Announcements and News
- Save the date! The 16th Annual Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age will be held on November 16–18, 2023. This year’s topic is The Image of the Book: Representing the Codex from Antiquity to the Present. Registration and full program available as of September 1st. Click here for more information.
- The Spring 2023 issue (Vol. 8.1) of Manuscript Studies is out! Click here for Abstracts and Full-Text content (via Project Muse, by subscription).
- Applications for the 2023–2024 SIMS Visiting Research Fellowship are now open (Deadline: May 15th, 2023). Click here to learn more.
- Articles and Annotations from the Spring 2022 issue (Vol. 7.1) of Manuscript Studies are now available in Open-Access via Scholarly Commons. Check it out!
- Join us every Thursday at 12:00PM Noon EDT / 5pm BST for Coffee with a Codex (via Zoom; registration required).
- Join us the first Friday of every month at 12PM Noon EDT / 5pm BST for DM Drop-in with Dot, open hours for users of Digital Mappa (via Zoom, registration required).
Video Orientations
![Manuscript Monday: LJS 388 – [Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-hayʼah]. = [ملخص في الهيئه]. (Video Orientation)](https://schoenberginstitute.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/untitled-11.jpg?w=900)
![Manuscript Monday: Ms. Codex 1677 – Ars artium … [etc.]. (Video Orientation)](https://schoenberginstitute.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/untitled-10.jpg?w=900)
Major Initiatives:
- The Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts
- A twice-annual journal (Manuscript Studies)
- A digitized manuscript discovery platform (Penn in Hand)
- A digitized manuscript repository (OPenn)
- A regional digitization initiative (Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis)
- An annual symposium dedicated to Manuscript Studies
- A series of monthly virtual lectures
- A weekly encounter with a manuscript (Coffee with a Codex)
- Teaching and showcasing the collection
- Advocacy for Manuscript Studies and Open Data globally
Other Projects:
- Developing new research tools: Viscoll, BASIRA, DS 2.0 planning
- Enhancing the collection via new acquisitions and research
- Establishing partnerships with projects such as CULTIVATE MSS
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