TME TME SEARCH

Search TME

This utility permits searching for words or phrases, and narrowing down a query either to texts from published editions only, or to manuscript transcriptions only. You can select any number of centuries in which to search. You can choose to have matched lines of the text shown by default in the search results. If the relevant box is unchecked, matched lines will be hidden until you click “see matches” to show them. Rules and hints are given further down in this page. Note that cookies must be enabled in your browser to search.

Rules for searching

By default, this utility finds indexed words that match or end with the searched string.
The Boolean operators AND/OR can be used, in all capital letters. A space between two terms is interpreted as the Boolean operator AND.
The addition of the asterisk (*) at the end of a string has the effect of searching for words that begin withthat string (not necessarily a full word) followed by zero or more alphanumerical characters. It is mostly used for searching inflected forms, or any word with a given root. Note that the asterisk tells the utility to add to the basic results all words with the same root of the exact string; in other words, the utility does not find words with extra characters on both sides of the searched string.
Double quotes can be used to find an exact phrase. Include a space at the beginning to restrict the search to the exact first word in a phrase. Double quotes and an initial space is also the recommended method to search for an exact word.
Asterisks and double quotes can be combined.
Diacriticals are not accepted in the search box, but the results will include words with any diacritical variant. That is, a word containing an accented letter is interpreted as the same as the one without the accent.
This search utility finds words and phrases in the text of the treatises, not in the metadata.

Examples

Typed search	Results
song	Finds texts that contain “song” or “plainsong” or “pricksong” etc.
temple king	Finds texts that contain both “temple” and “king” (or “striking” etc.)
minim OR rest	Finds texts that contain either “minim” or “rest” but not necessarily both
"tuning songs"	Finds the exact phrase “tuning songs”
"plaine song" AND rules	Finds texts that contain the exact phrase “plaine song” and also the word “rules”
end*	Finds texts that contain “end” as well as “ending” but not “ascending” (the latter word neither starts nor ends with ‘end’ exactly)
" ending" [double quotes, leading space]	Only the word “ending” is found
mut* end*	Finds texts that contain “gamut” (or “mutuall” or “mutation”) and “end” (or “ended” etc.) but not “commended” (the latter word neither starts nor ends with ‘end’ exactly)
"mut* end*"	Finds “mutation ending”
N.B. In all searches with the asterisk, the search results page may also highlight “fuzzy” matches found in the documents, that is words that neither start nor end with the searched string exactly. This happens if a legitimate hit is found. Such “courtesy” highlighting does not mean that all texts with these words were found.

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