I'm going to have TWO full-time one-year #postdocs available from 1 April: one for a historian with knowledge of #medieval Latin #palaeography, one for a computer scientist/#programmer (or someone else with a proven ability to code software). The job descriptions will be out in January, but please re-post this and forward it on to people you think may be interested/qualified. I'm happy to answer questions. @medievodons@histodons
Teaching #palaeography means I keep discovering new manuscripts week to week - like this gorgeous eleventh-century one from Italy, written in Beneventan script.
Am teaching the transition from majuscule to minuscule scripts today in #palaeography. I had to write this slide out myself - wish there were more easy tools out there for comparing scripts in teaching (and looking forward to developing some with my team from April!).
#TIH#OTD 11 Sep 1942: Death of Adriano Cappelli (b. 1859), Italian archivist & palaeographer at Parma State Archives, best known for his Lexicon Abbreviaturarum—a dictionary of c.14,000 abbreviations from #MedievalManuscripts. #palaeography#manuscripts#BookHistory
Our summer school in #digital#palaeography begins this Monday. I’m really looking forward to this - it’s the highlight of my year (and has taken me all year to organise!). We will be looking at lots of original #medieval sources and learning digital skills. There will be many toots! @medievodons