I deciphered some heavily abbreviated scholastic Latin pasted into a book binding and found Johannes Nider’s Praeceptorium divinae legis hiding in the flyleaves of a Thalbach devotional book.
Fragments really do have a place in intellectual history.
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#fragmentology #bookhistory #incunabula #medievalists #blog #research #nuntastic
Fully funded Ph.D-position in Medieval Manuscript Studies at the University of Helsinki open for applications, https://jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-Doctoral-Researcher-in-Medieval-Manuscript-Studies/1350966857/
The position is as part of the ERC-funded CODICUM-project.
Boosts welcome!
A 3-year post-doc position in manuscript/fragmentology studies is now open at the University of Southern Denmark, https://fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/da/sites/CX_1001/job/3352/
The position is part of the CODICUM-project, https://www.codicum.eu/
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is expected to begin 1 April 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. We seek a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher to work on Work Package 3 of CODICUM, led by PI prof. Lars Boje Mortensen.
Unser neues Datenrelease ist live! Neu hinzugekommen sind u. a. 182 digitalisierte Fragmente des Schlossmuseums Sondershausen, 679 Beschreibungen der @stabi_berlin und 223 Digitalisate der @bsbmuenchen.
Release Notes 👉 https://handschriftenportal.de/info/release-notes
#Handschriftenportal #Fragmentology #Fragmente #Handschriften #DH #manuscripts #digitalhumanities
The CODICUM-project just released its first dataset, https://zenodo.org/records/17287665
It comprises c. 23000 medieval manuscript fragments from Swedish collections. The fragments were typically "reused" as account-book covers in the first 100 years after the Reformation.
As part of the project this dataset will be not only updated but we will also create combined Nordic datasets in order to support research into literary and book-production networks.
Do you work in a library, archive or museum in the Nordic region, and have come across medieval books or manuscript fragments that you suspect are not yet catalogued anywhere?
Or do you work outside of the Nordic region, and have come across medieval books or manuscript fragments that you suspect have a connection to the Nordics?
If so, the CODICUM-project would like to hear from you! Contact info at https://www.codicum.eu/get-involved
Boosts welcome!
Help us find forgotten medieval manuscript fragments Do you work in a library, archive or museum in the Nordic region, and have come across medieval books or manuscript fragments that you suspect are not yet registered or catalogued anywhere? Or do you work in a library, archive or museum outside
Keyhole surgery on old books leads to discovery of medieval fragments
Here's where I saw it: https://phys.org/news/2025-01-keyhole-surgery-discovery-medieval-fragments.html
Here's the citation for the article they're discussing:
Thijs Porck et al, Medieval Fragments Revealed with FragmEndoscopy, Fragmentology (2025). DOI: 10.24446/h9ht
Here's the amazing YouTube video! https://youtu.be/39FMuUGuzZk?si=e7EpnXvLdmlz82n4
#archives #SpecialCollections #MedievalManuscripts #fragmentology
An endoscopic camera was used to record images of reused medieval fragments on the inside of book bindings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The unique images were made as part of the project "FragmEndoscopy: An Innovative Way to Discover Hidden Heritage inside Early Modern Book Bindings."
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