Back in 2014, when we were still in the early days of transcribing for the 2016 Estoria Digital, we came across the issue of how to expand the abbreviation ‘muḡ’ which appeared in E2. Should we expand to muger or mugier, since both appeared unabbreviated in the manuscript? Diego Catalán and Inés Fernández-Ordóñez’s studies have … Continue reading “Usus scribendi and the Estoria Digital”
Author: Polly Duxfield
El usus scribendi y la Estoria Digital
Allá por 2014, en las primeras fases de transcripción de la Estoria Digital publicada en 2016, nos encontramos con la dificultad de cómo expandir la abreviatura ‘muḡ’, presente en el manuscrito E2. ¿Deberíamos expandir muger or mugier? Ambas posibilidades aparecían por extenso (no abreviadas) en el manuscrito. Los estudios de Diego Catalán y de Inés … Continue reading “El usus scribendi y la Estoria Digital”
Aspectos ideológicos de la Estoria de Espanna
Los estudiosos de la historiografía medieval ibérica, para los que Alfonso X y sus Estorias son de importancia monumental, reconocen que el Rey Sabio intervino en el proceso de composición de sus obras historiográficas para adaptar la reconstrucción del pasado a las vicisitudes de su vida política. A este respecto, la ruptura entre el rey … Continue reading “Aspectos ideológicos de la Estoria de Espanna”
Ideological aspects of the Estoria de Espanna
Scholars of medieval Iberian historiography, within which Alfonso X and his Estorias are of monumental importance, recognise that the Learned King intervened in the process of composition of his historiographical works to adapt the reconstruction of the past to the vicissitudes of his political life. In this respect, the rupture between the king and many … Continue reading “Ideological aspects of the Estoria de Espanna”
Texto 2: Trajano, el emperador español
Bienvenido al segundo pasaje de transcripción, en este caso sobre el emperador Trajano. Si te estás preguntando qué puede tener que ver esto con la historia de España, nos lo deja claro el texto en las primeras líneas: ¡según la crónica Trajano nació en Extremadura! A continuación puedes leer el texto del pasaje, en una … Continue reading “Texto 2: Trajano, el emperador español”
TranscribeEstoria y la edición colaborativa: recobrando el impulso de la comunidad
La semana pasada lanzamos el primero de los cinco textos para TranscribeEstoria, un proyecto colaborativo piloto en el que queremos poner a prueba nuestro taller de transcripción digital con vistas al desarrollo ulterior del proyecto. Como decimos, TranscribeEstoria es una iniciativa colaborativa (crowdsourcing) que, si continúa con éxito, permitirá ofrecer de manera íntegra la transcripción … Continue reading “TranscribeEstoria y la edición colaborativa: recobrando el impulso de la comunidad”
TranscribeEstoria and the collaborative edition: harnessing the momentum of the crowd
Last week we launched the first of the five texts for TranscribeEstoria, a collaborative project. This is a pilot for the eventual full project that we hope will take place as a result of the current project. TranscribeEstoria is a crowdsourcing initiative which will hopefully eventually see the transcription of manuscript C (MS 12837 BNE, … Continue reading “TranscribeEstoria and the collaborative edition: harnessing the momentum of the crowd”
Transcribe Estoria
Those who have been following us on Facebook or Twitter might have seen our recent posts about Transcribe Estoria. This is our new crowdsourcing project which will involve as many people as possible in transcribing manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna. We are working hard in the background getting everything ready for our autumn … Continue reading “Transcribe Estoria”
We’re back!
Guess what folks – we are back! We have not been sleeping since our 2017 exhibition but rather busily working hard on the next phase of the Estoria project. Watch this space for more news. Exciting developments are on their way this autumn.
The conference is this week!
The final conference is almost here, friends and colleagues from afar are already on the plane, those based closer to Birmingham will be arriving tomorrow and Tuesday morning, and although we can hardly believe it ourselves, the edition is ready to launch. You read that correctly. I know! I did wonder many times whether I was … Continue reading “The conference is this week!”