Digitizing 300 manuscripts at the Bodleian
Inside the wooden upper-board of one of the Bodleian Library’s 12th century manuscript hides what is perhaps a guilty secret. A mysterious pattern of lines, etched in to its surface.
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Digitizing 300 manuscripts at the Bodleian
Inside the wooden upper-board of one of the Bodleian Library’s 12th century manuscript hides what is perhaps a guilty secret. A mysterious pattern of lines, etched in to its surface.
Die Lamspringer „Handwerke“
Seit Kurzem liegen nun auch diejenigen Handschriften für die Digitalisierung im Rahmen des Polonsky-Digitalisierungsprojekts „Handschriften aus dem deutschen Sprachraum / Manuscripts from German-Speaking Lands" bereit, die aus einer der sechs klösterlichen Hauptprovenienzen in die Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel gelangten: die Bücher aus dem hochmittelalterlichen Benediktinerinnenkloster Lamspringe bei Hildesheim.
Approaching a digital choir book
Here is a book. It is large and old. Should I open it?
Choir Breviary: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS.
The travels of the Laudian Acts
-- The ‘Laudian Acts’, MS. Laud Gr. 35, is one of the Bodleian Library’s oldest books. It’s one of those that have travelled the furthest.
Towering wisdom, messy manuscripts, and a confused scribe
We often think of medieval codices as elaborate and flawless works of art. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 630b Helmst.
A conservation perspective on imperfect parchment
Natascha Domeisen’s ‘The importance of being (im)perfect’ brings up a key aspect of understanding parchment. This is a subject that has increasingly interested me, as a conservator, in recent years.
Insular script in a ninth-century German monastery
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 102, a Gospel book written in the early 800s, is one of the oldest manuscripts to be included in the Polonsky German project.
What's for dinner: giraffe or lynx?
Analysing glosses is like a treasure hunt, particularly when exploring vernacular languages. Glosses are words translating or explaining a main text, typically written in between lines or in the margins.
The importance of being (im)perfect
Close your eyes for a moment and picture a manuscript.
Depending on your origin and background, this image will look quite different.
Blogging with medieval manuscripts
This article was first published on the Oxford Medieval Studies blog under the title Reaching out with Manuscripts
What do you get when you put together an excited group of medieval manuscript specialists and ask them to discuss blogging and teaching with digitized manuscripts?