Models of Authorityhttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/2024-03-18T22:50:14+00:00Ker Demo2023-04-14T14:34:40+00:002024-03-18T05:25:47+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/ker-demo/<p>This is a test</p>Programme for "The Book at the Bodleian"2022-03-27T20:06:50+00:002024-03-18T22:50:14+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/the-book-at-the-bodleian/<p><img alt="Detail from Lyell MS 49" height="288" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/.thumbnails/lyell_49.png/lyell_49-1604x288.png" width="1604"/></p>
<p>I am delighted to share the programme for "The Book at the Bodleian: Whence? Where? Whither?".</p>
<p><span>For twenty years, </span><span>the <a href="https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-lyell-lectures">Lyell benefaction</a> has offered a career development fellowship that has enabled scholars to study subjects that have included the History of the Book, bibliography and palaeography. Now, these nine Lyell Fellows come together for the first time to reflect on developments in their respective fields and present their current research.</span></p>
<p><span><strong><a href="https://bookatthebod.eventbrite.co.uk">Register now</a></strong> for what promises to be a lively, engaging and thought-provoking conference! </span></p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 25th April 2022</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> The Weston Lecture theatre (Oxford) and also streamed live</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Time:</strong> 11am-6pm (BST)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>10.15am-11am: Coffee in Blackwell Hall</strong></p>
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<td><span>11am-11.15am</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Richard Ovenden<br/>Welcome</td>
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<td><strong><strong>Session 1</strong></strong><strong><strong>. Chair: Nigel Wilson</strong></strong></td>
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<td><span>11.15am-11.40am</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Niels Gaul<br/>"Reconstructing Transmission in the Absence of Manuscript Evidence: The Case of Classicising Learning in (Early) Ninth-century Byzantium"</td>
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<td><span>11.40am-12.05pm</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Georgi Parpulov<br/>"Revolutions in the History of Greek Handwriting"</td>
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<td><span>12.05pm-12.30pm</span></td>
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<div><span>David Rundle</span></div>
"The Library of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester: The State of Our Ignorance"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 12.30pm-12.45pm</span></td>
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<p><strong>12.45pm-2pm: Lunch (provided for participants attending "in person")</strong></p>
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<td><strong>Session 2. Chair: Henry Woudhuysen</strong></td>
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<td><span>2pm-2.25pm</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Cristina Dondi<br/>"<span>The European Printing Revolution</span>"</td>
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<td><span>2.25pm-2.50pm</span></td>
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<div><span>Irene Ceccherini</span></div>
"Italian Palaeography Through the Lenses of the Canonici Collection in the Bodleian Library"</td>
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<td><span>2.50pm-3.15pm</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Barbara Bombi<br/>"<span>Papal Letters, Canonical Collections and Diplomatic</span>"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 3.15pm-3.30pm</span></td>
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<p><strong>3.30pm-4pm: Coffee break</strong></p>
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<td><strong>Session 3<strong><strong>. Chair: Julia Smith</strong></strong></strong></td>
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<td><span>4pm-4.25pm</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>Jason McElligott</span><br/><span>"Book Theft as a Methodology for the History of Reading"</span></td>
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<td><span>4.25pm-4.50pm</span></td>
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<div><span>Giles Bergel</span><br/><span>"Book History and the Digital Turn"</span></div>
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<td><span>4.50pm-5.15pm</span></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 30px;">Stewart J. Brookes<br/>
<div><span>"Intelligently Artificial and Palaeographically Digital"</span></div>
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<td><span>Qs: 5.15pm-5.30pm</span></td>
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<td><span>5.30pm-6pm</span></td>
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<td><span>Marc Smith and Tessa Webber: Closing remarks</span></td>
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<p><strong>6pm-7.15pm: Wine reception</strong></p>
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<p>(Image adapted from <a href="https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_7781">Lyell MS 49</a>, f. 1r, <span>late 12th cent, Austria or Germany)</span></p>Alison Phipps, "Languages and Permacultural Justice: Decoloniality and Multilingualism"2022-03-23T15:44:30+00:002024-03-18T11:26:10+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/Westminster-Forum-2022/<p><img alt="Westminster Forum" height="277" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/.thumbnails/westminster_forum.jpg/westminster_forum-555x277.jpg" width="555"/></p>
<p><strong>Thursday 7th April at 5pm</strong></p>
<p>The Westminster Forum for Language and Linguistics are delighted to announce that their Annual Lecture will be given by <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/staff/alisonphipps/#biography">Professor Alison Phipps</a> (University of Glasgow)<span>. Alison Phipps</span> has been spearheading debates about decolonising the study of multilingualism and her lecture "Languages and Permacultural Justice: Decoloniality and Multilingualism" will take place in Fyvie Hall at the University of Westminster (309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW). It promises to be a fascinating and thought-provoking event (see below for an abstract). The Annual Lecture will be followed by a reception. </p>
<p>Please register on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/westminster-forum-for-language-and-linguistics-annual-lecture-2022-tickets-298010235637">Eventbrite</a></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Louise Sylvester<br/><span>[<i>s</i></span><i><span>he, her</span></i><span>]<br/></span>Professor of English Language<br/>School of Humanities<br/>Director, Westminster Forum for Language & Linguistics</p>
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<p><strong>Abstract:"Languages and Permacultural Justice: Decoloniality and Multilingualism"</strong></p>
<p>“Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”</p>
<p>Much of the struggle against language death, or linguacide or language attrition is researched and studied under rubrics of counting and auditing the extent of the loss of diversity and economic benefits, or through the appeal to language rights. In this respect the considerable endeavours of scholarship, which have also been critiqued for the varieties of metaphors deployed – from kinship to ecology and beyond – remains within at best what Pureza (2005) refers to as the two ages of the common heritage of humankind.</p>
<p>In this talk I will consider the possibility of a third age which might see the intangible and tangible common cultural heritage of humankind as amenable to the framings and exemplars offered by the concept of cultural justice.</p>
<p>Resting on the normative directions offered by Article 27, and the critical engagement of indigenous and migrant-led scholarship with its relatedness to land, earth, lore and language, and the more than human world, I will offer some tentative suggestions as who we might consider safeguarding epistemic and ontological linguistic heritage for moving towards a third age of common heritage of humankind.</p>
<p>Starting from painful experiences taken from the decoloniality of those subject to linguicide and epistemicide this lecture will begin to elaborate regenerative and restorative ways of enabling both thinking about and through multilingualism to enable people to begin to exercise their Article 27 rights, in scholarship, in scientific endeavour, in the arts and in cultural life.</p>
<p>Expect poetry, proverbs, music, interruptions and some prose.</p>
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</div>'From Round Hand to l’Anglaise: 18th-c. English Handwriting and the Continent'2022-03-07T16:08:01+00:002024-03-18T16:18:03+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/from-round-hand-to-langlaise-18th-c-english-handwriting-and-the-continent/<h2><img alt="Handwriting Image" height="456" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/.thumbnails/lyell_2020_marc_smith_web.jpg/lyell_2020_marc_smith_web-648x456.jpg" width="648"/></h2>
<h4>Professor Marc Smith will deliver the eagerly awaited conclusion to his acclaimed Lyell Lectures (2019-2020): 'From Round Hand to l’Anglaise: 18th-c. English Handwriting and the Continent'</h4>
<h4>NB: the lecture is both online and (in limited numbers) <a href="https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in person</a> at the Weston Library, Oxford.</h4>
<h4>To book online, please register with <a href="https://lyell2020.eventbrite.co.uk">Eventbrite</a>.</h4>
<h4>To book in person, please go to the Bodleian's <a href="https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Events page</a> (registration coming soon).</h4>
<h4>But wait... can't wait until Marc Smith's lecture on 26th April? Then you can <a href="https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/lyell-lectures-2020">watch parts I-IV online</a>. And you might also like to register for <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/bookatthebod/">"The Book at the Bodleian: Whence, Where, Whither?"</a>.</h4>The Book at the Bodleian: Whence? Where? Whither?2022-03-03T18:39:21+00:002024-03-18T16:36:46+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/bookatthebod/<p><img alt="Detail from Lyell MS 49" height="288" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/.thumbnails/lyell_49.png/lyell_49-1604x288.png" width="1604"/></p>
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<p>I am delighted to announce that registration is now open for "The Book at the Bodleian: Whence? Where? Whither?". For twenty years, <span>the <a href="https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-lyell-lectures">Lyell benefaction</a> has offered a career development fellowship that has enabled scholars to study subjects that have included the History of the Book, bibliography and palaeography. Now, these nine Lyell Fellows (see below) come together for the first time to reflect on developments in their respective fields and present their current research. </span></p>
<p><span><strong><a href="https://bookatthebod.eventbrite.co.uk">Register now</a></strong> for what promises to be a lively, engaging and thought-provoking conference! </span></p>
<p><strong>UPDATE: <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/the-book-at-the-bodleian/">the programme is now online</a></strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 25th April 2022</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> The Weston Lecture theatre (Oxford) and also streamed live</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Time:</strong> 11am-6pm (BST)<img alt="Lyell Conference Image" height="1146" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/.thumbnails/lyell_flyer.jpg/lyell_flyer-1128x1146.jpg" width="1128"/></p>
<p> Images adapted from <a href="https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_7781">Lyell MS 49</a> (<span>late 12th cent, in Austria or Germany) and</span> <a href="https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_7812">Lyell MS 77</a>, f. 1r. (Padua, 1466)</p>An Introduction to Medieval Ink2022-02-21T18:52:50+00:002024-03-18T05:25:43+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/an-introduction-to-medieval-ink/<div class="">If, like me, you've always wanted to know more about how medieval ink was made, then you'll already be heading to the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-introduction-to-medieval-ink-tickets-274381200557">Eventbrite</a> to book a place on tomorrow morning's session (11am-12pm GMT) with Sara Charles. </div>
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<div class="">Iron gall ink has been used since Classical times, and due to its long-lasting durability it became the most common ink during the medieval period. This introductory talk will cover the history of iron gall ink and then discuss the natural ingredients used in the process, including the lifecycle of the gall wasp. The talk will last 25 minutes, followed by a 15 minute pre-recorded demonstration.</div>
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<div class=""> <img alt='Poster for "Making Medieval Ink"' height="1752" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2022/ink.jpg" width="1228"/></div>Programme for ‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’2022-02-13T00:17:55+00:002024-03-18T08:20:27+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/programme/<p><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" height="126" src="https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/DigiPal/bodleian_kennicot_1-f123r.jpg" width="459"/></a></p>
<h5>We are delighted to share the programme for ‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’.</h5>
<h5>Details below, or <a href="https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/media/uploads/Blog/2022/programme_2b.pdf">download the PDF</a>.</h5>
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<h5>Very much looking forward to seeing you there!</h5>
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<h5>Best, Stewart and Julie</h5>
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<p>If you've not registered yet, it's not too late. Just go to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-the-sacred-text-meaning-materiality-historiography-tickets-235877404667">Eventbrite</a></p>
<p>NB: times are GMT and the conference will be held on Zoom. </p>
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<td>2.15pm: Welcome to 'Opening the Sacred Text'</td>
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<td><strong>Session 1. </strong>Chair: Andrew Dunning</td>
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<td><span>2.30pm-2.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Stewart Brookes<br/> "Carpet Pages: What?"</td>
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<td><span>2.50pm-3.10pm</span></td>
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<td>• Carol Farr<br/> "Unravelling the Insular Carpet Page: Needs and Responses in Book Art"</td>
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<td><span>3.10pm-3.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• William Endres<br/> "An Insular Meditative Sequence: Sorting Out the Evolving Complexity of Interplay among Cross-Carpet and Other Decorative Pages as Preparation for Entering a Gospel"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 3.30pm-3.50pm</span></td>
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<td><strong>Session 2.</strong> Chair: Catherine Karkov</td>
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<td><span>4.10pm-4.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Bernard Meehan<br/> "Roman Mosaics, Early Christian Architecture and the Books of Durrow and Kells"</td>
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<td><span>4.30pm-4.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Laura McCloskey Wolfe<br/> "Mimesis and Metamorphosis in Irish Manuscript Illumination: A Comparative Analysis of Metalwork Techniques and Textual Decoration in the Book of Durrow"</td>
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<td><span>4.50pm-5.10pm</span></td>
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<td>• Christine Bachman<br/> "Holistic Visions: Connecting Book Covers and Ornamental Pages in Early Medieval Manuscripts’l"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 5.10pm-5.30pm</span></td>
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<td>2.15pm: Welcome to Day 2</td>
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<td><strong>Session 3.</strong> Chair: Reed O'Mara</td>
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<td><span>2.30pm-2.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Rose Walker<br/> "Opening Iberian Sacred Books from the Tenth to the Early Thirteenth Centuries"</td>
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<td><span>2.50pm-3.10pm</span></td>
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<td>• Dalia-Ruth Halperin<br/> "Reciprocal Ties Between the Calligraphic Frames in Sefardi Bibles and the Text and Images in their Micrography Carpets: Variant Regional Emphasis"</td>
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<td><span>3.10pm-3.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Elina Gertsman<br/> "Untethered Image"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 3.30pm-3.50pm</span></td>
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<td><strong>Session 4. </strong>Chair: Aleksandra Buncic</td>
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<td><span>4.10pm-4.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Eva Hoffman<br/> "The 'Carpet Page' A Space of Exchange Between Religion and Culture"</td>
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<td><span>4.30pm-4.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Cailah Jackson<br/> "Opening the Islamic Book in Medieval Konya: Illuminated Pointed Ovals and Their Possible Sources"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 4.50pm-5.10pm</span></td>
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<th><strong>Day 3: Wednesday 23 February 2022</strong></th>
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<td>2.15pm: Welcome to Day 3</td>
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<td><strong>Session 5. </strong>Chair: Lisa Fagin Davis</td>
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<td><span>2.30pm-2.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Georgi Parpulov<br/> "The Frontispiece Miniatures of the Oldest Arabic Gospel Book"</td>
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<td><span>2.50pm-3.10pm</span></td>
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<td>• Anastasija Ropa<br/> "Ornamental Frontispieces in Slavic Orthodox Gospels"</td>
