6/🧡 105 Romanesque bindings (63% of the collection!) originally had sealskin chemises, though most have disappeared with only traces remaining. Similar bindings in other "daughter houses" of Clairvaux across Europe. Full paper in RSOS: #medieval #manuscripts #biocodicology #tradeNetworks

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We in the CODICUM project are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher. The position will focus on analyzing ZooMS spectrometry data from parchment to investigate patterns and groups within the collection of #medieval #manuscript #fragments in order to explore their origins, manufacturing and relationships within Northern Europe. This is a two-year position in wonderful Copenhagen!

Boosts welcome!

More about the job and CODICUM:
https://employment.ku.dk/all-vacancies/?show=163764

#Jobs #Biocodicology #OpenScience

Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics & Ancient Proteomics

This is a wonderful story πŸ™ bot @ERC_Research - analysing the waste from the special conservationists' erasers to learn more about medieval manuscripts & their production:
https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/stories/uncovering-medieval-stories-held-parchment
#Beasts2Craft #B2C 🀣
Project led by @MatthewCollins - project website https://sites.google.com/palaeome.org/ercb2c

#medieval #manuscript #DNA #parchment #conservation #NoWaste #ManuscriptConservation #BioCodicology #histodons #medievodons @medievodons @histodons

Uncovering medieval stories held in parchment

When medieval scribes sat down to preserve the records of their day, they often wrote on parchment – a paper-like material made from animal skins.