b'DigiPal'http://www.digipal.eu/blog/2021-12-16T00:50:00+00:00True‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’2020-01-08T01:16:34+00:002021-12-16T00:50:00+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/CFP-opening-the-sacred-text/<p class="Body"><a href="https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8c264b23-f6cc-4f18-98cf-9d75f7175b54/surfaces/0820ab5c-4a84-4bc2-b480-76c43f97bf5c/"><img alt="Kennicott Bible Banner" src="https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/DigiPal/bodleian_kennicot_1-f123r.jpg"/></a></p>
<p class="Body"><b>Dates: </b><span>Pre-conference workshop: Monday 14th December – Tuesday 15th December 2020</span></p>
<p class="Body"> Conference: Wednesday 16th December – Thursday 17th December 2020</p>
<p class="Body"><b>Place:</b><span> The Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG </span></p>
<p class="Body">We are delighted to announce our call for papers for ‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’, an interdisciplinary workshop and conference to be held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Bringing together scholars from around the world, we will study the decorative frontispieces and so-called carpet pages that are a remarkable feature of manuscripts from diverse cultures, including Islam, Judaism and Christianity.</p>
<p class="Body">The questions that we hope to see addressed in ‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’ include:</p>
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<li>How were these opening pages of sacred texts intended to work? </li>
<li>Might they prepare the viewer, reader, or artist, for prayer or meditation?</li>
<li>What senses were activated by means of colour, ornament or other design elements?</li>
<li>Which genres of texts do they occur in, and why not others?</li>
<li>How do we approach manuscript examples that display other solutions to opening or articulating the sacred text?</li>
<li>Does materiality relate to patronage?</li>
<li>Were they based on actual materials: on textiles, floor mosaics, window screens, or book bindings, for example?</li>
<li>Are they meant to call to mind these particular materials and their functions? </li>
<li>Might we identify commonality in the decorative frontispieces in books from diverse traditions despite the different cultural settings and time periods?</li>
<li>What are the sources for decorated openings and carpet pages?</li>
<li>How might we problematise the paradigm of the ‘carpet page’ in scholarly literature and address the implications of the term itself?</li>
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<p class="Body"><b>How to propose a paper</b></p>
<p class="Body">Papers are 20 minutes in length. If you would like to propose a paper, then please email a brief abstract (250 words max.) to Stewart J. Brookes (<a href="mailto:stewart.brookes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk">stewart.brookes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk</a>) or Julie Harris (<a href="mailto:marfiles@comcast.net">marfiles@comcast.net</a>)<br/><span>The </span><b>deadline </b><span>for the receipt of abstracts is 11.59pm (EST) on </span><b>Friday 14th February 2020</b></p>
<p class="Default"><b>Edited Volume</b></p>
<p class="Body">Please note that it is our intention to include selected papers from the conference as part of an edited volume. If you are unable to attend the conference, but would like to be considered for the volume, please be in touch.</p>
<p class="Default"><b>Funding</b></p>
<p class="Body">We hope to attract funding to assist with travel and accommodation, in particular to support early career researchers and independent scholars.</p>
<p class="Body"><a href="http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f002v"><img src="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/DigiPal/lg_banner.jpg"/></a></p>
<p class="Body">(Images are from <a href="https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/Discover/Search/#/?p=c+0,t+,rsrs+0,rsps+10,fa+,so+ox%3Asort%5Easc,scids+,pid+8c264b23-f6cc-4f18-98cf-9d75f7175b54,vi+0820ab5c-4a84-4bc2-b480-76c43f97bf5c">Bodleian Library, Kennicott 1, f. 123r</a> and <a href="http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f002v">British Library, Cotton Nero D.iv, f. 2v</a>) </p>
<p class="Body"><a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/DigiPal/opening_the_sacred_text_cfp.pdf">PDF version of this CFP</a></p>Line-up for Leeds International Medieval Congress 2017...2016-12-16T11:56:04+00:002016-12-16T11:56:00+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/imc-2017/<p>The Models of Authority team and DigiPal are delighted to announce that between us we are sponsoring five sessions at the <a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/125137/international_medieval_congress">International Medieval Congress</a> at Leeds next year (Monday 3rd July to Thursday 6th July 2017). Subjects covered will include diplomatic, palaeography, Scottish charters, Digital Humanities, the implications of the use of digital surrogates and IIIF. Almost a mini conference in itself! But enough preamble, listed below are the sessions and their respective papers.</p>
<p>We very much look forward to seeing you at some or (for inveterate set collectors) even all of them.</p>
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<td>Tuesday 4th July: 4.30pm-6pm</td>
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<td>• Alice Taylor (King's College London)<br/> "Institutional Interplay and Diplomatic Form in Royal and Non-Royal Acta, c. 1170-1250"</td>
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<td>• Teresa Webber (University of Cambridge)<br/> "Lay Grantors and Handwriting as an Image of Authority in Scottish Charters, c. 1200-1250"</td>
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<td>• John Reuben Davies (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Beneficiary Archives and Diplomatic Models in the Non-Royal Charters of Scotland, c. 1100-1250"</td>
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<tr><th>Session 1039: New Approaches to Researching Cartularies and Charters</th></tr>
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<td>Wednesday 5th July: 9am-10.30am</td>
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<td>• Joanna Tucker (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Rethinking Cartulary Manuscripts from 13th-Century Scotland"</td>
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<td>• Dauvit Broun (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Investigating Single Sheet Copies with Anachronistic Features of Handwriting and Diplomatic"</td>
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<td>• Matthew H. Hammond (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Tracing the Use of Status Titles in Scottish Charters"</td>
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<td>Thursday 6th July: 9am-10.30am</td>
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<td>• Stewart J. Brookes (King's College London)<br/> "Models of Authority: All About that Database"</td>
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<td>• Michael MacPherson (University of Iceland, Reykjavík)<br/> "Towards Digital Palaeographical Handbooks for Vernacular Scripts: Some Desiderata from the Perspective of Old Icelandic Script"</td>
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<td>• Peter A. Stokes (King's College London)<br/> "The Problem of Multigraphism: A Digital Approach to Transversal Palaeography"</td>
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<tr><th>Session 1639: Digital Methods, II: Manuscript Images in Theory and in Practice</th></tr>
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<td>Thursday 6th July: 11.15am-12.45pm</td>
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<td>• Keri Thomas (Independent Scholar, Aberystwyth)<br/> "The Practical and Theoretical Consequences of the Use of Digital Surrogates"</td>
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<td>• Bill Endres (University of Oklahoma)<br/> "Color Literacy: What Every Medievalist Should Know Who Has Taken a Photo of a Manuscript with a Smartphone and Thought, It Might Be a Palimpsest"</td>
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<td>• Thomas Konidaris (Universität Hamburg)<br/> "Image Processing Methods for Determining Visual Manuscript and Character Features"</td>
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<tr><th>Session 1739: Digital Methods, III: Metadata, Shared Standards, and Tools for Manuscript Study</th></tr>
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<td>Thursday 6th July: <span>2.15pm-3.45pm</span></td>
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<td>• Samuel Rubenson (Lunds Universitet)<br/> "Formative Wisdom"</td>
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<td>• Matthew L. Holford (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)<br/> "Manuscript Cataloguing in a Digital Age"</td>
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<td>• Cai Henderson (University of Toronto)<br/> "<span>De-Localising the Archive: Uses and Applications of IIIF for Medieval Manuscript Repositories"</span></td>
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</table>Call for Papers for Leeds International Medieval Congress, 2017...2016-09-20T17:22:35+00:002016-09-22T17:27:11+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/cfp-leeds-2017/<div><strong>Event: International Medieval Congress</strong></div>
