IMC 2008: Sessions

Session 1204: Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts

Sponsor:	University of Birmingham
Organiser:	Rebecca Farnham, Vernon Manuscript Project, Department of English, University of Birmingham
Moderator/Chair:	Samuel Fanous, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Paper 1204-a	Digitizing the Vernon Manuscript: A Digital Facsimile of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet a. 1 (Language: English) Rebecca Farnham, Vernon Manuscript Project, Department of English, University of Birmingham Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1204-b	Terence's Six Latin Comedies: A Scholarly Digital Facsimile Edition of the 12th-Century Illustrated Manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. F. 2. 13 (Language: English) Bernard J. Muir, Department of English, University of Melbourne Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1204-c	Towards a Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing English: 1060 to 1220 (Language: English) Takako Kato, Department of English, University of Leicester Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	This session is designed to pull together the different experiences of three projects using modern digital technology to make medieval manuscripts available to a wider audience. Issues covered will include the processes involved in creating digital facsimiles, editions, and catalogues and the editorial, technological, and practical decisions necessary to produce DVD or web based material.