IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1024: Researching, Digitising, and Curating Complex Manuscripts: Examples from Medieval Scotland
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Project 'Researching & Curating Active Manuscripts' |
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Organiser: | Joanna Tucker, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
Moderator/Chair: | Emilia Jamroziak, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds |
Paper 1024-a | Digitisation of Composite Manuscripts: Some Recent Projects and Initiatives (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1024-b | Digitisation in the Context of Multi-Scribe Cartularies: Examples from Medieval Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1024-c | Digitisation in the Context of a Stratigraphic Edition: The Example of the Chronicle of Melrose (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | This session grows out of a project that focusses on researching and curating Scotland's medieval cartularies. A particular issue brought to the fore has been the challenge of composite manuscripts which contain many piecemeal additions by lots of scribes, particularly for their digitisation and presentation online. Complex, multi-scribe manuscripts therefore present an opportunity to rethink how we as researchers encounter medieval material in the digital world, and how curators present digital images of them. The papers in this session will look at different manuscript contexts and how digitising complex manuscripts can potentially change the way we use them in research. |