Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age – Conference 3./4.7.2009 Munich

The conference will focus on the challenges and consequences of using IT and the internet for codicological and palaeographic research. The authors of some selected articles of an anthology to be published this summer by the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE) will present and discuss their excellent research results with scholars and experts working on ancient books and manuscripts. The presentations will be given on current issues in the following fields: manuscript catalogues and descriptions, digitization of manuscripts, collaborative systems of research on manuscripts, codicological databases, manuscript catalogues, research based on digital resources, e-learning in palaeography, palaeographic databases (characters, scripts, scribes), (semi-) automatic recognition of scripts and scribes, digital tools for transcriptions, visions and prototypes of other digital tools.A panel discussion will be held with renowned exponents in the field of codicology and palaeography and contributors of cutting edge research to get an overview of the state of the art as well as to open up new perspectives of codicological and palaeographic research in the “digital age”.Further informations

Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age

Call for Papers: Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age

The reproduction of the European cultural heritage into digital resources is on its way. Among the various activities undertaken in this field, online catalogues of manuscrips have become an important research tool: Manuscripta Medievalia, for example, is a well established central catalogue in Germany. Important European libraries like the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the British Library or the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana have published their catalogues online. Continuer la lecture

École nationale des chartes: recherches en diplomatique médiévale et moderne

Les activités de l’École nationale des chartes dans le domaine de la diplomatique médiévale et moderne sont programmées dans le cadre des activités de son équipe d’accueil (E.A. 3624, « Histoire, mémoire et patrimoine »), et en lien étroit, pour les corpus électroniques, avec le Centre de compétence numérique Telma. Elles sont présentées en détail sur son site.

Principaux projets diplomatiques en cours : Continuer la lecture