In this chapter you will learn the structure of simple queries by using examples. Simple query means the free navigation through the data. For this you will need a starting point. This starting point may be an antique monument, a renaissance document, or an artist etc..
From this point we can navigate through the links into other parts of the database, returning to the starting point whenever we want to.
Any point reached by navigating through the data can be used as a new starting point. At first we are searching for a monument.
To search for the antique monument Torso Belvedere position the cursor on the option 'monuments' in the "quick search menu" and press Return (For information about starting the programme see "User-Manual").

Enter the first few letters, in this case 'Torso B' into the field search string. The cursor is automatically positioned at the correct entry. (The programme is very case sensitive >> Capitalizing and Diacritics !!!)

By pressing Return the abbreviated version of the entry, the so-called title card, is displayed in a window in the top left corner of your screen. This will serve as the starting point for the following navigation through the data.

 

To see the images of the antique monument press 'f'. If there is more than one photograph you can browse through them by pressing 'cursor up/down'. Press Esc to return to the title card.
The bottom line of the window contains the information that there are 107 classifiers and 9 data sheets connected to this entry.

The data sheets are as follows:

”monument description”  ”monument history”  ”link to provenance history”  ”relationships”  ”monument bibliography”  ”comment”  ”renaissance condition”  ”preservation history” ”later known replicas”

To access all the information we have to display the data sheets. Use the right arrow key to move from one data sheet to the next. The first data sheet is called 'monument description'.



Pressing the right arrow key displays the following data sheet, 'monument history':



The up arrow symbol () indicates a link to another part of the database. 'Location' displays in the data sheet the entry 'Roma, Musei Vaticani, Sala delle Muse'.
If you wish to follow this link, position the cursor on this entry and press 's'.



The abbreviated version of the relevant location authority is now displayed.
Pressing the right arrow key enables you to see all entries in this data sheet.


   
The header 'monument' contains all monuments held in the Sala delle Muse. (Positioning the cursor on one of these monuments and pressing 's' will take you to the chosen monument.)
To return to the starting point, the title card of the Torso Belvedere, we have to press the Esc key twice.
Pressing the right arrow key displays the data sheet 'links to provenance history'.



If we wish to obtain more information about individual entries in this programme list, position the cursor onto this entry and press 's'. Again the abbreviated entry is displayed:



We learn that between 1432 and 1435 the Torso was in the Collection of Cardinal Prospero Colonna.
By pressing the right arrow key the relevant data sheet is displayed.



The header 'documentation' contains all renaissance sources documenting the Torso Belvedere in the collection of Cardinal Colonna between 1432 and 1435.
Position the cursor onto one of these entries and press 's' to obtain more information about this document.
Alternatively, position the cursor onto one of these entries and press 'f' to view images (if available) of these documents.
Press the Esc key twice to return to the data sheets of the Torso Belvedere.
Pressing the right arrow key displays the 'relationships' page of the monument. This data sheet contains the links to all known renaissance documentations of the monument, and in addition, the link to the images.



Position the cursor onto one of the entries and press 'f' to view images (if available) of the documents.
Move the cursor to one of the entries and press 's' to obtain more information about individual documents:



Press the right arrow key to view the first data sheet linked to the document 'document reference'.



Press the right arrow key again to display the following data sheet, 'document description'.


 
To obtain more information about the artist, we move the cursor to the heading 'artist' and press 's'.



Date of birth and date of death of the artist are displayed in the short abbreviated version of the entry. Press the right arrow key.
The header 'documentation' contains all further works of the artist inserted into the CENSUS database.



Move the cursor to one of the entries under the heading 'documentation' and press 'f' to view images (if available) of the documents.
Alternatively position the cursor onto one of these entries and press 's' to access these documents.
Press the Esc key four times to return to the data sheet of the Torso Belvedere.
Pressing the right arrow key displays the next data sheet, 'monument bibliography'.



To view the complete citation of the abbreviated entries, move the cursor to the relevant entry and press 's'.



Press the Esc key to return to the data sheet 'bibliography'.
Pressing the right arrow key again moves the comment page of the monument. Comments by members of the CENSUS team are displayed.



If the comment is longer than one line the complete text is shown, after a short delay, in a blue window (exit with Esc).
Pressing the right arrow key again displays the data sheet 'renaissance conditions' containing information about the first renaissance observations of the monument:

 
 
Position the cursor onto one of the entries under the heading 'documentation' and press 'f' to view images (if available) of the documents.
Alternatively move the cursor to one of the entries and press 's' to obtain more information about individual documents reporting first observations on the Torso Belvedere.
By pressing the right arrow key again the data sheet 'links to preservation history' is displayed.



To obtain more information move the cursor to one of the entries and press 's'.



Pressing the Esc key brings you back to the monument.
Pressing the right arrow key again displays the data sheet 'later known replicas', i.e. the antique replicas of the Torso Belvedere. So far no antique replicas are known.



We have now completed the navigation through an entire monument. We have left the data sheets of this monument several times in order to follow up links to other parts of the database. We have, however, always returned to the monument.

Creating a new starting point: Whenever a window (title card) is on display at the bottom right corner of the screen you have the option to confirm this entry as a new starting point for further navigation. Simply press the Return key: the entry is then displayed in the top left corner of the screen, marking the new starting point for your navigation.

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