Digital Methods II: Reading between the Lines of Medieval Manuscripts

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Digital Resource for Palaeography (DigiPal), Dept. of Digital Humanities, King's College London

Organizer Name

Stewart J. Brookes

Organizer Affiliation

King's College London

Presider Name

Peter A. Stokes

Presider Affiliation

King's College London

Paper Title 1

Penn Provenance Project

Presenter 1 Name

Regan Kladstrup

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Paper Title 2

First Impressions: Glosses Scratched into Old English Manuscripts

Presenter 2 Name

Stewart J. Brookes

Paper Title 3

You Scratch My Gloss and I’ll Scratch Yours: Glosses as Commentary, Instruction, and/or Vandalism

Presenter 3 Name

Sarah J. Biggs

Presenter 3 Affiliation

British Library/Courtauld Institute of Art

Start Date

11-5-2014 10:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 208

Description

In this session, the speakers explore computer-assisted techniques for photographing and reading near illegible medieval inscriptions, identifying uncatalogued material through on-line initiatives, and analysing often unobserved and understudied texts. From bookplates to Old English glosses, we ask if the material is up to scratch.

Stewart Brookes