The training text: Del conseio que ouieron los de carthago como fiziessen contra los romanos

We hope you are finding your way around our transcription system well. Remember that in addition to the videos, you can see (and download) a pdf from the beginning of the Training page which gives you all of the information you need to use the transcription desk: While you are practicing on this passage, you … Continue reading “The training text: Del conseio que ouieron los de carthago como fiziessen contra los romanos”

Welcome to Transcribe Estoria!

Today, we launch the signup process at our research and public engagement project Transcribe Estoria. From today, you can sign up to explore the world of medieval manuscripts, and Alfonso el Sabio’s great history of Spain, the Estoria de Espanna, composed around the year 1270. On the project website, you will have access to a … Continue reading “Welcome to Transcribe Estoria!”

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.