Mastodawn

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts https://digitalorientalist.com/2026/03/06/xeirographa-learn-to-read-greek-new-testament-manuscripts/ #BiblicalStudies, #DigitalHumanitiesInPractice, #ManuscriptStudies, #Software

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Introduction The jump from reading the text of the Greek New Testament in a printed edition to reading the same text in a manuscript is a big one. Printed editions use a clear, readable font, have …

The Digital Orientalist

Matthew Collins Mar 7

The "Wise King" Alfonso X oversaw an explosion of cultural production in 13th-century Iberia. Happy to be part of PPROTEX @[email protected] taking a cross-disciplinary look at his scriptorium’s output. blog.bham.ac.uk/estoriadigit... #AlfonsoX #ManuscriptStudies #IberianHistory #PPROTEX

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PPROTEX – Estoria de Espanna Digital

Script Keepers Network Jun 25, 2025

A glimpse into Batak manuscripts from North Sumatra! Protecting threatened practices like this is why we do what we do. Join our July 6th meeting - link in bio.

#scripts #scriptkeepersnetwork #endangeredscripts #endangeredlanguages #endangeredalphabets #languages #culture #preservation #documentation #indigenous #indigenouslanguages #indigenousscripts #batak #indonesia #putasha #barkbooks #indigenousknowledge #manuscriptculture #southeastasia #culturalheritage #manuscriptstudies #batakculture

Digital History Berlin May 26, 2025

📯 This week's #DigitalHistoryOFK: Riham Aida Mokrani presents "Manuscript Meets Model: Digital Approaches to Arabic #Paleography" - exploring how #OntologyEngineering & #ML are transforming Arabic #ManuscriptStudies.

📅 4 June, 4-6 pm (CET), online
ℹ️ Abstract: https://dhistory.hypotheses.org/10533

#DigitalHistory #4memory #Paleography #MachineLearning #semanticweb #ontologies
@histodons @historikerinnen @digitalhumanities

Wim Van Mierlo Aug 5, 2024

Sad to hear that Peter Beal, specialist on early modern manuscripts, has died.

I met Peter in the mid-2000s when the Institute of English studies was preparing for the CELM project bid.

Peter Beal obituary: palaeographer who catalogued Churchill’s papers

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/peter-beal-dv99zgdxp

#obituary #manuscriptstudies #manuscripts #earlymodernliterature

Peter Beal obituary: palaeographer who catalogued Churchill’s papers

Scholar and head of manuscripts at Sotheby’s who needed police protection while handling Che Guevara’s diaries

The Times

Chris Aldrich Dec 14, 2023

Jesus indicating that he's originally from the Long Rapids area in Michigan.
#AmericanChristmas #ManuscriptStudies #CoffeeWithACodex
https://boffosocko.com/2023/12/14/jesus-is-from-michigan/

Jesus is from Michigan

Image of Jesus from 15th century indicating where on the mitten he's preaching about.

BoffoSocko.com

Chris Aldrich Dec 14, 2023

https://boffosocko.com/2023/12/14/jesus-is-from-michigan/

Jesus is from Michigan

Image of Jesus from 15th century indicating where on the mitten he's preaching about.

BoffoSocko.com

IDHN Dec 13, 2023

The #Schoenberg Institute for #ManuscriptStudies is pleased to introduce #BASIRA - Books as Symbols in #RenaissanceArt, a new, #openaccess online database of representations of books and other textual documents in the figurative arts between approximately 1300 and 1600 CE.

Enter the database: https://basira.library.upenn.edu

Contribute content via this form: https://forms.gle/HgyDRNvh2DZVfCef9