IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 124: Manuscript Rolls: New Digital and Scientific Approaches
Monday 1 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS) / Centre for the Study of Religion & Conflict, Nottingham Trent University |
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| Organiser: | Natasha Ruth Hodgson, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Katherine J. Lewis, Department of History, University of Huddersfield |
| Paper 124-a | New Zealand's Canterbury Roll: A Case Study in Digitisation (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Teaching the Middle Ages |
| Paper 124-b | Scientific Imaging and Spectroscopic Analysis of the Canterbury Roll: Some Preliminary Results (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Science, Technology |
| Paper 124-c | Contextualising the Canterbury Roll with the 'Noah' Tradition of 15th-Century Royal Genealogies (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought |
| Abstract | The Canterbury Roll is one of a limited group of genealogical manuscripts produced during the Wars of the Roses in which the royal line starts with Noah. Little is known about its provenance beyond its purchase from the Maude family by the University of Canterbury (NZ) in 1918. In 2017, UC and Nottingham Trent developed an international project to develop an enhanced digital edition and explore a number of unsolved historical queries. This cross-disciplinary session will reveal preliminary results from digitisation processes, non-invasive scientific imaging, spectroscopic techniques, and historical research. It also aims to stimulate discussions about the future of manuscript roll digitisation. |