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<td><span>3.10pm-3.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Jacopo Gnisci<br/> "Woven Prayers: Carpet Pages in Ethiopian Manuscripts"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 3.30pm-3.50pm</span></td>
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<td><strong>Session 6. </strong>Chair: Susan Boynton</td>
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<td><span>4.10pm-4.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Elvira Martín-Contreras<br/> "Decorative and Textual: Carpet Pages in the Earliest Hebrew Bible Codices"</td>
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<td><span>4.30pm-4.50pm</span></td>
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<td>• Julie Harris<br/> "The Sense of an Ending: Finispieces in the Iberian Bible Codices"</td>
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<td><span>Qs: 4.50pm-5.10pm</span></td>
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<td><span>5.10pm-5.30pm</span></td>
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<td>• Stewart J. Brookes and Julie Harris<br/> Closing remarks</td>
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<p></p>Welcome to Models of Authority 2022!2022-01-19T15:52:10+00:002024-03-18T08:27:07+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/happy-new-year/<p>Happy New Year!</p>
<p>Things may have seemed somewhat quiet on the Models of Authority front for the last few years. But... rest assured, we've been working away behind the scenes, creating metadata, commissioning new high-resolution images of charters and adding transcriptions and translations! Our plans over the next few months are to make that material visible on the public website so that you can start using it. We're very excited about that and looking forward to letting you see what we've been up to! To whet your appetites, below is a sneak preview of a detail from <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/manuscripts/484/">DCA DCD Misc Ch. 742</a>.</p>
<p>In other news, we are <strong>delighted</strong> to announce that <a href="https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-stewart-brookes">Stewart Brookes</a> and <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/joannatucker/">Joanna Tucker</a> are now the Co-Directors of the Models of Authority project. We thank the<a href="https://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/about/project-team/"> team</a> for all of their hard work and fantastic scholarship over the course of the project, and are especially grateful to <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/dauvitbroun/">Dauvit Broun</a> (former project PI) for dreaming up this project and for generously entrusting its future to us. And, of course, we very much look forward to our continued and productive collaboration with our Models of Authortiy colleagues!</p>
<p>With very best wishes for 2022, and keep safe, Stewart and Joanna</p>
<p><img alt="DCA DCS Misc Ch 742" height="971" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2021/.thumbnails/dca_dcd_misc_ch_742.jpg/dca_dcd_misc_ch_742-2053x971.jpg" width="2053"/></p>Registration opens for "Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography"2021-12-31T13:10:44+00:002024-03-18T08:20:35+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/carpet-pages/<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>
<h4 class="Body"><b>Dates: <span>Monday 21 February 2022 – Wednesday 23 February 2022</span></b></h4>
<p class="Body"><b>Place:</b><span> Online, via a Zoom link that we'll send by email to registered participants </span></p>
<p class="Body"><b>How to register:</b><span> Using <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-the-sacred-text-meaning-materiality-historiography-tickets-235877404667">Eventbrite</a></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span><strong>Update: </strong><a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/programme/">The programme is now online</a></span></p>
<p class="Body">We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for "Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography". Bringing together scholars from around the world, we will explore 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 conference will run over three days (Monday 21 February 2022 – Wednesday 23 February 2022), with a 2pm GMT start each day. We hope that the timing and online format will make the conference accessible to as many people as possible.</p>
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<li class="Body">Stewart J. Brookes: "Carpet Pages: What?"</li>
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<li class="Body">Christine Bachman: "Holistic Visions: Connecting Book Covers and Ornamental Pages in Early Medieval Manuscripts"</li>
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<li class="Body">William Endres, "An Insular Meditative Sequence: Sorting Out the Evolving Complexity of Interplay among Cross-Carpet and Other Decorative Pages as Preparation for Entering a Gospel"</li>
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<li class="Body">Carol Farr, "Unravelling the Insular Carpet Page: Needs and Responses in Book Art"<span> </span></li>
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<li class="Body"><span>Elina Gertsman, "Untethered Image"</span></li>
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<li class="Body">Jacopo Gnisci, "Woven Prayers: Carpet Pages in Ethiopian Manuscripts" </li>
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<li class="Body">Dalia-Ruth Halperin, "Reciprocal Ties Between the Calligraphic Frames in Sefardi Bibles and the Text and Images in their Micrography Carpets: Variant Regional Emphasis"</li>
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<li class="Body"><span>Julie Harris, "The Sense of an Ending: Finispieces in the Iberian Bible Codices"</span></li>
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<li class="Body">Eva Hoffman, "The “Carpet Page”: A Space of Exchange Between Religion and Culture"</li>
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<li class="Body">Cailah Jackson, "Opening the Islamic Book in Medieval Konya: Illuminated Pointed Ovals and Their Possible Sources"</li>
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<li class="Body">Elvira Martín-Contreras, "Decorative and Textual: Carpet Pages in the Earliest Hebrew Bible Codices"</li>
