Of interest to our members, a fascinating article on a new software program allows dating of medieval manuscripts from popular words.

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies and the Documents of Early England Data Set (DEEDS) Project have developed software that can carefully and reliably determine the dates of medieval British documents based on the appearance of popular words or phrases.

To read about the project: http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/02/new-software-program-allows-dating-of-medieval-manuscript-from-popular-words