Organized by Hannah Bush @cesare_blanc, participants include: Elisa Cugliana @elicugliana, Sebastian Dows-Miller @DowsMillerSeb, Sebastian Gensicke @hsgensicke, Philipp Schneider @cliotex, Suzette van Haaren @suzettevhaaren, and Julia Pelosi-Thorpe @jpelosithorpe.
3/6
I’ve been working on the contents of this manuscript for three years and I’m seeing it for the first time in the flesh today. Suffice to say I’m quite excited
'Murray and Boyd open up the Ovide to a new generation of readers.'
Sebastian Dows-Miller (@DowsMillerSeb) on a translation of an influential French translation https://t.co/u6jOCgU2EY
Just had the realisation that the symbol ‘ß’ started life as a ligature between long ‘ſ’ and rounded ‘s’
I’m sure this is basic knowledge for Germanists but as a Gallicist it’s damn cool
📷: BnF D2-1853, p. 39
Really excited to be talking about tangled scribes and tangled methods in this session later today, followed by a round table on podcasting with the @digitalmedieval PG committee. Busy day! #IMC2023
Join us for #IMC2023#s444 on Monday 3 July 2023, 19.00-20.00: Podcasts, Blogs, and Video Essays: Digital Medieval Studies for the Masses? - A Round Table Discussion. Sponsored by #CodingCodices#DigitalMedievalist
https://t.co/amb4BLlHIh
'Compared to their descendants, it was believed, medieval Britons held stronger values and traditions, had a greater appreciation of artistic style and, perhaps most importantly, simply had more fun.' (@DowsMillerSeb)
https://t.co/t3PqJBWrqZ
@SegoAG Also, Friday at 1.30pm, @DowsMillerSeb is presenting "A New Paleography? The Argument for a Macro-Level, Quantitative Approach to Scribal Hands"
#kzoo2023#s241
@mphilpott7iclo1@keblelib@Ox_Medieval_Soc Yep! ‘Hairstroke’ marks to help distinguish i’s from minims used to form m’s, n’s etc., and the origins of the dot we now have on the i!
It's possible the Gospels were used at the earliest consecrations of English kings, in the kingdom of Kent in the early 7th century. The King has requested their presence at the Coronation, tying the ceremony to the most ancient origins of English Christianity