February 2026: First set of samples taken

The end of a fantastic week in Spain and we now have about half of the samples for the PPROTEX project. After 2 days in the Biblioteca Nacional de España I’d like to thank the wonderful members of the Departamento de Manuscritos, Incunables y Raros and the Departamento de Preservación y Conservación de Fondos, and … Continue reading “February 2026: First set of samples taken”

February 2026: Codicological studies complete!

A quick word of thanks to the curators and conservators at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze and the Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial for their generosity and collaborative spirit. The PPROTEX project has now been able to carry out a full codicological analysis of all of the … Continue reading “February 2026: Codicological studies complete!”

PPROTEX: Philological and Proteomic Analysis of Texts from the Reign of Alfonso X

In October 2025, our project began. We’ll post here some details of the activities we have all been engaging on! December 2025: Very happy to have begun the analysis of manuscripts in our PPROTEX project – the beneficiary of an APEX award from the The Royal Society, The Leverhulme Trust and The British Academy.First test … Continue reading “PPROTEX: Philological and Proteomic Analysis of Texts from the Reign of Alfonso X”

Crowdsourcing the Estoria de Espanna: pedagogical considerations for a crowdsourced transcription project

Transcribe Estoria should have been represented at the Leeds IMC this week, but unfortunately the realities of teaching remotely whilst home-schooling two small children meant that I was not able to go ahead with the digital conference. I suppose that makes me a statistic. The paper I had proposed was going to be entitled ‘Crowdsourcing … Continue reading “Crowdsourcing the Estoria de Espanna: pedagogical considerations for a crowdsourced transcription project”

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Antroponimia latina y germánica en la Estoria de España (texto 5)

En esta nueva entrada hemos querido hacer una aproximación a la antroponimia en la Estoria de España, particularmente en el fragmento 5 de Transcribe Estoria, dedicado al arzobispo de Toledo, llamado “Urbera”, de quien se cuenta que “levó a Asturias las sanctas reliquias e los libros e la sancta vestidura que Sancta Maria dio a … Continue reading “Antroponimia latina y germánica en la Estoria de España (texto 5)”

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On some graphic questions of the ms. C (Text 5) of the Estoria de España

The hand used in manuscript C of Alfonso X’s Estoria de España is a Gothic book hand. This was derived from the previous hand, the Caroline, and the habit of the scribes to make a beveled cut into the nib, towards the left. The Gothic hand is characterised by its quite uniform square form, slightly … Continue reading “On some graphic questions of the ms. C (Text 5) of the Estoria de España”

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Sobre algunas cuestiones gráficas del ms. C (texto 5) de la Estoria de España

La letra empleada en el manuscrito C de la Estoria de España de Alfonso X es una gótica libraria híbrida. Esta procede de la escritura anterior, la carolina, y del hábito de los amanuenses a realizar en la pluma un corte en bisel a la izquierda. La letra gótica se caracteriza por su forma cuadrada, … Continue reading “Sobre algunas cuestiones gráficas del ms. C (texto 5) de la Estoria de España”

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Texto 4: revisión de las transcripciones

Hemos revisado vuestra transcripción del Texto 4 y comprobamos, nuevamente, que el nivel de precisión cada vez es más elevado. ¡¡Enhorabuena!! Os felicitamos sinceramente por vuestra perseverancia e interés en contribuir al proyecto. Antes de nada, aquí tenéis una captura de la transcripción, con y sin expansiones: ¡¡échale un par (de ojos)!! Los errores del tipo … Continue reading “Texto 4: revisión de las transcripciones”

Text Four: review of your transcriptions

We have revised your transcriptions of Text 4 and we can confirm that the level of precision is yet again even higher. Great stuff! We sincerely congratulate you for your perseverance and interest in contributing to this project. Before we begin our feedback, here you have a screenshot of the transcription, with and without expansions. … Continue reading “Text Four: review of your transcriptions”

Palabras y religión en la Estoria de España

Como ya se explica en este blog en entradas anteriores, en la Estoria de España se tratan dos asuntos de envergadura para la historia religiosa de cristianos y musulmanes. Por un lado, el capítulo titulado “Delos fechos del anno catorzeno en que se fallo la cruz” trata el descubrimiento del lugar donde fue crucificado Jesús … Continue reading “Palabras y religión en la Estoria de España”