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<li>Bernard Meehan, "Roman Mosaics, Early Christian Architecture and the Books of Durrow and Kells"</li>
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<li><span>Georgi Parpulov, "</span>‘The Frontispiece Miniatures of the Oldest Arabic Gospel Book"</li>
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<li>Anastasija Ropa, "Ornamental Frontispieces in Slavic Orthodox Gospels"</li>
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<li>Rose Walker, "Opening Iberian Sacred Books from the Tenth to the Early Thirteenth Centuries"</li>
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<li>Laura McCloskey Wolfe, "Mimesis and Metamorphosis in Irish Manuscript Illumination:<span> </span>A Comparative Analysis of Metalwork Techniques and Textual Decoration in the Book of Durrow"<span> </span> </li>
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<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>Feature/Component Example2019-09-19T17:28:47+00:002024-03-16T02:54:23+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/featurecomponent-example/<p>Clicking on the thumbnail below will action a search for "Limb: Extended and turned left"</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/search/facets/?allograph=m&page=1&img_is_public=1&locus=face&_st_allograph=o&chartype=letter&feature=final+limb+extended%2C+turned+left&view=grid&result_type=graphs&_xp_allograph=1"><img height="89" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/FOM/.thumbnails/em.jpg/em-89x89.jpg" width="89"/></a></p>Alice Taylor wins RHS Whitfield Prize2017-07-20T12:31:59+00:002017-07-20T12:57:36+00:00Peter Stokeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/alice-taylor-wins-whitfield-prize/<p>The project team is delighted to congratulate Alice Taylor for winning the highly prestigious Whitfield Prize from the Royal Historical Society for her book <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-shape-of-the-state-in-medieval-scotland-1124-1290-9780198749202?cc=gb&lang=en&"><em>The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland 1124–1290</em> (Oxford 2016)</a>. As described on <a href="http://royalhistsoc.org/prizes/whitfield-book-prize/">the RHS web page</a>,</p>
<blockquote>The Whitfield Book Prize has become one of the most sought after book prizes for early career historians. It was established by the RHS in 1976 at the bequest of Professor Archibald Stenton Whitfield, who was a Fellow of the Society from June 1916 until his death in 1974. The prize offers an annual award of £1,000 for a work on British or Irish history that is the author’s first sole book publication.</blockquote>
<p>The book was key to the framing of the Models of Authority project and we are very happy indeed to see it receive this award.</p>manuSciences 20172017-04-22T10:16:35+00:002017-04-22T10:16:51+00:00Peter Stokeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/manusciences-2017/<p>The deadline is fast approaching to register for manuSciences 2017. This is a Franco-German summer school organised jointly by the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), the Hamburg Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMS), and the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University (PSL). It comprises a series of lectures and courses which 'will focus on a multi-facetted investigation of manuscripts adding new chemical and physical analyses, imaging methods and techniques from computer sciences to classical philology, paleography, codicology, linguistics and history.' Quoting/paraphrasing further from the EPHE version of the website:</p>
<p><strong>What</strong>: A week-long programme on physical sciences and digital methods in manuscript studies and philology. Active participation is expected. The lectures and courses will be in English.<br/><strong>Where</strong>: Villa Clythia, Frejus, France<br/><strong>When</strong>: 10–15 September 2017<br/><strong>Who (participants)</strong>: Up to 40 (max.) young researchers, from master and Ph.D. students to researchers and university lecturers.<br/><strong>Who (lecturers)</strong>: Roger Easton, Leif Glaser, Oliver Hahn (organiser), Keith Knox, Marcus Liwicki, Eve Menei, Ira Rabin (organiser), Hasia Rimon, Uzi Smilansky, Marc Smith, Peter Stokes, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (organiser), Dominique Stutzmann</p>
<p>For more details, including how to register, see <a href="http://humanum.ephe.fr/fr/manusciences17">http://humanum.ephe.fr/fr/manusciences17<br/></a>or <a href="https://www.bam.de/Content/EN/Events/2017/1115-manusciences-17-summer-school.html">https://www.bam.de/Content/EN/Events/2017/1115-manusciences-17-summer-school.html</a>.</p>
<p>[<em>This article has been cross-posted on the <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/manusciences-2017/">DigiPal</a> and <em><a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk/blog/manusciences-2017/">Conqueror's Commissioners</a></em> websites</em>.]</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.bam.de/_SharedDocs/EN/Downloads/Events/va-1115-poster.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3"><img src="https://www.bam.de/_SharedDocs/EN/Downloads/Events/va-1115-poster.pdf;jsessionid=9981FBFAC70D45AC468A693E3616B981?__blob=publicationFile&v=2"/></a></p>John Coffin Memorial Lecture 20172017-04-19T14:48:45+00:002017-04-19T14:53:20+00:00Peter Stokeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/john-coffin-memorial-lecture-2017/<p>I'm very happy to see that this year's John Coffin Memorial Lecture in Palaeography will be given by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, from the École Pratique des Hautes Études, on 'Crossing Palaeographical Borders: Bi-Alphabetical Hebrew Scribes and Manuscripts in Egypt, Spain and Northern France (11th to 15th Centuries)'. A summary of the talk is reproduced here from <a href="http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8256">the IES website</a>:</p>
