IMC 2016: Sessions

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

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-a	What 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-b	Space 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-c	Transformed 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.