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  • Comment: At the moment your references seem to either be primary/non-independent sources connected to the creation of this database, or sources that use the database as part of their research without providing significant coverage of it as a subject. What I would suggest looking for are sources that provide a detailed discussion of the database itself while using it for their research (e.g. discussing its features, its strengths/weaknesses, the process of its development, its impact on the research field), and that are entirely unaffiliated with the database's creators. Once you've found these sources, it would be helpful for the next reviewer to leave a comment pointing out what the three best sources are. MCE89 (talk) 13:26, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: Primary sources do not establish notability per WP:GNG. DoubleGrazing (talk) 09:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
Urus
upright=https://urus.uw.edu.pl/static/logos/urus.svg
Type of site
Scholary database
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
Warsaw
,
Poland
OwnerUniversity of Warsaw
Created byProf. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec
URLhttps://urus.uw.edu.pl
CommercialNo
RegistrationNone
Launched2015

Urus is an open-access research database established in 2015 at the University of Warsaw (Poland), designed by Prof. Grażyna Jurkowlaniec. It was developed in collaboration with the University of Warsaw's Digital Competence Centre, and the data is collected by an interdisciplinary team of researchers..[1][2] The project was conceived as a scholarly tool for documenting and analysing the production, circulation, and reception of early modern prints.[3]

The development of the database has been closely tied to broader research initiatives,[4][5] most notably the ERC Advanced Grant project SAIGA,[6] which investigates the visual and textual representations of Eastern European fauna and their role in shaping perceptions of this region between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries[7][8].

The database is actively used and referenced by researchers, including historians, book historians, literary scholars, and art historians, to examine the circulation, dissemination and relationships between illustrations. This encompasses studies focused on: evaluating the influence of particular illustrations on others over the centuries,[9][10] tracing variations in the depictions of specific objects (such as plants, animals, and people) across different periods and regions,[11] identifying and analysing models of specific illustrations,[12] tracking the utilisation of the same woodblocks by successive printers,[13][14][15] and serving as a reliable source of scientific information regarding the objects depicted in the illustrations.[16]

The name Urus derives from the Latin term for the aurochs, an extinct species of wild cattle[17]

Awards

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In 2025, Urus was awarded the RSA Digital Innovation Award (larger project award) which recognizes excellence in digital projects that support the study of the Renaissance (1300–1700).[18][19]

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ERC Advanced Grant project Scholars, SAIGA Animals, Images, Geographies, and the Arts: De-exoticizing Eastern Europe in the Early Modern Period (Grant agreement ID: 101141906).[6]

NCN-funded project OPUS 16 Matrix of Confusion: The Production of Woodcut Illustrations in Poland–Lithuania and Prussia until the Early Seventeenth Century (Grant No. 2018/31/B/HS2/00533).[5]

NCN-funded project OPUS 9 Reframed Image: Reception of Prints in the Kingdom of Poland from the End of the Fifteenth to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century (Grant No. 2015/17/B/HS2/02469).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Współpraca". Instytut Historii Sztuki UW (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  2. ^ "URUS". urus.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  3. ^ "URUS". urus.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  4. ^ a b "Obraz modyfikowany: recepcja grafiki w Królestwie Polskim od schyłku XV po początek XVII wieku. Przedmioty - osoby - środowiska - procesy, 2015/17/B/HS2/02469". Projekty finansowane z NCN. Retrieved 2025-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Różność z jedności. Drzeworyty ilustracyjne w państwie polsko-litewskim i Prusach". Narodowe Centrum Nauki (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  6. ^ a b "Scholars, Animals, Images, Geographies, and the Arts: De-exoticizing Eastern Europe in the Early Modern Period | SAIGA | Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON". CORDIS | European Commission. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  7. ^ "SAIGA - Centrum Kompetencji Cyfrowych UW". Centrum Kompetencji Cyfrowych UW (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  8. ^ Akademickiej, Narodowa Agencja Wymiany (2024-04-18). "First Polish woman scientist with an ERC Advanced Grant". Research in Poland. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  9. ^ Bogusz, Marcin (2022-03-30). "Wyposażenie graficzne Kroniki wszystkiego świata Marcina Bielskiego (1554, 1564). Pierwowzory, praktyka i strategia wydawnicza". Biuletyn Historii Sztuki (in Polish). 84 (1): 5–41. doi:10.36744/bhs.1346. ISSN 2719-4612.
  10. ^ Mroziewicz, Karolina (2023). "Personalizing Universal History: Noblemen's Responses to the Polish-Language Chronicle of the Whole World by Marcin Bielski" (PDF). Vernacular Books and Their Readers in the Early Age of Print (C. 1450–1600). 85: 140–170. doi:10.1163/9789004520158_007. ISBN 978-90-04-52015-8.
  11. ^ Jurkowlaniec, Grażyna (2022-01-01). "The Bison Trail through the Hercynian Forest: Names, Images, and Identities in Ptolemy's Tabula Europae IV and Münster's Cosmographia". Viator. 53 (1): 307–345. doi:10.1484/J.VIATOR.5.134465. ISSN 0083-5897.
  12. ^ Perzyński, Adam (2025-01-01). "Engravings for Polish Equestrians: Tomasz Makowski's Illustrations for Hippica (1603)". Print Quarterly.
  13. ^ Jurkowlaniec, Grażyna; Ptaszyński, Maciej (2020-11-25). "Anticlerical Motifs in the Illustrations of Martin Luther's Hauspostille". Religions. 11 (12): 633. doi:10.3390/rel11120633. ISSN 2077-1444.
  14. ^ "The Reception of the Printed Image in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: Multiplied and Modified". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  15. ^ Jurkowlaniec, Grażyna; Herman, Magdalena (2021-06-30). "Szesnastowieczny królewiecki druk w Herzog August Bibliothek w Wolfenbüttel: ilustracje, oprawa i właściciele". Biuletyn Historii Sztuki (in Polish). 83 (2): 285–321. doi:10.36744/bhs.997. ISSN 2719-4612.
  16. ^ Semko, Franciszek; Wierzbicka-Trwoga, Krystyna (2024). "Czy Marcin Siennik był tłumaczem "Fortunata"? Próba wskazania autora anonimowego polskiego przekładu z drugiej połowy XVI wieku". Meluzyna. Dawna Literatura i Kultura. 21 (2): 5–22. doi:10.26485/me.2024.2-01. ISSN 2449-7339.
  17. ^ "URUS". urus.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  18. ^ "RSA Digital Innovation Awards - Renaissance Society of America". www.rsa.org. Archived from the original on 2025-05-08. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  19. ^ "Baza URUS z nagrodą "Digital Innovation Award"". Uniwersytet Warszawski (in Polish). 2025-02-27. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
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Urus: Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)