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It is with great pleasure that we publish the programme for the third annual Estoria de Espanna Digital Project colloquium, otherwise known as the ‘II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia de la Lengua e Historiografía: Estoria Digital’ to be held in Seville in November 2015.  

This morning Aengus and I were discussing the problems solved and caused by digitally editing medieval manuscript prose. One of the points raised was that the digitised images we use to transcribe from can often be of a far higher quality than the human eye could see in real life without magnifying tools. As long … Continue reading “Original manuscripts or digital images? That is the question.”

Well here we are at the start of another academic year. They seem to roll round more quickly every time, and suddenly we find ourselves with just over a year to the end of this phase of the project. How time flies. Over the summer, as usual, things have gone a little quiet here at … Continue reading “Estoria Project update for the new academic year”

Call for Papers for the next Estoria Colloquium. This year we will be at the Universidad de Sevilla, 23-24th November. CFP Sevilla 2

Everyone knows that here at the Estoria project we love a bit of cake. And what better excuse that the birthday of our very own Mr Christian Kusi-Obodum BA(hons) PGCE?  

My maternity leave from the project is due to start at the end of this week and I still have loads of work to do. My house is not yet a nest that a swallow or a robin would be proud of – far from it – and my kitchen cupboards are nearing empty. So … Continue reading “Childbirth in Medieval Times”

It might seem like it has all gone quiet at the Estoria project, but of course that is not really the case! You know us – we are hardworking researchers. We are continuing to beaver away on our transcriptions and we feel like we can see light at the end of the tunnel. Hooray! We … Continue reading “Project update”

Here at Estoria Towers we interrupted our busy day of transcribing, thesis-writing and preparing for Friday’s seminar at QMUL for our daily tea and cake break, but today this was no ordinary tea break. Our esteemed leader Dr Aengus Ward is christening his brand new Alfonso mug, courtesy of Dr Jules Whicker, and our beloved … Continue reading “Special tea break!”

We are now back into the swing of the project after a nice Christmas break and we already have a few exciting things in the pipeline. Our next outing is set for the coming week, when the UK-based members of the team will be travelling to Queen Mary University of London to talk about the … Continue reading “A quick update”

The second Christmas of the project is now upon us and the team have gone their separate ways to spend the festive period with their loved ones. This seems a good opportunity to take stock of how the project is going, as we are now at the halfway point of the four years of the … Continue reading “Merry Christmas from the EDIT team”