DigiPal is a new resource for the study of medieval handwriting, particularly that produced in England during the years 1000–1100, the time of Æthelred, Cnut and William the Conqueror. It is designed to allow you to see samples of handwriting from the period and to compare them with each other quickly and easily.
It currently contains:
- 1675 records of manuscripts and charters
- 989 manuscript images
- 64017 images of letters (graphs)
- 1477 records of scribal hands.
Funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), it is based at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London.
Blog
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The Problem of Digital Dating: DH2015 Paper
4 years, 8 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes -
Modelling Codicology II: A Partial Draft Implementation
8 years, 10 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes -
Using DigiPal: A Quick Introduction to the Framework
9 years ago, by Peter A. Stokes -
Modelling Codicology I: Sequence in Gatherings, Folios and Pages
9 years, 5 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes
News
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‘Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography’
4 years, 9 months ago, by Stewart J. Brookes -
manuSciences 2017
7 years, 5 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes -
John Coffin Memorial Lecture 2017
7 years, 5 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes -
DigiPal wins Inaugural MAA Digital Humanities Prize
7 years, 9 months ago, by Peter A. Stokes