Announcements and News
- Register for our upcoming SIMS & Italian Studies Fellow in Italian Manuscript Studies Lecture, Masters in Miniature: Future Horizons for Italian Manuscript Studies (Bryan C. Keene, Riverside City College) Friday, February 11, 2022, 1:00–2:30PM EST (via Zoom, NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME)
- Subscribe to our new monthly newsletter
- The Fall 2021 issue (Vol. 6.2) of Manuscript Studies is out! Click here for Abstracts and Full-Text content (via Project Muse, by subscription)
- Join us every Monday at 12:00PM EST for Coffee with a Codex (via Zoom; registration required)
- VCEditor, a tool for modeling and visualizing manuscript collations, has launched! To get started using it, see the How to Page and project Wiki.
- Articles and Annotations from the Fall 2020 issue (Vol. 5.2) of Manuscript Studies are now available in open access via Penn’s Scholarly Commons repository
- The editors of Manuscript Studies are currently seeking submissions for 2022 and beyond: more information is available here
- SIMS is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Graduate Student Fellowship recipient: Hallie Swanson
Video Orientations
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 Fragmentarium and CULTIVATE MSS
Fifty-Two Discoveries from the Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis Project
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies 