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litteracarolina , 5 days ago to Medievodons group

The artist who painted the initials in this #Renaissance Italian manuscript (@subugoe Cod. MS philol. 116) painted this A upside down so that it now looks like a V. An A was added in the margin as a correction. Did the artist work upside-down, and if so, why?

Pre-modern books are great records of human error and therefore of historic working practices.

#palaeography @medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 5 days ago to Medievodons group

This is the handwriting of renowned historian Theodor Mommsen @subugoe. I‘m a trained palaeographer and I can’t read it - not without spending a long time working out the individual letters. But native German speakers who have seen this type of writing before have much less trouble. Cursive #palaeography is all about exposure! @histodons @medievodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

Here is another lovely #Arabic #manuscript from @subugoe (8 Cod. MS pers. 14), containing the Šerḥ-i Sabḥat al-abrār, a literary text. This is from the 17th or 18th century. @historikerinnen @histodons @medievodons #palaeography

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

Looking at #Arabic #manuscripts with my students today. This is a stunning frontispiece from @subugoe Cod MS arab. 190, containing the Kitāb al-wāfīya fi šarḥ al-kāfīya from 1478, collated with the author’s own copy. @historikerinnen @medievodons @histodons #palaeography

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to histodons group

Update from the eManuSkript project: we've mocked up a website with a holistic interface for all the apps; we're starting tagging of the 200GB supplementary training set for our neural network; the students are developing script & #manuscript training sets for online tutorials; and much, much more. I have such a brilliant team!

We're looking for a student with graphic design skills for a short project - if you're it, please get in touch! #palaeography @historikerinnen @histodons @medievodons

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

These are digital #microscope photos of a camel from a 15th-century Persian manuscript in the @subugoe (Cod. MS pers. 14). The purple image was taken with ultraviolet light and the grey picture with infrared. Because infrared goes right through most pigments, it reveals the preliminary sketch of the camel underneath the pigment (which you see in the UV photo). Really interesting for the history of art!

#palaeography @histodons @medievodons @historikerinnen #arthistory

Infra-red light photo of a drawing with a man (left) and a camel (right).

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

Just got my new DinoLite digital #microscope! All ready for some ink and pigment analysis with my students on Thursday. #palaeography @medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

Please spread the word about this! We need more applicants. Deadline is tomorrow but late applications can be accepted. #palaeography @medievodons @historikerinnen @histodons

From: @litteracarolina
https://mastodon.online/@litteracarolina/111935843148645383

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

Please share the information about the below as widely as you can - this is a #palaeography course for the general public, which is super rare!

"Join Dr Manuel Muñoz in a one-day overview of Iberian late-medieval books at the London International Palaeography School. We will explore the evolution of book scripts between the 13th and the 15th centuries, and we will discover what makes late-medieval Iberian #manuscripts unique."

https://ies.sas.ac.uk/london-international-palaeography-school/course-descriptions/books-documents-late-medieval-spain

@medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to Medievodons group

I’ve put a starter Zotero #palaeography bibliography I share with students online: https://palaeography.hypotheses.org/1025. It’s now shareable and editable by everyone.

@historikerinnen @medievodons @histodons #medieval #manuscripts

litteracarolina , 1 month ago to histodons group

I got to see the Fulda Sacramentary today: a stunning example of Ottonian (tenth-century) art and one of the major treasures of the @subugoe.

@medievodons @historikerinnen @histodons #medieval #manuscript #palaeography

An illustrated medieval manuscript page with a central figure surrounded by a circular zodiac calendar, with human figures representing the months and symbols for the astrological signs.
Illuminated manuscript page with a large ornate initial "P," featuring gold leaf, blue and red pigments, and decorative flourishes extending into the margins.
An illuminated manuscript page with Latin text and decorative borders.

litteracarolina , 2 months ago to random

I’m really excited to be part of this incredible project. To learn more, see the press release (in English and German) on my university’s website: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html?id=7427

From: @InsularMSS
https://mastodon.social/@InsularMSS/112253102162278330

litteracarolina , 2 months ago to Medievodons group

Very cool that the oldest known Polish prose text is actually assembled from binding fragments. It really highlights the importance of #fragmentology, and the possibility of more treasures hidden inside early modern book bindings.

The manuscript is digitised at https://polona.pl/item-view/032eb921-7c51-4d0e-a9aa-deb98a51cb4e?page=7.

@histodons @medievodons #palaeography #medieval #history

taoish , 2 months ago to Medievodons group

Is anyone on Mastodon knowledgeable about Tironian notes? I've got tentative readings of two headings in a 9th c. Text from the Loire Valley, which mix Tironian notes and Latin charaters. But there are 13,000 T. Notes in Schmitz, many of which look very similar. Thanks!!

@histodons @litteracarolina @medievodons @chaprot #bookhistodons @mssprovenance

litteracarolina , 2 months ago to Medievodons group

Lists like these really drive it home how many #medieval #manuscripts have been lost over time - nearly 1,500 manuscript were destroyed at the National Library of Warsaw alone in WW2.

#palaeography @historikerinnen @medievodons @histodons

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

I still have a #job available for a #historian!

Conditions:

-Half-time (50%)
-From 1 April for two years
-You need an MA (PhD desirable, not essential)
-You need experience with #medieval Latin #palaeography

Job:

-Co-manage a group of programmers & assistants
-Help develop innovative digital teaching tools in #manuscript studies

Apply here: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/74428 (deadline is 22 March)

@historikerinnen @medievodons @histodons

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

This #medieval #manuscript roll in the Biblioteca Capitolare in Vercelli is full of expressive drawings. The sacrificial lamb is very nervous! #Vercelli2024

@medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

Parchment skin laid flat, with intricate diagrams, text, and symbols.
Illustration from a medieval manuscript showing a figure with horns holding a red-striped jug upended over a person’s head, alongside text and round red decorative elements.

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

Had a fabulous time in Pavia today - we visited the tombs of Augustine and Boethius, saw the church where Barbarossa was crowned, watched parakeets nesting in the medieval skyscrapers and had a guided tour by a Carthusian monk. #Vercelli2024

@historikerinnen @medievodons @histodons

Two tall medieval brick towers with visible architectural details under a cloudy sky, with surrounding buildings partially visible at the base.
Side view of an old stone church with arched doorways and decorative patterns on the façade.
An ornately decorated church facade with visitors walking towards the entrance along a pathway flanked by hedges.

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

This afternoon we went hunting for #manuscript #fragments inside the bindings of printed books, with the help of an endoscope. We made some very interesting finds, from ninth-century strips to Gothic music.

#Vercelli2024 @histodons @medievodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

It’s time for some #manuscript work! The students here are looking at the St Eusebius Gospels from c. 370 CE. 😍 #Vercelli2024

@medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

Today my students and I are on our way to beautiful #Vercelli and #Verona for our annual week-long spring school! We’re working with some amazing #medieval #manuscripts there (including the Vercelli Book!), but also with modern technologies like #multispectral imaging and endoscopy. I’ll try to post images of some of our activities using #Vercelli2024. But first - 11 hours on the train…

@medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to Historikerinnen group

I may soon be collaborating with Wiki #Education to help my students create articles on #palaeography. Does anyone have any advice about how best to do this? (I will get lots of support but would be interested to hear individual opinions too!).

#Wikipedia @medievodons @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to Historikerinnen group

Doing #RTI on a sixteenth-century wax tablet today! Excited to see if we can finally make the text legible.

#medieval #digitalhumanities #dh @histodons @medievodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to Historikerinnen group

I'm buying an endoscopic camera for looking inside #medieval #manuscript #bindings. Can anyone recommend one they've used before?

@medievodons @bookstodon @histodons @historikerinnen

litteracarolina , 3 months ago to histodons group

Some very happy #eighth-century fishes swimming around. They appear in a famous early Italian version of Cassiodorus' Institutions, which is one of a number of #manuscripts showing a vivarium: a pool for raising living #fish, here linking directly to the river. It represents Cassiodorus' own monastery, Vivarium - one of the first real medieval Western monasteries – at Squillace in Calabria.

Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Patr.61, 29v: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb00140805?page=62 @histodons @medievodons

litteracarolina , 4 months ago to histodons group

The alien spaceship behind the crucifix is a nice touch.

Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A IX 23a, 5v: https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/de/ubb/A-IX-0023a/5v/0/ #medieval #manuscript @histodons @medievodons

litteracarolina , 4 months ago to histodons group

The university of Göttingen is offering two 2-year early-career postdoc positions for women doing research in the humanities: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/122481.html. If you’d be interested in coming to work at the Institute for Digital Humanities (https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/597374.html) - especially in the areas of #imageanalysis or digital #palaeography - send us a CV and project sketch by end of February at the latest.

Deadline: April 1.

@medievodons @histodons #digitalhumanities #dh #job

litteracarolina , 4 months ago to histodons group

In meinem neuen Projekt sind 3 wiss. Mitarb.-Stellen (m/w/d) ausgeschrieben!

1. Eine/n Philologin/en mit Kenntnissen im Bereich der lateinischen Paläographie (E13 TV-L, 50%, befristet auf 2 Jahre)

2. Zwei Programmierer:innen (jeweils E13 TV-L, 100%, befristet auf 1 Jahr)

Bewerbungsportal: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.html; (Stellennummer 74356 & 74357)

Bewerbungsfrist: 5.02.2024
Projektanfang: 1.04.2024

@histodons @medievodons @proghist #palaeography #programming #job #stellenangebot

Am Institut fiir Digital Humanities der Georg-August-Universiät Gottingen ist zum 1.04.2024 die Stelle als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin (w/m/d) mit 50 % der regelmäßigen wochentlichen Arbeitszeit (zzt. 19,9 Stunden/Woche) befristet für die Dauer von 2 Jahren zu besetzen. Die Entgeltzahlung erfolgt nach Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L. Ihre Aufgaben: 1. Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit im Projekt ,,Manuskripte digital lesen lernen", in dem digitale Werkzeuge für Studierende zum Erlernen der Handschriftenkunde entwickelt werden sollen 2. Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit mit Informatiker: innen und Studierenden 3. Mitwirkung an den Lehrveranstaltungen gem. § 31 NHG und bei den Leistungsprüfungen, im Master (auf Englisch) und Bachelor (auf Deutsch) 4. Mitarbeit bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung neuer Lehr- und Lernformen Ihr Profil: 1. Wissenschaftlicher Hochschulabschluss und besonders qualifizierte Promotion in einem philologischen Fach, z. B. Geschichte oder Anglistik (Schwerpunkt Mittelalter) 2. Nachgewiesene Kenntnisse im Bereich der lateinischen Paläographie 3. Einschlagige Sprachkenntnisse in Deutsch, Englisch und Latein 4. Teamfähigkeit sowie eine gründliche und eigenständige Arbeitsweise 5. Weitere Kenntnisse in den Digital Humanities oder in der Informationswissenschaft sind von Vorteil

litteracarolina , 4 months ago to histodons group

Three jobs are now available on my project from 1 April:

-1 Latin palaeographer, half-time for two years
-2 programmers, full-time for 1 year

To apply, go here: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.html, and search for 74356 (programmers) and 74357 (palaeographer)

Please spread the word! Applications are due by 5 February. I'm happy to answer questions.

#job #palaeography #programming #medieval #manuscripts @histodons @medievodons