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<p>Medieval Jewish scribal culture reflects long-standing post-biblical traditions elaborated by Jewish communities in Palestine, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Moreover, despite major linguistic and scribal differences, Jewish medieval scribes in both East and West were well aware of the palaeographical specificities of the non-Jewish cultures among which they resided. This awareness is apparent in the manuscripts themselves: some contain texts written in different languages and alphabets, others are written in Hebrew script with features echoing the scripts of the majority cultures. Taking as examples manuscripts written in Egypt, Spain and Northern France between the eleventh and the fifteenth centuries, I attempt to uncover some of the mechanisms, technical, aesthetic and social, underlying such scribal cross-cultural encounters. <br/><br/>Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger is the Director of Studies, École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Section des Sciences Historiques et Philogogiques, Sorbonne University, Paris and is a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. She is a highly distinguished scholar, funded by the Rothschild Foundation to research uncatalogued material, and her subject is fundamental to current work on medieval Europe. She heads a pan-European project entitled ‘Books within Books’ (<a href="http://hebrewmanuscript.com">http://hebrewmanuscript.com</a>), that seeks to locate, photograph and describe every Hebrew manuscript to be found in the bindings of books (these are mostly books written in Latin) now in libraries across Europe. She is a leading specialist in the study of Hebrew manuscripts, palaeography and diplomatic, the history of medieval linguistic thought and Christian Hebrew scholars in the Middle Ages.</p>
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<p><strong>What</strong>: 2017 John Coffin Memorial Lecture in Palaeography<br/><strong>Who</strong>: Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (EPHE)<br/><strong>Where</strong>: Chancellor's Hall, First Floor, Senate House, Malet Street London WC1E 7HU<br/><strong>When</strong>: 18h-20h, Wednesday 24 May 2017<br/><strong>For more details</strong> (including booking a free place at the talk): <a href="http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8256">http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8256</a></p>
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<p>[<em>This blog entry is cross-posted on the <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/john-coffin-memorial-lecture-2017/">DigiPal</a> and <a href="https://www.exondomesday.ac.uk/blog/john-coffin-memorial-lecture-2017/">Conqueror's Commissioners</a> websites.</em>]</p>Models of Authority Exhibition at NRS now open2017-04-10T08:32:00+00:002017-04-10T08:46:35+00:00Joanna Tuckerhttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/jtucker/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/models-of-authority-exhibition-at-the-nrs-now-open/<h2 class="p1"><em>Scribes and Royal Authority: Scotland's Charters 1100-1250</em></h2>
<p class="p1">After a successful launch by the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government Leslie Evans, the <i>Models of Authority</i> exhibition at the National Records of Scotland is now open to the public! The exhibition runs from 5th April - 17th May 2017, and is being held in the Matheson Dome, General Register House (2 Princes Street, Edinburgh).</p>
<p class="p1">The exhibition provides an opportunity to see in the flesh <strong><a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/events/exhibition/">10 of the charters which feature in the <i>Models of Authority</i> database</a></strong>, as well as to learn about some of the project’s new perspectives on scribes and the development of handwriting in Scotland.</p>
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<p class="p1">There will also be a number of <strong>free guided tours</strong> of the exhibition by curators and project team members Dauvit Broun and Joanna Tucker. These will take place on Thursday 13th April and Friday 5th May. Spaces are limited. Duration: 45 minutes.</p>
<p class="p1">Thursday 13th April, 12:15: register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-guided-tour-scribes-and-royal-authority-scotlands-charters-1100-1250-tickets-33520577951"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Friday 5th May, 11:00 or 12:15: register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-guided-tour-scribes-and-royal-authority-scotlands-charters-1100-1250-tickets-33520356288"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
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<p class="p1">Read more about the exhibition <a href="https://blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/2017/04/04/medieval-charters-exhibition/"><b>HERE</b></a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Hear NRS archivist Dr Tristram Clarke, Head of Outreach, talk about the exhibition <a href="https://blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/2017/04/04/preview-medieval-charters-exhibition/"><b>HERE</b></a>.</p>
<p class="p1">*******************************************************************************************</p>Models of Authority public conference2017-03-27T08:13:34+00:002020-08-20T00:03:06+00:00Joanna Tuckerhttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/jtucker/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/models-of-authority-public-conference/<p><img alt="Digitising the origins of Scottish Government, public conference banner" height="237" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Events/.thumbnails/Conference%20title%20new.png/Conference%20title%20new-800x237.png" width="800"/></p>
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<p>In April, the <em>Models of Authority</em> project will be hosting a <strong>free, public conference</strong> at the University of Glasgow. This will be an opportunity to hear about some of the project's emerging results, and will also involve a live demonstration of the website! Registration is free and lunch provided.</p>
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<p>Wednesday 5th April 2017</p>
<p>10:00 - 16:30</p>
<p>Senate Room (Gilbert Scott Building), University of Glasgow</p>
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<p><strong>Register for free <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digitising-the-origins-of-scottish-government-medieval-charters-in-the-21st-century-tickets-32185277030">HERE</a></strong>. </p>
<p><strong>More details & programme <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/events/conferece/">HERE</a></strong>. </p>