<div><strong>Place: University of Leeds</strong><br/><strong>Date: 3rd-6th July 2017</strong><br/><strong>Needed: You ;-)</strong><br/><br/>Models of Authority and DigiPal are delighted to be organising two digital methods sessions at Leeds 2017 <br/><br/>Session 1: "Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"<br/><br/>Session 2: "Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"<br/><br/>Interested? Then send us an abstract! It's all pretty simple really. All you need to do is read the blurbs below; decide which session suits you best; and then send an abstract of a couple of hundred words or so (we won't count them, but try not to overdo it) to <a href="mailto:stewart.brookes@kcl.ac.uk">stewart.brookes@kcl.ac.uk</a> by 28th September 2016.<br/><br/>Looking forward to reading your abstracts, <br/><br/>Stewart</div>
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<div>"Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"</div>
<div><br/>Taking palaeography and codicology as its focus, this session will consider how computer-assisted techniques might advance our understanding of the handwriting of medieval scribes.<br/><br/>"Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"<br/><br/>The large number of initiatives to digitise medieval manuscripts mean that we now have unprecedented access to medieval texts. In many ways, this explosion of knowledge can be compared to the early years of the printing press. But how might we best utilise this growing body of material? This session will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities; and share methodologies. The topics under discussion will include the encoding and transcription of medieval texts, the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates and the visualisation of manuscript evidence and data.</div> Programme for DigiPal VI: The Palaeography Awakens...2016-09-01T02:03:40+00:002016-09-07T17:27:05+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/programme-for-digipal-vi-the-palaeography-awakens/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 5th September 2016</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-7pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> Room K4U.12, King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsors:</strong> <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/">Models of Authority</a> and <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/clams/index.aspx">Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies</a></p>
<p>After all the frenzied speculation on <a href="https://twitter.com/shadychars/status/770628980126851072">Twitter</a>, we decided it was time to put the <a href="https://twitter.com/ETreharne/status/770626078343704576">rumours</a> to rest and reveal the final line-up and programme for DigiPal VI next week (see below). Psyched? We are! And the good news is that it's still not too late to register if you'd like to be part of the most rock'n'roll, cutting-edgy, medieval manuscript-inflected Digital Humanities Symposium taking place at King's College London next Monday. Registering is easy: just <a href="https://digipal-vi.eventbrite.com/">sign-up with Eventbrite</a>. There's no charge for registering and a free lunch is included. What more could you want? </p>
<p>Well... this year, as a special treat to celebrate our sixth anniversary, we are delighted to offer some bookish prizes, generously donated by <a href="http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/books/">Keith Houston</a>. The rules are simple: <a href="https://digipal-vi.eventbrite.com/">register for the Symposium</a>; turn up; and you're in with a chance!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/books/"><img src="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/News/2016/thebook.jpg"/></a></p>
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<p>Very much looking forward to seeing you next week,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<h2>Programme</h2>
<p><strong>9.30am</strong> Registration and coffee</p>
<p><strong>9.50am</strong> Welcome</p>
<p><strong>10am </strong>Session 1. Chair: Johanna Green (University of Glasgow)</p>
<p> 1. Erik Kwakkel (Leiden University)<br/> "Reading an Invisible Manuscript: Using MA-XRF to Trace Medieval Fragments<br/> Inside Book Bindings" </p>
<p> 2. Emma Cayley (University of Exeter)<br/> "Rethinking Medieval Materiality: The Curious Case of the Hotel Carpet"</p>
<p><strong>11am</strong> Coffee</p>
<p><strong>11.30am</strong> Session 2. Chair: Louise Sylvester (University of Westminster)</p>
<p> 3. Charles Farris (University of Westminster)<br/> "The Challenge of Royal Wardrobe Accounts"</p>
<p> 4. Anna Dlabačová (Université catholique de Louvain)<br/> and Giacomo Signore (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)<br/> "Mapping Miscellanies. Possible Approaches to Miscellaneous Manuscript Analysis"</p>
<p> 5. Peter Cornwell (University of Westminster)<br/> "Rhetorics and Pragmatics of Sustainability in Research Employing Digital Methods"</p>
<p><strong>1pm</strong> Lunch (vegetarian sandwiches for all attendees)</p>
<p><strong>2pm </strong>Session 3. Chair: Lois Lane (King's College London)</p>
<p> 6. Stewart Brookes (King's College London)<br/> "Models of Authority as an Agent of Holistic Detection"</p>
<p> 7. Dauvit Broun (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Assessing the Authenticity of Melrose Abbey's Earliest Charter"</p>
<p> Alice Taylor (King's College London)<br/> "Understanding Diplomatic Practice through the Models of Authority Database:<br/> the Melrose Abbey Charters as Case Study" </p>
<p> John Reuben Davies (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Looking for Models in Holyrood and Melrose"</p>
<p> Tessa Webber (University of Cambridge)<br/> "Dating Charters and Tracing Influence with Models of Authority"</p>
<p> 8. Débora Marques de Matos (King's College London/Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)<br/> "SephardiPal as a Tool for Digital Connoisseurship'</p>
<p><strong>3.30pm</strong> Coffee</p>
<p><strong>4pm</strong> Session 4: Chair: Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes;<br/> Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) </p>
<p> 9. Vincenzo Damiani (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)<br/> "Anagnosis – A Text-image Alignment Tool for Greek Papyri"</p>
<p> 10. Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert (British Library)<br/> "Digitisation, Engagement and Digital Scholarship: The Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project"</p>
<p> 11. Tom Haines (University College London)<br/> "My Text in Your Handwriting"</p>
<p><strong>5.30pm</strong> Break</p>
<p><strong>5.45pm</strong> Session 5. Chair: Tadashi Kotake</p>
<p> 12. Alison Hudson (British Library)<br/> "Archbishop Wulfstan’s School Days"</p>
<p> 13. Peter Stokes (King's College London)<br/> "MultiPal: Towards a Digital Palaeographical Approach to Multigraphism"</p>
<p><strong>6.45pm</strong> Closing words</p>Models of Authority at Leeds IMC 20162016-07-04T11:25:43+00:002016-07-04T13:49:23+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/models-of-authority-at-leeds-imc-2016/<p>The Models of Authority project is delighted to be sponsoring <a href="https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet?*id=8&*formId=1&*context=IMC&conference=2016&sponsor_UTF8=Arts%2B%2526%2BHumanities%2BResearch%2BCouncil%2BProject%2B%2527Models%2Bof%2BAuthority%253A%2BScottish%2BCharters%2B%2526%2Bthe%2BEmergence%2Bof%2BGovernment%252C%2B1100-1250%2527&*servletURI=https://imc.leeds.ac.uk/dbsql02/AQueryServlet">three sessions</a> at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, plus there's a paper by Joanna Tucker, the project PhD student (though this involves a dastardly session clash).</p>
<p>And if that's not excitement enough, anyone who attends one of our sessions is in with a very good chance of nabbing one of our highly-collectible, second edition bookmarks (as illustrated below in an early draft-form because my mobile phone has given up the ghost and so I can't snap the final version. Grrr.. technology!).</p>
<p><img src="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/News/2016/bookish.png"/></p>
<p><span>Your first chance to get a bookmark is:</span></p>
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<tr><th>So We've Digitised, What Next? A Round Table Discussion</th></tr>
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<td>Session 432: Monday 4 July 2016: 7pm-8pm</td>
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<td>With Renaud Alexandre (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), Ainoa Castro Correa (King's College London), and David F. Johnson (Florida State University). The moderator (c'est moi!), may throw in his two penn'orth also.</td>
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<td>Abstract: The large number of initiatives to digitise medieval manuscripts mean that we now have unprecedented access to medieval texts. In many ways, this explosion of knowledge can be compared to the early years of the printing press. But how might we best utilise this growing body of material? This round table will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts, discuss the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates, and present new methodologies for the visualisation of manuscript evidence and data.</td>
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<p><span> Next up is: </span></p>
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<tr><th>Session: 531: Digital Methods, I: Three Case Studies for Digital Palaeography</th></tr>
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<td>Tuesday 5 July 2016: 09.00am-10.30am</td>
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<td>Stewart J. Brookes (King's College London): "Models of Authority: Charting New Territory for Medieval Scottish Charters"</td>
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<td>Lisa Fagin Davis (Medieval Academy of America): "DigiPal and the Austrian Romanesque: A Case Study in Aspirational Paleography"</td>
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<td>Ainoa Castro Correa (King'’s College London) : "VisigothicPal: la escritura visigótica al descubierto"</td>
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<td>Abstract: The growing field of Digital Palaeography uses a variety of computer-assisted technologies to address scholarly research questions. In this session, databases created (or aspirationally created) using the DigiPal framework will be used to investigate three different corpora: medieval Scottish charters, twelfth-century Upper Austrian monastic writing, and Visigothic script from the medieval Iberian Peninsula. Presenting desiderata for their respective fields, the papers explore the potential offered by Digital Palaeography, and DigiPal in particular, to interrogate medieval script in ways which would not be feasible using traditional palaeographic methods.</td>
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<p><span>Your third and final chance for a bookmark (or to collect an enviable set of three) is:</span></p>
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<td>Tuesday 5 July 2016: 11.15am-12.45pm</td>
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<td>Peter A. Stokes (King's College London): "What is Digital Palaeography, Really?"</td>
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<td>Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique): "Paris Space between Words (13th-15th Centuries): Computer Vision and Medieval Linguistic Consciousness"</td>
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<td>Bill Endres (University of Oklahoma): "Transformed Materiality: Advanced Imaging Techniques and the Study of Medieval Manuscripts"</td>
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<td>Abstract: This session will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities; demonstrate the potential offered by advanced imaging techniques; and share methodologies and conceptual frameworks.</td>
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<p>And finally, or rather alternatively unless you are an inveterate session-hopper:</p>
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<td>Tuesday 5 July 2016: 11.15am-12.45pm</td>
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<td>Joanna Tucker (University of Glasgow): "Investigating Complex Cartularies: The Earliest Examples From Scotland:</td>
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</table>Manuscripts from Wales, AD 800-12502016-05-21T09:33:52+00:002016-05-24T11:38:59+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/manuscripts-from-wales-ad-800-1250/<h2 class="sys_events-record-title">Location: <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">Council Room (K2.29)</a>, King's Building, Strand Campus</h2>
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<h2 class="sys_events-record-title">When: Tuesday 24th May 2016 (2pm-6pm)</h2>
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<div><a href="https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FF-00004-00042/14"><img src="https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/News/2016/cul_juvencas_6r.jpg"/></a></div>
<dl class="sys_record-details-control sys_events-details"><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl">Register here: <a href="http://welshmanuscripts.eventbrite.co.uk/">http://welshmanuscripts.eventbrite.co.uk</a></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt><dt class="sys_events-registrationurl"></dt></dl>
<p>The manuscript evidence from pre-Edwardian Wales, though ravaged by the effects of Norman and Edwardian conquests of the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, demonstrates that Wales in the central Middle Ages enjoyed complex cultural traditions. The only part of Britain where the tradition of Latin writing can be demonstrated to have survived into the sub-Roman period, Wales was also a point of contact with Ireland and the European continent, a nexus of influences and languages, and a source of texts and scribal expertise exploited in Anglo-Saxon England.</p>
<p>This workshop brings together palaeographers, historians and literary scholars who work on the material remnants of early Latin and vernacular culture in Wales to discuss the problems and opportunities which this material presents.</p>
<p>Speakers will include:</p>
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<li>Julia Crick (King's College London): Welcome and Opening Remarks. </li>
<li>Colleen Curran (King's College London): "The Curious Case of the Caroline in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 153"</li>
<li>Ben Guy (Cambridge): "Institutional Continuity and the Survival of Manuscripts from Early Medieval Wales" </li>
<li>David Dumville (Aberdeen): "Brittonic scripts in the earlier Middle Ages: questions not asked, asked, and inadequately answered"</li>
<li>Helen McKee (RHUL): "The Corpus Martianus Capella"</li>
<li>Paul Russell (Cambridge): "Copying and Modernising the Book of Llandaff"</li>
<li>Myriah Williams (Cambridge): "Abbreviations in the Black Books"</li>
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<p>See here for the <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/clams/Documents/Programme---Manuscript-Symposium.pdf">full programme</a>.</p>
<p>Organised by Julia Crick and Paul Russell.</p>
<p>(Image is a detail from the <a href="https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FF-00004-00042/14">Cambridge Juvencus</a> [CUL, MS Ff.4.42], f. 6r)</p>"Codices, Choices, Cameras, and Cataloguing: Digitising Manuscripts", Thursday 11th February 20162016-02-09T01:13:03+00:002016-02-10T01:50:18+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/codices/<p><b>Date: </b>Thursday 11th February, 6pm</p>
<p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> London Graduate Paleography Group</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> Room S8.08, <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/directions/strand.aspx">Strand Campus</a>, WC2R 2LS[1]</p>
<p>"Codices, Choices, Cameras, and Cataloguing: Digitising Manuscripts"<br/><span>Dr Alison Hudson (Project Curator, </span><a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/11/anglo-saxon-digitisation-project-now-underway.html">Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts</a><span>, British Library)</span></p>
<p><img height="318" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/News/2016/.thumbnails/sheep.jpg/sheep-500x318.jpg" width="500"/></p>
<p class="p1">(Tollemache Orosius, <a href="http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_47967_f062v">Add MS 47967, f. 62v</a>)</p>
<p>For details of future papers, visit the <a href="http://londonpaleographygroup.weebly.com/graduate-seminar-series.html">London Graduate Paleography Group</a> website</p>
<p>[1] To find S8.08, walk past the main reception desk and take the lift up to the seventh floor and then use the stairs to get to the eighth floor.</p>"The Scribes of Exon Domesday Book", Monday 25th January 20162016-01-21T17:35:59+00:002016-02-10T01:45:48+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/scribes-of-exon/<p><img height="435" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/News/2016/.thumbnails/exon1.jpg/exon1-753x435.jpg" width="753"/></p>
<p><b>Date: Monday 25th January, 5.30pm</b></p>
<p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> London Graduate Paleography Group</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/download/KBGroundforweb.pdf">Small Committee Room (K0.31)</a>, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS</p>
<p>"The Scribes of Exon Domesday Book", Dr Fran José Álvarez López (Research Associate on "<a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk">Exon Domesday: The Conqueror's Commissioner’s Project</a>" based at King's)</p>
<p>For details of future papers, visit the <a href="http://londonpaleographygroup.weebly.com/graduate-seminar-series.html">London Graduate Paleography Group</a> website.</p>Handwriting and the Digital Humanities, University of Roehampton, Wednesday 11th November 20152015-11-09T18:55:02+00:002016-01-07T22:43:24+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/handwriting-and-the-digital-humanities/<p><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday 11th November 2015, 1.00-2.00pm</p>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> University of Roehampton, Fin001, <a href="http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/uploadedFiles/Pages_Assets/PDFs_and_Word_Docs/Campus/Campus-Map.pdf">Fincham Building</a></p>
<p><strong><span>Arianna Ciula</span></strong> (Research Facilitator, Roehampton)</p>
<p>In this paper I will reflect on the 'emergent meanings' of digital palaeography by analysing recent approaches and conceptualisation in the field. A contextualised take of the term 'digital' coupled with 'humanities' will be used to frame current approaches in digital palaeography as critical and self-reflective. Further, I will show how these approaches can operate within an intermedia-aware framework by connecting the structure of expression of handwriting with structures of meaning. Moving back from a formal to an historically situated analysis of the discipline, I will show how digital approaches relate to the scholarly tradition of the study of handwriting and writing systems as a whole. Finally, I will relate practices of modelling of handwriting in digital palaeography to modelling in digital humanities.</p>
<p>ALL WELCOME</p>Job reminder: Research Associate (Lexis of Cloth and Clothing: Medieval Royal Wardrobe accounts)2015-11-01T18:36:29+00:002016-01-07T22:43:47+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/research-associate-lexis-of-cloth-and-clothing-medieval-royal-wardrobe-accounts/<p><strong>Closing date: Friday 13th November 2015 </strong></p>
<p>The Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster is seeking to employ a fixed-term Research Associate with expertise in medieval languages and material culture. The post arises since <a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/?a=5324">Dr Louise Sylvester</a> was awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for the research project "Lexis of cloth and clothing: Medieval Royal Wardrobe accounts". This research project is designed to enhance the impact of and engagement with the database of the Lexis of Cloth and Clothing in Britain c. 700-1450 which can be seen at <a href="http://lexissearch.arts.manchester.ac.uk/">http://lexissearch.arts.manchester.ac.uk/</a><br/><br/>The aim of the new project is to provide an attractive point of access to that database through a new website featuring summaries of a selection of medieval manuscripts of the Royal Wardrobe held in The National Archives at Kew in London. <br/><br/>More details at <a href="https://vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/hrvacancies/default.aspx?id=50042891">https://vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/hrvacancies/default.aspx?id=50042891</a></p>
<p><img height="249" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/News/2015/.thumbnails/wardrobe_accounts.jpg/wardrobe_accounts-985x249.jpg" width="985"/>(Detail from National Archives, <a href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4517763">Wardrobe Accounts E 101/393/15</a>)</p>Call for Papers: International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 12-15 May 20162015-09-10T22:36:20+00:002015-09-10T22:37:42+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/cfp-kalamazoo-2016/<p><strong>Event:</strong> 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies</p>
<p><strong>Place:</strong> Western Michigan University<span>, Kalamazoo, MI</span></p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> 12th-15th May 2016</p>
<p><strong>Needed:</strong> You ;-)</p>
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>It is with great delight that the DigiPal/Models of Authority team invite submissions for the two sessions that we are organising at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo next year:</p>
<p>Session 1: "Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"<br/><br/>Session 2: "Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"<br/><br/>Interested? Then send us an abstract! It's all pretty simple really. All you need to do is read the blurbs below, decide which session suits you best, and then send an abstract of a couple of hundred words or so (we won't count them, but try not to overdo it) to us at <a href="mailto:digipal@kcl.ac.uk">digipal@kcl.ac.uk</a> by ish 15th September 2015 <br/><br/>And if you fill in a Participant Information Form, and send that too, we'd be very grateful. You can find the PIF here: <a href="http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF">http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF</a><br/><br/>And if for some curious reason we don't accept your abstract, never fear: any surplus proposals will be sent to the Congress committee for consideration for general sessions.<br/><br/>Looking forward to reading your abstracts, <span>Stewart Brookes</span></p>
<p><br/>"Digital Methods 1: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Palaeography"<br/><br/>Taking palaeography and codicology as its focus, this session will consider how computer-assisted techniques might advance our understanding of the handwriting of the scribes who were producing charters, homilies, farming memoranda and other aspects of the written culture of medieval Britain. Utilising computer-based resources for the study of medieval handwriting, the papers will investigate the influence of scriptoria and the politics of writing style; the significance of scribal choices such as cursive or set; and whether text type can be said to determine the style of writing.<br/><br/>"Digital Methods 2: Computer-Assisted Approaches to Manuscript Studies"<br/><br/>The large number of initiatives to digitise medieval manuscripts mean that we now have unprecedented access to medieval texts. In many ways, this explosion of knowledge can be compared to the early years of the printing press. But how might we best utilise this growing body of material? This session will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of medieval manuscripts; discuss the intersection of manuscript studies and Digital Humanities; and share methodologies. The topics under discussion will include the encoding and transcription of medieval texts, the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates and the visualisation of manuscript evidence and data.<br/>— <br/>Dr Stewart J Brookes<br/>Department of Digital Humanities<br/>King's College London</p>DigiPal V: Programme2015-08-28T08:06:55+00:002015-08-31T14:13:47+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-v-programme/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday 2nd September 2015</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-6.15pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">Nash Lecture Theatre</a> (K2.31), King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsors:</strong> <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/">Models of Authority</a> and <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/clams/index.aspx">Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies</a></p>
<p><span>If you're in or around London, you'll have most likely have noticed that it's been monsooning for days. The gladioli seem glad of it, however, and we thought we'd add some cheer to the wet drear by revealing the programme for DigiPal V next week (see below). Excited? We are! And it's still not too late to register if you'd like to be part of the hippest, most happening Digital Palaeography event to be taking place at King's College London next Wednesday. It's easy: just <a href="https://digipal-v.eventbrite.com/">sign-up with Eventbrite</a>.</span></p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you next week,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Peter Stokes</p>
<h4><strong>Programme for <strong>DigiPal V</strong></strong></h4>
<p><strong>09.30</strong><span> Registration and Coffee</span></p>
<p><strong>09.50</strong> Welcome</p>
<p><strong>10.00</strong> <strong>Session 1: Paper and Punctuation</strong></p>
<p> Chair: Keith Houston</p>
<p> 1. Orietta Da Rold (University of Cambridge)<br/><span> "'I pray you that I may have paupir, penne, and inke': Writing on Paper in the Late Medieval Period"</span></p>
<p> 2. David Johnson (Florida State University)<br/> "Tracking the Tremulous Hand: Visualizing the Paleography of Punctuation"</p>
<p><strong>11.00 </strong>Coffee</p>
<p><strong>11.30</strong> <strong>Session 2: Education and Outreach</strong></p>
<p> Chair: Simon Mahony (University College London)</p>
<p> 3. Kathryn Lowe (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Crowdsourcing the Medieval"</p>
<p> 4. Leonor Zozaya (Coimbra University)</p>
<p> "Educational Innovation: New Digital Games to Complement the Learning of Palaeography"</p>
<p> 5. Suzanne Paul (Cambridge University Library)</p>
<p> "Teaching Palaeography via the Medium of MOOC"</p>
<p><strong>13.00</strong> Lunch (sandwiches for all attendees)</p>
<p><strong>14.00</strong> <strong>Session 3: Applications of DigiPal</strong></p>
<p> Chair: Colleen Curran (King's College London)</p>
<p> 6. Stewart Brookes (King's College London)<br/><span> "Charters, Text and Cursivity: Extending DigiPal's Framework for Models of Authority"</span></p>
<p> 7. Francisco J. Álvarez López (University of Exeter/King's College London)<br/><span> "Scribal Collaboration and Interaction in Exon Domesday: A DigiPal Approach"</span></p>
<p> 8. Ainoa Castro Correa (King's College London)<br/> "VisigothicPal: The Quest Against Nonsense"</p>
<p><strong>15.30</strong> Coffee</p>
<p><strong>16.00 Session 4: Digital Effective: Making Use of What We Have</strong></p>
<p> Chair: Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert (Polonsky Fellow, British Library)</p>
<p> 9. Christina Duffy (British Library)<br/> "Effortless Image Processing: How to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Assets with ImageJ"</p>
<p> 10. Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet (Bar-Ilan University) and Gila Prebor (Bar-Ilan University)<br/> "Towards an Ontopedia for Hebrew Manuscripts"</p>
<p> 11. Benjamin Albritton (Stanford University Libraries)<br/> "Digital Abundance, or: What Do We Do with All this Stuff?"</p>
<p><strong>17.30 Round Table: Where Next in 'Digital' Manuscript Studies?</strong></p>
<p> Chair: Marc Smith (École Nationale des Chartes)</p>
<p> ◆ Arianna Ciula (University of Roehampton)<br/> ◆ Peter Stokes (King's College London)<br/> ◆ Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes) </p>
<p><strong>18.15</strong> <strong>Closing words</strong></p>Registration Opens for DigiPal V: The Phantom Minuscule2015-08-04T19:33:07+00:002015-08-25T11:01:48+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal2015/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday 2nd September 2015</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-6pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">Nash Lecture Theatre</a> (K2.31), King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</p>
<p><strong>Co-sponsors:</strong> <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk">Models of Authority</a> and <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/clams/index.aspx">Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies</a></p>
<p><img height="229" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/SymposiumIV_small.jpg/SymposiumIV_small-490x229.jpg" width="490"/></p>
<p>It is with great delight that the DigiPal team at the Department of Digital Humanities (King's College London) announce the draft line-up for the fifth DigiPal Symposium (see below). As usual, the focus of the Symposium will be the computer-assisted study of medieval handwriting and manuscripts. In addition, there will be pedagogy through computer gaming, crowdsourcing Ælfric, image processing, ontology-based encyclopedias, codicology, Scottish charters and, it goes without saying, but we're saying it anyway... palaeography!</p>
<p>Registration is free and includes refreshments and sandwiches. Judging by previous experience, places will disappear as rapidly as things that disappear rapidly, so please register <span>immédiatement (or "sona" as we say in Old English). It's easy: just <a href="https://digipal-v.eventbrite.com">sign-up with Eventbrite</a>.</span></p>
<p>Very much looking forward to seeing you in September,</p>
<p>Stewart and Peter</p>
<p><strong>Confirmed speakers include:</strong></p>
<p><span>Ben Albritton (Stanford): "Digital Abundance, or: What Do We Do with All this Stuff?"</span></p>
<p>Francisco J. Álvarez López (Exeter/King's College London): "Scribal Collaboration and Interaction in Exon Domesday: A DigiPal Approach"</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes (King's College London): "Charters, Text and Cursivity: Extending DigiPal's Framework for Models of Authority"</p>
<p>Ainoa Castro Correa (King's College London): "VisigothicPal: The Quest Against Nonsense"</p>
<p><span>Arianna Ciula (Roehampton): Closing Round Table </span></p>
<p>Orietta Da Rold (Cambridge): "'I pray you that I may have paupir, penne, and inke': Writing on Paper in the Late Medieval Period"</p>
<p><span>Christina Duffy (British Library): "Effortless Image Processing: How to Get the Most Out of your Digital Assets with ImageJ"</span></p>
<p>David Johnson (Florida State University): "Tracking the Tremulous Hand: Visualizing the Paleography of Punctuation"</p>
<p>Kathryn Lowe (Glasgow): "<span>Crowdsourcing the Medieval"</span></p>
<p><span>Suzanne Paul (Cambridge University Library): "Teaching Palaeography via the Medium of MOOC”</span></p>
<p>Peter Stokes (King's College London): Closing Round Table </p>
<p><span>Dominique Stutzmann (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes): Closing Round Table </span></p>
<p><span>Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet (Bar-Ilan University) and Gila Prebor (Bar-Ilan University): "Towards an Ontopedia for Hebrew Manuscripts"</span></p>
<p><span>Leonor Zozaya (Coimbra University): "Educational Innovation: New Digital Games to Complement the Learning of Palaeography"</span></p>Lindisfarne Gospels Restoration Project — Latest News2015-04-01T06:08:00+00:002015-09-10T23:28:10+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/LGRP/<p>The Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, MS Cotton Nero D.iv) with its playful half-uncial script, splendid carpet pages, and zoomorphic ornamentation is one of the best-known and most loved items in the British Library. Michelle Brown has gone so far as to call the manuscript "one of the great landmarks of human cultural achievement".[1] Written in Latin in the eighth century by the artist-scribe Eadfrith, the manuscript contains the Latin text of the four Gospels and is more than 500 pages long (or 259 folios). In the mid-tenth century, a priest by the name of Aldred added an Old English translation above most of the Latin words (a practice known as interlinear glossing). <span>As Aldred worked his way through the impressive volume, he revisited certain passages to add additional translating words and inserted occasional marginal notes of a more extensive nature. </span><span>In effect, this was Aldred's personal meditation on the Latin text of the Gospels.</span></p>
<p><span>The beauty and importance of the Lindisfarne Gospels as national and scholarly treasure is indisputable. </span><span>Sadly, in recent years the more than a thousand year old volume has begun to show signs of its age. </span><span>Over the centuries, damage to the vellum, writing and pictures has resulted from exposure to fluctuating temperatures, humidity and inappropriate handling. Perhaps the most extreme example is recorded by the medieval historian Symeon of Durham (hereafter S of D) in his </span><em>Historia de Sancto Cuthberto</em><span> (which may be loosely translated as the "History of St Cuthbert"). S of D notes that a volume (almost certainly the Lindisfarne Gospels) was washed into the sea when the Lindisfarne community attempted to decant to Ireland. Taking this and the miraculous survival of the book as an "act of God" (excluding themselves from an insurance claim), the monks gave Ireland a miss, thereby avoiding the prospect of future claims of a shared heritage between the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells.</span></p>
<p><span>It is not just waterstains which have made their mark. Throughout the history of the manuscript it has been subject to poor handling, including the use of candle light (discouraged by many modern manuscript librarians), spilled ink, and an accumulation of finger dirt, grime and grease. All this has led to the </span><span>degradation of the vellum. </span><span>While the alarm over this has been downplayed, it is clear that the manuscript is in a fragile state, exhibiting signs of physical decline. </span><span>Commenting on this in 2003, Michelle Brown -- </span><span>once described as the "only person on earth authorised to turn the pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels" -- </span><span>noted that "whenever the pigment moves, it flakes."[2]</span></p>
<p><img height="209" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/arts-graphics-2003_1141986a.jpg/arts-graphics-2003_1141986a-250x209.jpg" width="250"/></p>
<p>Using the cutting-edge techniques offered by microscopy, imaging scientist extraordinaire Christina Duffy was the first to demonstrate the extent of the decline, uncovering what has since been called the "moon crater" effect (named after the craters which pock the surface of the moon). Viewed at high magnification, Duffy demonstrated the presence of cratering in many of the much-admired decorations.</p>
<p><img height="315" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/lg.jpg/lg-817x315.jpg" width="817"/></p>
<p>(For the full extent of this, see Duffy's article, but steel yourself for some alarming images of deterioration: <a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/collectioncare/2013/07/under-the-microscope-with-the-lindisfarne-gospels.html">http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/collectioncare/2013/07/under-the-microscope-with-the-lindisfarne-gospels.html</a>)</p>
<p>The extent of the flaking noticed by Brown has been surveyed by Professor CA de Burghy who says that within as little as a few decades we could be left with the unappetising prospect of a "parchment crumble" where once was this landmark of western civilisation.[4]</p>
<p>So what can be done to halt the decline of this national treasure? Until recently, it was accepted as gospel that the manuscript could not be<span> restored, only maintained. Things would now seem to have changed with the revolutionary advances made by </span><span>conservation scientists who are finding innovative ways to restore and stabilise our cultural heritage. The techniques in use combine more traditional approaches with cutting-edge laser technologies. To clean the grime and detritus from images, </span><span>organic solvents could be used, the most common solvent being water, often combined with chelating agents, surfactants or salts to control pH.[5] Interestingly, the use of water for the purposes of cleaning was one pioneered by the Anglo-Saxons, so it is pleasing to see the rediscovery of old practices. Whereas the Anglo-Saxons are likely to have used cloth or other organic materials to apply the water, conservation scientists deploy the cleaning solutions with </span><span>gels and sponges which are thought to offer a more precise level of control. A far cry from the wine and sponges made of bread that were used to "restore" t</span><span>he Sistine Chapel in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.</span></p>
<p><span>One strategy that the Anglo-Saxons did not have at their disposal was the use of laser ablation which removes surface deposits with targeted bursts from a laser beam. This revolutionary approach was pioneered by Salvatore Siano, a</span><span> physicist at the National Research Council Institute of Applied Physics in Florence, who demonstrated that laser bursts of only a nanosecond in duration were the least destructive. In lay-person's terms, this process relies on the "neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) lasers commonly used in conservation which emit light of 1064nm wavelength, in the near infrared".[5] The hand-held, laser devices are set to "stun" and then used by conservation security officers to zap the surface of the vellum, expanding the surface and </span><span>causing waves of pressure which suck up surface detritus. This may be compared to a household vacuum cleaner (using the optional laser attachment).</span></p>
<p>The question which remains is how much to remove of the accretion of grime, grease, waterstains, smudged ink, and various other forms of damage. One option being discussed is an attempt to restore the manuscript as closely as possible to our notion of that originally produced by Eadfrith in the early eighth century. This includes <span>controversial plans to restore the colour and vitality of the pigments -- a proposal which has been compared to the equally controversial restoration of the Sistine Chapel. While the arguments on both sides of the conservation debate continue to rage, an aspect troubling to palaeographers and lexicographers is the suggestion that the restoration might present the opportunity to remove all later medieval interventions, referred</span><span> to in the working paper as an "plague of scribblings and graffiti". It seems that included under the category of "graffiti" is Aldred's interlinear gloss. Proponents of this approach cite Simon Horrobin who has has recently categorised the gloss as scruffy, and also JEP Gilbert who decried it "an aesthetic disaster unparalleled in insular manuscripts".[6]</span></p>
<p><span>While nothing has been decided as yet, an artist's reconstruction of what the "restored" Lindisfarne Gospels might look like can be seen here:</span></p>
<p><img height="812" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/genafter.jpg/genafter-1736x812.jpg" width="1736"/></p>
<p><img height="820" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/margin_after.jpg/margin_after-2072x820.jpg" width="2072"/></p>
<p>If the argument to erase Aldred's gloss prevails, then this will be yet another proof of the old adage that the art historian's gain is the philologist's loss. In the meanwhile, a number of pages from another manuscript with Aldred's so-called graffiti, the so-called Durham Ritual (<span>Durham Cathedral A.IV.19)</span><span>, have been added to the so-called DigiPal database and can be viewed here: <a href="http://goo.gl/WZrVpa">Durham Ritual</a>. Development of the application of the DigiPal database to the Lindisfarne Gospels is under consideration, project name "GlossPal". We'll keep you posted as and when we hear more about the Lindisfarne Gospels Restoration Project. </span></p>
<p><strong><span>References</span></strong></p>
<p><span>[1] </span><span>Michelle P. Brown, The Lindisfarne Gospels: Cotton MS Nero D. iv of the British Library London. Commentary Volume 1. (Faksimile Verlag Luzern/The British Library, 2002), p. 187.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>[2] </span><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3594469/The-arts-column-a-woman-who-knows-the-Gospel-truth.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3594469/The-arts-column-a-woman-who-knows-the-Gospel-truth.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3594469/The-arts-column-a-woman-who-knows-the-Gospel-truth.html"></a><span>[3] </span><a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/collectioncare/2014/05/microscopy-of-folio-3r-in-the-lindisfarne-gospels.html">http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/collectioncare/2014/05/microscopy-of-folio-3r-in-the-lindisfarne-gospels.html</a></p>
<p><span>[4] Personal communication with the author of this piece.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>[5] </span><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/modern-chemistry-techniques-save-ancient-art/">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/modern-chemistry-techniques-save-ancient-art/</a></p>
<p><span>[6] </span><span>Simon Horobin, </span><i>Does Spelling Matter?</i><span> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), p. 45; </span><span>JEP Gilbert, "The Lindisfarne Gospels - How Many Artists?". </span><i>Durham University Journal</i><span> 51. (1990), p. 154, fn. 13</span></p>Registration Opens for "Digital Approaches to Hebrew Manuscripts"2015-03-27T14:51:46+00:002015-05-15T16:08:28+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digital-approaches/<p class="Body"><a href="http://www.digipal.eu/media/uploads/PDFs/programmesamepage.pdf"><img height="394" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/same_page_banner.jpg/same_page_banner-783x394.jpg" width="783"/></a></p>
<p class="Body"><span>We are delighted to announce the programme for </span><i>On the Same Page: Digital Approaches to Hebrew Manuscripts</i> at King's College London<span>. This two-day conference will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of Hebrew manuscripts; discuss the intersection of Jewish Studies and Digital Humanities; and share methodologies. Amongst the topics covered will be Hebrew palaeography and codicology, the encoding and transcription of Hebrew texts, the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital surrogates and the visualisation of manuscript evidence and data. For the full programme and our Call for Posters, please see below.</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span>Registration for the conference is free. As places are limited, we recommend registering at an early point to avoid disappointment. To register, please click on this link: </span><a href="https://on-the-same-page.eventbrite.com">https://on-the-same-page.eventbrite.com</a></p>
<p class="Body"><span>Refreshments will be provided, but attendees should make their own arrangements for lunch. </span></p>
<p class="Body"><span>Very much looking forward to seeing you in May,</span></p>
<p class="Body"><span>Stewart Brookes, Debora Marques de Matos, Andrea Schatz and Peter Stokes</span></p>
<p class="Body">Organised by the Departments of Digital Humanities and Theology & Religious Studies (Jewish Studies)<br/>Co-sponsor: Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies (CLAMS), King's College London</p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Call for Posters</strong><br/>Are you involved in an interesting project in the wider field of Jewish Studies? Would you like to have a presence at the conference even though you're not giving a paper? If so, then you might like to consider submitting a poster which summarises the objectives, significance and outcomes of your research project. We'll display posters throughout the conference and if you attend with your poster, then you can talk about your work with attendees during the lunch breaks. Display space is limited, so please send a brief summary (max. 100 words) of your research/project to <a href="mailto:sephardipal@lists.cch.kcl.ac.uk">sephardipal@lists.cch.kcl.ac.uk</a>. The deadline for the receipt of submissions is Thursday 30th April 2015. Notice of acceptance will be sent as soon as possible after that date. </p>
<h4 class="Body"><strong><span>Conference Programme </span></strong></h4>
<p class="Body"><b>Monday 18th May 2015</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>8.45 – Coffee and registration</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>9.15 – Welcome</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Stewart Brookes and Débora Marques de Matos (King’s College London)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>9.30 – Keynote lecture</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Andrea Schatz (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Colette Sirat (École Pratique des Hautes Études): The Study of Medieval Manuscripts in a Technological World</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>10.30 – Coffee/Tea</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>11.00 – Session 1: Digital Libraries: From Manuscripts to Images</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Avriel Bar-Levav (The Open University, Israel)</span></li>
<li><span>Ilana Tahan (British Library): The Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project at the British Library: An Assessment</span></li>
<li><span>César Merchán-Hamann (Bodleian Library): The Polonsky Digitisation Project: Hebrew Materials</span></li>
<li><span>Emile Schrijver (Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana/University of Amsterdam): The Real Challenges of Mass Digitization for Hebrew Manuscript Research</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>12.30 – Lunch break</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>13.30 – Session 2: (Roundtable): Digital Images: Scale and Scope</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Jonathan Stökl (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Rahel Fronda (University of Oxford): From Micrography to Macrography: Digital Approaches to Hebrew Script</span></li>
<li><span>Ilana Wartenberg (UCL): Digital Images in the Research of Medieval Hebrew Scientific Treatises</span></li>
<li><span>Estara Arrant (University of Oxford): Foundations, Errors, and Innovations: Jacob Mann’s Genizah Research and the Use of Digitised Images in Hebrew Manuscript Analysis</span></li>
<li><span>Dalia-Ruth Halperin (Talpiot College of Education, Holon): Choreography of the Micrography</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>15.00 – Coffee/Tea</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>15.30 – Session 3: Digital Space: Joins and Links</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Paul Joyce (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Sacha Stern (UCL): The Calendar Dispute of 921/2: Assembling a Corpus of Manuscripts from the Friedberg Genizah Project</span></li>
<li><span>Israel Sandman (UCL): Manuscript Images: Revealing the History of Transmission and Use of Literary Works</span></li>
<li><span>Judith Kogel (CNRS, Paris): How to Use Internet and Digital Resources to Identify Hebrew Fragments</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>17.00 – Keynote lecture</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Stewart Brookes (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (École Pratique des Hautes Études): The Books Within Books Database and Its Contribution to Hebrew Palaeography</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>Tuesday 19th May 2015</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>9.15 – Keynote lecture</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Peter Stokes (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Malachi Beit-Arié (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): The SfarData Codicological Database: A Tool for Dating and Localizing Medieval Codices, Historical Research and the Study of Book Production – Methodology and Practice</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>10.15 – Session 4: Digital Palaeography: Tools and Methods</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Julia Crick (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Débora Marques de Matos (King’s College London): Building Digital Tools for Hebrew Palaeography: The SephardiPal Database</span></li>
