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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1506: The After-Lives of Medieval Manuscripts: New Digital Approaches

Thursday 5 July 2018, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Mapping Manuscript Migrations Project
Organiser:Toby Burrows, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford
Moderator/Chair:Toby Burrows, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford
Paper 1506-aMapping the Migrations of Medieval Manuscripts
(Language: English)
Toby Burrows, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1506-bManuscript Histories and Provenance: New Digital Environments
(Language: English)
Lynn Ransom, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1506-cHistoric Collections, Provenance, and Medieval Text Transmission
(Language: English)
Hanno Wijsman, 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
Abstract

This session will focus on the history and transmission of medieval manuscripts. The papers will discuss new digital methodologies and approaches for combining, presenting and analysing evidence relating to manuscript provenance and ownership over the centuries since their production. This will include the first results from the international Mapping Manuscript Migrations project, funded by the Digging into Data Challenge with the aim of combining data from disparate sources to enable large-scale analysis and visualization of manuscript histories. The speakers will present work from three of the project partners: Oxford University, the University of Pennyslvania and the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes.