Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll:
A Graduate Workshop with Beinecke MSS 410 and Osborn a14
Yale University
11-12 March, 2016
This graduate training workshop will cover topics in:
- Medieval Manuscript Rolls: Paleography, Cataloging and Preservation
- Manuscript Transcription and Scholarly Editing
- Introduction to the Digital Edition: Challenges and Best Practices
- Collaborative Editing
- XML, Text Encoding Fundamentals and the TEI Schema
No prior paleography or encoding experience is required.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of digital editing while tackling the unique codicological challenges posed by manuscript rolls. Practical sessions will inform collective editorial decision-making: participants will undertake the work of transcription and commentary, and tag (according to TEI 5 protocols) the text and images of two medieval manuscript rolls. The workshop will result in collaborative editions of the two rolls.
The workshop will run 11-12 March, 2016 (Friday-Saturday) 9.30am-4.30pm.
The workshop is free of charge, and lunches will be provided for participants. A limited number of need-based travel bursaries are available for participants traveling to New Haven, and it may be possible also to arrange graduate student hosts to provide accommodation for the duration of the workshop.
This workshop will be limited to 12 places – preference will be given to graduate students with demonstrated need for training in manuscript study and text encoding.
An information booklet and syllabus can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxq8XHYjZ_NENDFBZmlFOGlyWTA/view?usp=sharing and on the project website – please read this document before applying.
Please apply online by 26 January, 2016. Applicants will be notified on 1 February, 2016 whether they can be offered a place.
To apply, follow the application link on the project website: http://digitalrollsandfragments.com/calls-for-workshop-participants
For more information, please email organizer Anya Adair at:
digitalmanuscriptrolls@gmail.com