<li><span>Stewart Brookes (King’s College London): A Test-Case for Extending SephardiPal: The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>11.15 – Coffee/Tea</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>11.45 – Session 5: Digital Corpora: Analysis and Editing</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Chair: <span>Eyal Poleg (Queen Mary University of London)</span></li>
<li><span>Ben Outhwaite (Cambridge University Library): Beyond the Aleppo Codex: Why the Hebrew Bible Deserves a Better Internet</span></li>
<li><span>Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (École Pratique des Hautes Études), co-author Hayim Lapin (University of Maryland): A Digital Edition of the Mishna: From Images to Facsimile, Text and Grammatical Analysis</span></li>
<li><span>Nachum Dershowitz (Tel Aviv University), co-author Lior Wolf (Tel Aviv University): Computational Hebrew Manuscriptology</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>13.15 – Lunch break</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>14.30 – Keynote lecture</b></p>
<ul>
<li><span>Chair: Débora Marques de Matos (King’s College London)</span></li>
<li><span>Edna Engel (The Hebrew Palaeography Project, Israel): Hebrew Palaeography in the Digital Age</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>15.30 – Session 6: Data and Metadata</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Chair: <span>Renate Smithuis (University of Manchester)</span></li>
<li><span>Sinai Rusinek (The Polonsky Academy at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute): Digitally Reading from Right to Left</span></li>
<li><span>Yoed Kadary (Ben Gurion University): The Challenges of Metadata Mining in Digital Humanities Projects</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="Body"><b>16.30 – Concluding roundtable</b></p>
<p class="Body"><b>17.00 – Refreshments</b></p>
<p class="Body">The conference convenors would like to thank the Departments of Digital Humanities and Theology & Religious Studies as well as the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies at King’s College London for their generous support. With thanks to the <a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/rarebooks/">Free Library of Philadelphia Rare Book Department</a> for permission to use the image from Lewis O 140 (The Portuguese Masoretic Bible). Photograph courtesy of Débora Marques de Matos.</p>
<p class="Body"><span>There is a PDF of the programme here: <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/media/uploads/PDFs/programmesamepage.pdf">Digital Approaches</a></span></p>
<p class="Body">Details about the conference and local amenities are here: <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/media/uploads/PDFs/logistics.pdf">Info </a></p>CfP: Research Approaches in Hebrew Bible Manuscript Studies. A Critical Overview Based on Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Cairo Genizah and European Genizah2015-03-25T13:55:26+00:002015-04-28T08:58:12+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/cfp-hebrew-bible-manuscript-studies/<p><b><i>Call for Papers</i></b><b> for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers</b></p>
<p><b>EAJS Laboratory Workshop</b><b style=""> </b></p>
<p><b>Research Approaches in Hebrew Bible Manuscript Studies.</b></p>
<p><b>A Critical Overview Based on Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Cairo Genizah and European Genizah</b></p>
<p><b>6<span style="">th</span> to 8<span style="">th</span> June 2016, MMSH, Aix-en-Provence (France)</b></p>
<p><b>5 rue du Château de l’Horloge</b></p>
<p><b>BP 647 13094 Aix-en-Provence</b></p>
<p>This EAJS Laboratory workshop will focus on the material transmission of the Hebrew Bible from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. We will examine a range of research methods used in the three main fields of Hebrew Bible manuscript studies: Dead Sea Scroll, Cairo Genizah and European Genizot studies.</p>
<p>Although Dead Sea Scroll (DSS), Cairo Genizah (CG) and European Genizot (EG) manuscripts date from different eras and come from a diversity of geographical and cultural backgrounds, they all constitute the only primary sources we have for the study of the transmission of the Hebrew Bible. As such, they provide various fields of research with important information about their background.</p>
<p>Although DSS, CG and EG studies share a common concern with the transmission of the Hebrew Bible, their research approaches differ. Whereas studies on the DSS focus mainly on linguistics and literature, the study of Medieval Hebrew Bible manuscripts (CG and EG studies) concentrates on philology, palaeography and codicology. The online availability of digitised manuscripts, the development of databases and other new research tools are also having an increasing impact on research practices.</p>
<p>Bringing together PhD students, early career researchers and established scholars working on Hebrew Bible manuscripts, this transdisciplinary event will encourage participants to share their research methods and approaches, in order to foster and encourage future transdisciplinary research collaborations between them.</p>
<p>In order to provide a focus for discussion this workshop will address the following questions:</p>
<ol>
<li>What are the approaches to the study of Hebrew Bible manuscripts (e.g. language, palaeography)?</li>
<li>What are the limits of these approaches (i.e. how much do they tell us)?</li>
<li>How are these approaches applied in DSS, CG and EG studies (e.g. are palaeographical approaches the same in all three fields)?</li>
<li>How can researchers in these three fields benefit from each others’ research practices?</li>
<li>Can digital tools make Hebrew Bible studies more rigorous?</li>
<li>What research tools are still needed to improve the study of the material transmission of the Hebrew Bible?</li>
</ol>
<p>There will be three sessions, each focused on a specific field of research: Dead Sea Scrolls, the Cairo Genizah and the European Genizah. Each session will be introduced by a keynote lecture. Short presentations (10-15 min) by the participants will follow. All participants will be asked to send a first draft of their paper one month prior to the event in order to give the other participants time to prepare for an extended discussion.</p>
<p>To apply please send the following information to <a href="mailto:admin@eurojewishstudies.org">admin@eurojewishstudies.org</a> by <b><i>May 7, 2015</i></b>.</p>
<ul>
<li>A short (half-page) letter of motivation giving your reasons for wishing to participate in this event.</li>
<li>The title of a potential presentation and a short abstract.</li>
<li>A <i>curriculum vitae</i>, and the names of two referees, one of whom should be your academic supervisor.</li>
<li>EAJS membership details (note that all participants should be EAJS members at the time of the event).</li>
</ul>
<p>PhD students and early career researchers will be notified of the outcome shortly after 21 May 2015.</p>
<p><span style="">The Organisers :</span></p>
<ul>
<li>Élodie Attia-Kay (Centre Paul-Albert Février, Aix-Marseille University)</li>
<li>Samuel Blapp (University of Cambridge, FAMES)</li>
<li>Antony Perrot (EPHE-Sorbonne, IVth section, Paris)</li>
</ul>
<p>Funded by the EAJS Programme in European Jewish Studies, the Stiftung “Erinnerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft” (Berlin) and the Centre Paul-Albert Février (Aix).</p>DigiPal V: The Phantom Minuscule2015-02-26T15:27:18+00:002015-08-13T18:05:57+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-v/<p>Can you believe it? This autumn will be the fifth anniversary of the inception of the DigiPal project and its mission to explore strange Anglo-Saxon letter-forms, to seek out new evidence for scribes and scriptoria, to boldly go where no palaeographer has gone before. And what better way to celebrate than to organise another DigiPal Symposium?</p>
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<div class="editable-highlight"><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday 2nd September 2015</div>
<div class="editable-highlight"><strong>Location:</strong> King's College London, Strand</div>
<div class="editable-highlight"><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong><span> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval studies, KCL</span></div>
<div class="editable-highlight">
<p><a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal2015/">More details nearer the time</a>, but expect the usual mix of palaeography, manuscripts and digital humanities.</p>
<p><span>Looking forward to seeing you there!</span></p>
<p>And as if that wasn't excitement enough for one blogpost, here's a sneak preview of one of the newly-photographed images that we'll be adding to the DigiPal site over the next few months. It's a detail from the Durham Ritual (Durham Cathedral Library, A.IV.19, folio 14v), featuring an Old English interlinear gloss added in red by Aldred, c. 970 (note his use of the rune "dæg"). Watch this space, as they say, and in the meanwhile y<span>ou can see more examples of Aldred's handiwork in DigiPal </span><a href="http://www.digipal.eu/digipal/manuscripts/715/pages/?terms=durham&s=1&am=1&page=2&result_type=manuscripts">here</a><span>.</span></p>
