Mastodawn

Musicologists love antiphons. But a 16th-century prayerbook suggests the real center of gravity in the Divine Office was the psalms. The evidence? Counting drop caps.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#codicology #manuscripts #DivineOffice #chant #musicology #nuntastic #blog #research

Hannah Busch Oct 13

Happy anniversary, Maschinen & Manuskripte! Heute vor 10 Jahren haben wir unsere #eCodicology-Ausstellung zur "Digitalen Erschließung der Handschriften von St. Matthias" im Bischöflichen Priesterseminar in Trier eröffnet und dazu den vielleicht kleinsten Ausstellungskatalog veröffentlicht. @tcdh #medievodons #codicology

Medievalists.net Dec 26, 2024

Searching for hidden medieval stories from the island of the Sagas https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/searching-for-hidden-medieval-stories-from-the-island-of-the-sagas/ #IcelandHistory #codicology

Searching for hidden medieval stories from the island of the Sagas - Medievalists.net

Hidden and forgotten traces of Iceland’s history can be found in medieval, reused parchments.

Medievalists.net

Anna Dorofeeva Nov 5, 2024

Am preparing my slides for teaching #codicology this Thursday. There's a mathematical formula and everything.

#maths #palaeography

Bobby D.Sep 4, 2024

It's a midweek special on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein and we're cutting deeper than usual with a look at R. H. Barlow & the Codex Huitzilopochtli.

https://deepcuts.blog/2024/09/04/deeper-cut-r-h-barlow-the-codex-huitzilopochtli/

#anthropology #aztec #codicology #historiography

Deeper Cut: R. H. Barlow & the Codex Huitzilopochtli

When H. P. Lovecraft died in 1937, his “Instructions in Case of Decease” named the young Robert Hayward Barlow as his literary executor. Yet Barlow did not spend the rest of his life in…

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein

Stephanie J Lahey, PhD Aug 7, 2024

New #introduction: I’m the Mark Andrews Fellow in Book Science at OBNS (Old Books New Science) Lab, University of Toronto, and a #MedievalManuscripts scholar and cataloguer. My research mainly focuses on later #medieval European #manuscripts with an emphasis on scientific and #quantitative methods, #materiality, and provenance studies. 📚 📜 🔬 📊
#BookScience #codicology #palaeography #BookHistory #HeritageScience #parchment #DigitalHumanities #quant #statistics

Mark Saltveit Apr 29, 2024

Training in palaeography at the highest quality -- at the famed university of Göttingen -- and it's FREE!

Deadline is tomorrow but it sounds like it's flexible. Don't miss it!

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The Göttingen Summer School in Digital Palaeography: #medieval Latin #palaeography, #codicology, and the latest digital technologies.

The School runs 26 August–6 September 2024 and is completely free! Accommodation is provided and students pay only food + travel.

INSULAR Apr 11, 2024

Exciting news! The European Research Council has awarded an Advanced Grant worth €2.5m to #Insular #Manuscripts in the Age of #Charlemagne. Our team includes Dr. Anna Dorofeeva
(@litteracarolina) and partners in libraries & universities across Europe, including the ERC Beasts2Craft project, Prof. Daniel Bradley, Dr. Charlotte Denoël, Dr. Lieve Watteeuw, @BodleianLibraries, and the British Library.

#InsularMSS #palaeography #codicology #medieval #ERCAdG @medievodons @histodons

Anna Dorofeeva Feb 15, 2024

The Göttingen Summer School in Digital Palaeography is running again this year!

16 spots are open for #postgraduate students interested in both #medieval Latin #palaeography and #codicology, and in the latest digital technologies.

The School runs 26 August–6 September 2024 and is completely free! Accommodation is provided and students pay only food + travel.

Apply here: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/684265.html

@medievodons @histodons