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<p>_______________________________________________________________________________________</p>Software behind Models of Authority website wins inaugural MAA Digital Humanities Prize2017-01-15T15:55:07+00:002017-01-18T01:03:58+00:00Peter Stokeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/pstokes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/software-behind-models-of-authority-website-wins-inaugural-maa-digital-humanities-prize/<p>We are very happy and honoured to announce that <a href="http://www.digipal.eu">the DigiPal project</a> has won the inaugural <a href="https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/page/DHPrize">Digital Humanities Prize</a> of the Medieval Academy of America. This project ran from 2010 to 2014 and first developed the software that now lies behind this website; the 'core' DigiPal team has since been working on the <a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk">Exon Domesday</a> and Models of Authority projects and have developed the software further as part of this.</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-blog-inaugural-medieval-academy-digital-humanities-prize/">The full citation</a> for the prize notes that</p>
<blockquote>DigiPal’s innovative framework, collaborative origins, open access, quality design, and skillfully curated pilot collection make it an excellent model for the practice of digital humanities scholarship in the field of medieval studies.</blockquote>
<p>I personally want to thank all the people who have contributed to DigiPal as a project and to the <a href="https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal">free and open-source software</a> that we have continued to develop since the project finished in 2014; these thanks include the European Research Council who funded the whole project through an <a href="https://erc.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/funding-schemes/starting-grants">ERC Starting Grant</a>. The citation formally credits the 'core' DigiPal team of Peter Stokes, Stewart Brookes and Geoffroy Noël, and I certainly want to thank my colleagues Stewart and Geoffroy, but of course this is only a small seletion of the people who have contributed directly to the project over the last seven years. The <a href="http://www.digipal.eu">DigiPal</a>, <a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk">Conqueror's Commissioners</a> and Models of Authority projects, as well as smaller projects such as ScandiPal, SephardiPal, ViGOTHIC, and Polices des Caractères et Inscriptions Monétaires, along with the various advisory boards, student interns, and others, brings the total number of contributors to well over 30 people. These people and the <a href="http://www.ahrc.ac.uk">Arts and Humanities Research Council</a>, who funded Models of Authority and the Conqueror's Commissioners, all deserve recognition.</p>
<p>Finally, to give some sense of the significance of this award, here is some text on the Academy and prize (thanks to the MAA's Executive Director, Lisa Fagin Davis, for providing this):</p>
<blockquote>The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the world promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Academy was founded in 1925 and comprises more than 3500 members worldwide. Among other activities, the Academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum and awards more than a dozen prizes, grants, and fellowships. In 2016, the Council of the Medieval Academy voted to add an annual Digital Humanities Prize to its slate of publication honors. More than twenty digital projects were nominated for the inaugural prize, which is being awarded to DigiPal. The Prize will be presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy, to be held at the University of Toronto from April 6-8. More information about the Medieval Academy can be found at <a href="http://medievalacademy.org">http://medievalacademy.org</a>.</blockquote>
<p>Congratulations again to everyone in the rapidly growing DigiPal community, and I look forward to working with you all more in the years to come.</p>
<h3>Links and References</h3>
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<li>The DigiPal Project Team: <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/about/project-team/">http://www.digipal.eu/about/project-team/</a></li>
<li>The Models of Authority Project Team: <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/about/project-team/">http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/about/project-team/</a></li>
<li>The Conqueror's Commissioners Project Team: <a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk/about/project-team/">http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk/about/project-team/</a></li>
<li>The free, open-source code for the DigiPal framework: <a href="https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal">https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal</a></li>
<li>Documentation for installing and using the DigiPal framework: <a href="https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal/wiki">https://github.com/kcl-ddh/digipal/wiki</a></li>
<li>The Medieval Academy of America (MAA): <a href="http://medievalacademy.org">http://medievalacademy.org</a></li>
<li>The MAA Digital Humanities Prize: <a href="https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/page/DHPrize">https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/page/DHPrize</a></li>
<li>Citiation of the inaugural MAA DH Prize (2017): <a href="http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-blog-inaugural-medieval-academy-digital-humanities-prize/">http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-blog-inaugural-medieval-academy-digital-humanities-prize/</a></li>
