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IMC 2009: Sessions

Session 1129: Electronic Work on English Medieval Manuscripts, II

Wednesday 15 July 2009, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Man of Law's Tale Project, School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Organiser:Jacob Thaisen, Centre for Technology & the Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester
Moderator/Chair:Rebecca Farnham, Vernon Manuscript Project, Department of English, University of Birmingham
Paper 1129-aSome Remarks on Orthography in the Man of Law's Tale: The Systematic Characteristics vs. the Scribes' Idiosyncracies
(Language: English)
Hanna Rutkowska, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1129-bDigital Editions for Corpus Linguistics: Encoding Abbreviations in TEI XML Markup
(Language: English)
Alpo Seppo Santeri Honkapohja, Research Unit for Variation, Contact & Change in English, University of Helsinki
Samuli Kaislaniemi, Research Unit for Variation, Contacts & Change in English, University of Helsinki
Ville Marttila, Digital Editions for Corpus Linguistics, Varieng, University of Helsinki
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1129-cOn the (Im)possibility of Graphetic Transcription
(Language: English)
Justyna Rogos, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

Recent years has seen an explosion in the number of medieval manuscripts that have become available in electronic form. The process of preparing images and text for electronic publication forces a consideration of various technical aspects of the electronic medium itself but also offers new solutions to problems editors have always had to face. Moreover, the availability of the electronic resources naturally opens up several new areas of research. In three linked sessions, we provide a forum for scholars working in the field to meet each other, to discuss issues of shared concern, and to showcase their projects.