Paleography Workshop with the Penn Paleography Group (A Workshop)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
Organizer Name
Alexander Devine
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Presider Name
Dorothy Carr Porter
Presider Affiliation
Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 1
Lightning Presentation 1
Presenter 1 Name
Alexander Devine
Paper Title 2
Lightning Presentation 2
Presenter 2 Name
Jacqueline Burek
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 3
Lightning Presentation 3
Presenter 3 Name
Erika Smith
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 4
Lightning Presentation 4
Presenter 4 Name
Sarah Townsend
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 5
Lightning Presentation 5
Presenter 5 Name
Sarah Siatkowski
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Start Date
8-5-2014 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1140
Description
This workshop will provide a space for discussing the methodology and practice of paleography in Manuscript Studies and the value of collaborative reading. Rather than a Paleography 101-style workshop, we are eager both to share our experience and to seize the opportunity to open up a larger conversation about paleography with a particular focus on the use of innovative new digital tools and online resources such as Penn in Hand, T-Pen and Shared Canvas. The workshop will consist of three sections: first, a series of ‘lightning presentations’ by group members on selected premodern manuscripts from Penn’s Special Collections, including manuscripts from the newly-acquired Schoenberg Collection; second, discussion of the paleographical challenges presented in these and other manuscripts; and finally, a general discussion section open to all attendees in which we encourage questions about the what, why, and how of paleographical study. Topics to be considered may include: how using digital resources has altered our group’s methods of accessing premodern scripts (from written texts and glosses to handwritten addenda and later annotations in early printed books); the dynamics of practicing paleography as a group; and how we can create possibilities for collaborative, interactive transcription. We encourage attendees to bring their own paleographical problems for consideration by all workshop participants.
schoenberginstitute.wordpress.com
Alexander L. Devine
Paleography Workshop with the Penn Paleography Group (A Workshop)
Schneider 1140
This workshop will provide a space for discussing the methodology and practice of paleography in Manuscript Studies and the value of collaborative reading. Rather than a Paleography 101-style workshop, we are eager both to share our experience and to seize the opportunity to open up a larger conversation about paleography with a particular focus on the use of innovative new digital tools and online resources such as Penn in Hand, T-Pen and Shared Canvas. The workshop will consist of three sections: first, a series of ‘lightning presentations’ by group members on selected premodern manuscripts from Penn’s Special Collections, including manuscripts from the newly-acquired Schoenberg Collection; second, discussion of the paleographical challenges presented in these and other manuscripts; and finally, a general discussion section open to all attendees in which we encourage questions about the what, why, and how of paleographical study. Topics to be considered may include: how using digital resources has altered our group’s methods of accessing premodern scripts (from written texts and glosses to handwritten addenda and later annotations in early printed books); the dynamics of practicing paleography as a group; and how we can create possibilities for collaborative, interactive transcription. We encourage attendees to bring their own paleographical problems for consideration by all workshop participants.
schoenberginstitute.wordpress.com
Alexander L. Devine