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RENAISSANCE
PROSOPOGRAPHY

HOW TO USE THE SEARCH INDEX

To use the search index;
WRITE OUT A SERIES OF KEY WORDS
BE CERTAIN YOU HAVE CLICKED THE CURSOR IN THE LOWER FRAME OF THE MAIN WINDOW
PRESS "CONTROL-F"
TYPE IN A KEY WORD
CLICK "FIND NEXT"

This search index is extremely large. Over 30,000 character names with descriptions and links to synopses appear here. Most computers are not able to hold all of this information on a single page. This is why the Prosopography is split between the twenty–six letters of the alphabet.

Because of the sheer size of this index, easily seven printed volumes of information, you will have to conduct each keyword search in each of the twenty–six letters. Therefore, begin by clicking "A" in the upper window, then click your cursor in the lower frame, press CNTL-F and type in a keyword and click "Find Next," noting each useful item to appear and clicking "Find Next" again until the letter A is exhausted. Next click "B" above and again click your cursor in the lower frame. When you press CNTL-F you will find your keyword still there. Repeat through the alphabet.

HELPFUL HINTS
If you are searching for a particular abstraction, such as Drawer, Nurse, best friend, et cetera remember to search that word throughout the Prosopography. Characters with proper names who are also nurses will be listed under their names and not professions. However, their profession will appear in their descriptions. Using the search function will find them.

Try various spellings of names and various combinations of keywords to be certain that you have covered your field. It is good to use "bed trick" as a keyword search, but look also under "seduction," "rape," "fornicate," "fornication," and any other words that might yield other characters who engage in bed tricks.

Begin any search by writing down a list of keywords. This will save you time in not repeating a search and will also help you remember where you are in the search. Also, as you search, new keywords should occur to you. A list at your elbow will keep those ideas in proper queue.

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