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<p>[<em>This article has been cross-posted with minor changes on the <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/digipal-wins-inaugural-maa-digital-humanities-prize/">DigiPal</a>, <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/digipal-wins-inaugural-maa-digital-humanities-prize/">Models of Authority</a> and <a href="http://www.exondomesday.ac.uk/blog/digipal-wins-inaugural-maa-digital-humanities-prize/">Conqueror's Commissioners</a> websites.</em>]</p>Line-up for Leeds International Medieval Congress 2017...2016-12-15T18:22:00+00:002016-12-16T11:55:15+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/leeds-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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<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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<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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<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...2016-09-20T17:19:58+00:002016-09-22T17:26:45+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/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>Directions to K4U.12, Strand Campus, King's College London...2016-09-02T15:58:02+00:002016-09-21T16:10:31+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/directions-to-k4u12/<p>Over the years, the DigiPal Symposium has convenved in a number of different venues, from the Council Room at our very own King's College London to the salubrious and welcoming surroundings of the University of Westminster. This time around, to celebrate our "iron" anniversary, we've gone for stylish and have managed to secure the wittily named K4U.12 on the Strand Campus.[1] While K4U.12 has a lot of obvious things going for it, a slight drawback is locating the room in the warren that is the Strand bulding. So... here is another installment in our ever-popular <a href="http://www.digipal.eu/blog/directions-to-nash-lecture-theatre-k231/">series</a> "how do I find the room?". We hope the step-by-step photoguide below will assist in your quest to... well... find the room. Are you browsing comfortably? Then we'll begin.</p>
<p>First of all, you'll need to make your way to the entrance to the Strand campus of King's College London (WC2R 2LS). See the <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207659612591354997435.00046f60aad34f575ff58&msa=0&dg=feature">map</a> below.</p>
<p><img height="488" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/map-842x488.jpg/map-842x488-842x488.jpg" width="842"/></p>
<p>The next step is to navigate your way safely through the revolving doors at the front of the building:</p>
<p><img height="451" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions1.jpg/directions1-800x451.jpg" width="800"/></p>
<p>Once through, you'll spy a reception/help desk to the right of you. Keep walking straight, ignoring the lifts on your right:</p>
<p><img height="451" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions2.jpg/directions2-800x451.jpg" width="800"/></p>
<p>You'll pass under a reddish crossbeam and pillars and will find yourself heading down a long corridor, past a cupboard containing cleaning materials on your left (don't panic if you miss this landmark):</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions3.jpg/directions3-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Travel down the corridor for several minutes: </p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions4.jpg/directions4-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>You'll come to an entrance on the left which gives access to some lifts. Turn left in this direction:</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions6.jpg/directions6-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Next, call a lift, and enter (photo unavailable, leaving this as an exercise to the reader).</p>
<p>Press the button numbered 4 to instruct the transportation device to ascend to the fourth floor:</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions7.jpg/directions7-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Exit the lift and turn right:</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions8.jpg/directions8-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>And then continue down the corridor, ignoring the staircase on your right:</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions10.jpg/directions10-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Ahead of you, you'll see some stairs that, in the interests of efficient navigation, it would be preferable that you did not ignore. Proceed toward these:</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions11.jpg/directions11-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Walk up the flight of stairs, being careful not to collide with the other participants (not illiustrated) who will no doubt be as keen as you to scramble to the Symposium:</p>
<p><img height="576" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions12.jpg/directions12-324x576.jpg" width="324"/></p>
<p>You are nearly there. Ahead of you, you will see a door. Open it[2], and enter:</p>
<p><img height="576" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions13.jpg/directions13-324x576.jpg" width="324"/></p>
<p>You have arrived at your destination. Congratulations!</p>
<p><img height="324" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/Blog/2016/.thumbnails/directions14.jpg/directions14-576x324.jpg" width="576"/></p>
<p>Very much looking forward to seeing you in K4U.12!</p>
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<p>[1] K4U presumably textspeak for "King's For You". See what they did there?</p>
<p>[2] If the door is already open, you may wish to skip this step.</p>Programme for DigiPal VI: The Palaeography Awakens...2016-09-01T00:42:44+00:002016-09-07T17:28:57+00:00Stewart Brookeshttp://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/author/sbrookes/http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/programme-for-digipal-vi/<p><strong>Date:</strong> Monday 5th September 2016</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 9.30am-7pm</p>
<p><strong>Venue:</strong> <a href="http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/directions-to-k4u12/">Room K4U.12</a>, 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 height="341" src="http://localhost:8080/media/uploads/News/2016/.thumbnails/thebook.jpg/thebook-523x341.jpg" width="523"/></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> Tessa Webber (University of Cambridge<br/> "Dating Charters and Tracing Influence with Models of Authority"</p>
<p> John Reuben Davies (University of Glasgow)<br/> "Chasing Models Through Melrose, St Andrews and Holyrood"</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> 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> Comfort 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>