IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 207: Models of Authority in Scottish Charters, c. 1100 - c. 1250, II: Investigating Influences on Scottish Charters
Monday 6 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Arts & Humanities Research Council Project 'Models of Authority: Scottish Charters & the Emergence of Government 1100-1250' |
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Organiser: | Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
Moderator/Chair: | Dauvit Broun, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
Paper 207-a | Getting Cursive: Extending DigiPal's Framework for Models of Authority (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 207-b | Script as an Image of Authority: Sources of Influence on the Handwriting of Scottish Charters - 1100-1250 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 207-c | Gilbert of Stirling, Royal Scribes, and the Justice of the Scots (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Charters and Diplomatics |
Abstract | 'Models of Authority' is an AHRC-funded project investigating changes in the handwriting and structured prose of Scottish charters c.1100-c.1250. The first paper discusses how the experience of developing digital techniques for researching set hands in the DigiPal project is being used in the 'Models of Authority' project to create a framework for analysing cursive features in Scottish charters. The second and third papers investigate models that influenced the handwriting and terminology of Scottish charters. The second draws on the corpus of digitised charters assembled for the project, and the third focuses particularly on the charters in Paisley Abbey's cartulary. |