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IMC 2016: Sessions

Session 631: Digital Methods, II: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies

Tuesday 5 July 2016, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Arts & Humanities Research Council Project 'Models of Authority: Scottish Charters & the Emergence of Government, 1100-1250'
Organiser:Stewart J. Brookes, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
Moderator/Chair:David F. Johnson, Department of English, Florida State University
Paper 631-aWhat is Digital Palaeography, Really?
(Language: English)
Peter A. Stokes, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Technology
Paper 631-bSpace between Words (13th-15th Centuries): Computer Vision and Medieval Linguistic Consciousness
(Language: English)
Dominique Stutzmann, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 631-cTransformed Materiality: Advanced Imaging Techniques and the Study of Medieval Manuscripts
(Language: English)
Bill Endres, Department of English, University of Oklahoma
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Technology
Abstract

This session will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities; demonstrate the potential offered by advanced imaging techniques; and share methodologies and conceptual frameworks.