</div>
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<div class="editable-highlight"><span><br/>Image used with permission of the Chapter of Durham Cathedral. For information about Durham Cathedral Library, see </span><a href="http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/heritage/library">http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/heritage/library</a></div>Call for Papers: "On the Same Page: Digital Approaches to Hebrew Manuscripts"2015-01-31T23:16:46+00:002015-02-24T11:28:53+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/cfp-digital-approaches-to-hebrew-manuscripts/<p>As those following the progress of DigiPal will be aware, an increasing number of projects are opting to study their corpora with the DigiPal framework (essentially, the database and a series of web-based tools for computer-assisted palaeography). SephardiPal is one of these "Daughters of DigiPal", and is now so grown up that she is organising her own conference. How exciting is that? It's a two-day conference, with the promise of plenty of palaeography on offer from the invited speakers who include:</p>
<ul>
<li><span>Malachi Beit-Arié (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)</span></li>
<li><span>Edna Engel (Hebrew Palaeography Project)</span></li>
<li><span style="">Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne)</span></li>
<li><span>Colette Sirat (Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes)</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span>See below for the Call for Papers and further details.</span></p>
<p><strong><img height="510" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2015/.thumbnails/sephardipal_homepage.jpg/sephardipal_homepage-804x510.jpg" width="804"/></strong></p>
<p><strong>Conference:</strong> <span>"On the Same Page: Digital Approaches to Hebrew Manuscripts"</span></p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 18th-Tuesday 19th May 2015</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> King's College London, Strand</p>
<p><strong>Organised by:</strong> Departments of Digital Humanities and Theology & Religious Studies<br/><strong>Co-sponsor:</strong> Centre for Late Antique & Medieval studies, King's College London</p>
<p>We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for "On the Same Page: Digital Approaches to Hebrew Manuscripts". This two-day conference will explore the potential for the computer-assisted study of Hebrew manuscripts; present developments in the field; and share methodologies. Of course, for any of that to happen, we need some papers, so please see below for details of how to submit a proposal.</p>
<p><strong><span>How to propose a paper</span></strong></p>
<p><span>Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited on any aspect of digital approaches to the study </span><span>of (medieval) Hebrew manuscripts.</span></p>
<p>Below are some possible topics, but please don't feel limited to these:</p>
<p>* the practical and theoretical consequences of the use of digital images<br/> * visualisation of manuscript evidence and data<br/> * examples of research into Hebrew manuscripts that would benefit from a Digital Humanities approach<br/> * computer-assisted study of iconography<br/> * is our increasing reliance upon digital surrogates changing our research methodologies and practices?<br/> * reports from projects that make use of digitised images</p>
<p>To propose a paper, please email a brief abstract (250 words max.) to sephardipal@lists.cch.kcl.ac.uk</p>
<p>The deadline for the receipt of submissions is close of play on Friday 27th February 2015. Notice of acceptance will be sent as soon after that date as possible.</p>
<p>Very much looking forward to hearing from you,</p>
<p>Stewart Brookes and Debora Matos</p>DigiPal Launch Party: Registration Opens2014-09-12T09:28:06+00:002014-10-01T16:15:02+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-launch-party/<p class="p1"><strong>Date: Tuesday 7th October 2014</strong><br/><strong>Time: 5.45pm until the wine runs out</strong><br/><strong>Venue: Council Room, King's College London, Strand WC2R 2LS</strong><br/><strong>Co-sponsor: Centre for Late Antique & Medieval studies, KCL</strong></p>
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<p class="p1">All good things come to an end, they say. And so, after four <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/the-last-days-of-digipal/">action-packed</a> years working on the Digital Resource and Database for Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic (or, DigiPal to its friends), it's time to announce the "launch party" for our project's website. A party is no party without any guests, as we say. So, we'd be delighted if you came along to help us celebrate over a glass of wine as we talk about what we've achieved and what comes next. And, as if that wasn't enough to lure you to the Strand campus, we are honoured to have guest speakers Elaine Treharne and Donald Scragg. Registration is free but required so that we can make sure there's enough to drink! Register here: <a href="http://digipallaunch.eventbrite.co.uk/">http://digipallaunch.eventbrite.co.uk</a><span>.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Programme</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><span>Welcome: Stewart and Peter</span></li>
<li><span style="">Giancarlo Buomprisco: "Shedding Some Light(box) on Medieval Manuscripts"</span></li>
<li><span style="">Elaine Treharne (via Skype)</span></li>
<li><span style="">Donald Scragg: "Beyond DigiPal"</span></li>
<li><span style="">Q & A with the DigiPal team</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p1">For directions to the Council Room, see our <a href="http://digipal.cch.kcl.ac.uk/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">photoguide</a>.</p>
<p class="p1"><span>Very much looking forward to seeing you in October,</span></p>
<p class="p1">Stewart, Peter, Geoffroy, Giancarlo, Debora and Matilda </p>Directions to Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31) and Council Room (K2.29), Strand Campus KCL2014-08-28T03:02:09+00:002015-04-30T15:15:15+00:00Stewart J. Brookeshttp://www.digipal.eu/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/<p>It may surprise you to learn that one of our most popular blog posts is the now legendary "<span><a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-council-room-strand-campus-kcl/">Directions to Council Room</a>" which we put together for the first DigiPal Symposium back in 2011. We had no idea at the time quite how popular that particular blog post would be, but we're glad that it has continued to prove a useful </span><span>guide to finding the Council Room at King's College London. There's legacy for you. Possibly even impact? Inspired by this, the following is a step-by-step photoguide to finding the Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31), the venue for <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/registration-for-digipal-iv-symposium-monday-1st-september-2014/">DigiPal IV</a>. (It can also be used to find the Council Room, which is pretty much next door). Fastened your seatbelt? Good, then off we go.</span></p>
<p><span></span><span>First of all, you'll need to make your way to the entrance to the Strand campus of King's College London (</span><span>WC2R 2LS)</span><span>. See </span><a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207659612591354997435.00046f60aad34f575ff58&msa=0&dg=feature">map</a><span> below.</span></p>
<p><span><img height="488" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/map.jpg/map-842x488.jpg" width="842"/></span></p>
<p>Next, head through the revolving doors:</p>
<p><img height="432" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/entrance.jpg/entrance-768x432.jpg" width="768"/></p>
<p>Ahead, to the right of you there will be a reception/help desk. Keep walking straight on, past the lifts on your right. You'll pass through a reddish crossbeam and pillars and will find yourself heading down a long corridor, past a cleaner's cupboard on your left (don't worry if you miss this landmark):</p>
<p><img height="540" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/corridor1.jpg/corridor1-960x540.jpg" width="960"/></p>
<p>Eventually, after a couple of minute's worth of corridor walking, you'll see the Great Hall on your left. Or rather, a sign telling you that the Great Hall is being refurbished. Sorry, no dancing this time around.</p>
<p><img height="580" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/greathall2.jpg/greathall2-815x580.jpg" width="815"/></p>
<p>At this point, you may either carry on going and take the lifts a little further down on your left (press "2" for Level 2) or turn right into the foyer area and head up the staircase on your right.</p>
<p><img height="542" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/foyer.jpg/foyer-964x542.jpg" width="964"/></p>
<p>If you opt for the staircase route, then immediately in front of you at the top of the stairs you'll see the chapel:</p>
<p><img height="442" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/chapel1.jpg/chapel1-786x442.jpg" width="786"/></p>
<p>At this point, turn left and head down the corridor. (If you took the lift, turn right as you exit the lift and head down this same corridor):</p>
<p><img height="519" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/nash1.jpg/nash1-865x519.jpg" width="865"/></p>
<p>You'll pass various rooms (including the Council Room on your left). Keep heading down the corridor until you see a sign on your left that says "The JKTL Nash Lecture Theatre". You have reached your destination.</p>
<p><img height="540" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/images/blog_posts/2014/.thumbnails/nash2.jpg/nash2-960x540.jpg" width="960"/></p>