used the site 15-25 times
  • 105 of these visitors have used the site 26-50 times
  • 63 of these visitors have used the site 51-100 times
  • 763 of these visits lasted between 10-30 minutes
  • 182 of these visits lasted over 30 minutes

We have recently augmented the Google Analytics so that we can now track usage of individual manuscripts and folios. As we gather these data, we will report them to the blog.