DigiPal is a new resource for the study of medieval handwriting, particularly that produced in England during the years 1000–1100, the time of Æthelred, Cnut and William the Conqueror. It currently has about 300 images of manuscript pages and over 12,000 images of individual letters. Funded by the EU FP7, it is based at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London.
Please note that this site is in development and is still incomplete in terms of content and functionality.
Anglo-Saxon MSS Online III: Beinecke, Rheims, and others
BL Labs Launch: Palaeographers speak with forked ascenders...
Anglo-Saxon MSS Online II: Copenhagen Roy. Lib. and BAV
'What, No Automation?' Some Principles of the DigiPal Project
Lambeth and Maidstone Bibles Reunited
Vacancy: Parker Sub-Librarian and Digital Projects Librarian
DigiPal Symposium III: The Return of the Palaeographers
New Publication: 'Computation and Palaeography: Potentials and Limits'
Character: Similar to sign; more or less a letter but including punctuation and abbreviations.
Allograph: A recognised variant form of a given character.
Component: A unit which, alone or in combination, makes up a character, allograph or graph.
Feature: A descriptive label for a component.
