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eManuSkript: New project to create digital teaching tools in palaeography funded at the University of Göttingen

Group of people sitting around a round table in the middle of a room filled with bookcases.
Göttingen students working with manuscripts at the Vercelli Spring School.

A project by Dr. Anna Dorofeeva at the Institute for Digital Humanities in Göttingen has recently been awarded €400,000 in the Freiraum 2023 competition by the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre. Over the next two years, a team of historians and programmers, working in close collaboration with BA and MA students, will develop a range of teaching and learning tools for manuscript studies, including palaeography.

There exist very few digital tools suitable for teaching the full range of skills necessary for working with medieval codices. Access to culturally important manuscript sources is restricted to those with specialized subject knowledge, which creates significant challenges for students. In addition, the immense potential of the millions of manuscript images available in interoperable IIIF format has yet to be fully exploited in teaching. This project aims to develop a series of digital tools that will make use of these images and of the expertise available in Göttingen. The tools will include apps for measuring, selecting and modifying scripts; evaluating page layout; and working with manuscript bindings. Other apps and extensive tutorials are planned. The project will also undertake further development of pre-existing tools, including improvements to applications for multispectral imaging, for digital editing and annotation, and for forms of image storytelling. Guided student participation will be key to the development of these tools, which means that they will be rooted in practical requirements, conceived by the users themselves, and suitable for both classroom and research use.

The eManuSkript project runs for two years from 1 April 2024. A website with more information is being developed. In the meantime, please get in touch with the team members if you have any questions or if you wish to collaborate.

Anna Dorofeeva
Anna Dorofeeva

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Anna Dorofeeva (February 8, 2024). eManuSkript: New project to create digital teaching tools in palaeography funded at the University of Göttingen. Digital Palaeography. Retrieved June 13, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/14j56


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