erikkwakkel:Deciphering medieval handwritingIn the project I am directing at Leiden University we st
erikkwakkel:Deciphering medieval handwritingIn the project I am directing at Leiden University we study medieval books and their readers. As you can see from my presence on Tumblr and Twitter, we like to show non-experts what we do and why we are passionate about those “stinky old books" (as one five-year old once referred to my research subject). We therefore share our findings on a variety of social platforms (our website lists them all). In the latest entry of our project blog you can read about medieval script and some of the challenges that come with reading a book before the introduction of print. Read about why not even seasoned paleographers (experts of medieval handwriting) are necessarily able to read medieval text quickly or at first glance.Pic: London, British Library, Arundel MS 490 (12th century). -- source link
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