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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · 14d

DS seeks to appoint an early career library professional or postdoctoral researcher with a background in premodern manuscript studies for a full-time, NEH-funded, 22-month Manuscript Data Curation Fellowship. To apply, please follow this link: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Manuscript Data Curation Fellow

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder: Next Tuesday, September 30 is our Annual Meeting of the DS Membership! Any and all are welcome to attend, either in person at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio or virtually over Zoom. To register, please follow this link: forms.gle/xXHkCyfJaUii...

2025 Digital Scriptorium Annual Meeting

Please fill out this form to register for the 2025 Digital Scriptorium Membership Meeting at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Please register if you plan to...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Aug 28

This month's blog explores how usage statistics for the DS Catalog tell us which manuscript records are most accessed by researchers, allowing DS member institutions to make more informed decisions about their collections.

For more about how we do that: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Aug 14

DS is co-organizing a session for the 2026 ICMS in Kalamazoo with the @peripheralmss.bsky.social team on "Medieval Manuscripts in North America, and How They Got Here." Got an idea for a paper? Submit here: icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...

Medieval Manuscripts in North America, and How They Got Here

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jul 28

For this month’s blog, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social considers the Peripheral Manuscripts Project, the missions of PMP and DS, and the value of smaller and Midwestern collections: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jun 26

New to the DS blog: DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social follows a trail of connections between manuscripts and their formers owners made possible through the DS Catalog, with some expert insight from @laurajcleaver.bsky.social!

Read here: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jun 17

New to the blog: WMU Professor and Librarian for Distinctive Collections @suembs.bsky.social discusses the significant benefits institutions with smaller manuscript collections receive as a result of their participation in DS: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Jun 13

On this Friday the 13th, thanks to the quality metadata received from members, here are the records in the DS Catalog for manuscripts that have been described as being about superstitions, omens, and (ill?) fortune🔮: tinyurl.com/4w7bp7ks

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Rose A. McCandless @rosemccandless.bsky.social · Jun 3

@digitalscriptorium.bsky.social data work leading to some interesting connections… keep an eye out for our next blog post!!

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 29

New to the blog, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social considers how DS can contribute to improving institutional data by providing an outside set of eyes: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 16

In light of new research on a Magna Carta manuscript held by Harvard Law School, DS Manuscript Data Curation Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social investigates early manuscripts containing Magna Carta that are discoverable in the DS Catalog.

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 14

With recent new additions from Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania, the DS Catalog now boasts representation of just over 2,000 manuscripts with Hebrew language content. Take a look at these in our member collections through this link: search.digital-scriptorium.org?f%5Blanguage...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 13

Perhaps you heard about the Large Hadron Collider experiment that (very briefly) turned lead into gold? www.home.cern/news/news/ph...

What better way to explore this dream of medieval alchemists than looking for manuscripts in the DS Catalog about gold, lead, and alchemy⚗️! tinyurl.com/mubs6nk7

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC

In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Transforming the...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 10

Yet another connection made by the DS Catalog at ICMS: A 16th century paterik (or compiliation of hagiographic texts) in Church Slavonic held at Harvard University (MS Slavic 27 / DS10364) of interest to a researcher at University of Michigan!

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 9

Another connection made by DS: Researchers from Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities working on Coptic manuscripts were delighted to search the DS Catalog and learn about the existence of WMU MS 190 / DS 6477 while visiting our ICMS exhibit!

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · May 8

It's passed but the recording will be up on YouTube ASAP!

Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 8

As part of the 60th ICMS festivities at WMU, join @sims-mss.bsky.social Curator @leoba.bsky.social and DS Board President @suembs.bsky.social for Coffee with a Codex on the Road as they look at DS6452 / WMU MS 170!

search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS6452

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Coffee with a Codex on the Road: Treatise of the Eucharist at Kalamazoo

On May 8, Curator Dot Porter will present WMU MS 170, a 12th century copy of a treatise of the Eucharist by Paschasius Radbertus, abbot of Corbie, with an extensive marginal apparatus.

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 8

Seems like a good time to highlight manuscript objects in the DS Catalog about various popes and the papacy⛪: tinyurl.com/784buaba

This subject keyword highlight is thanks to expert descriptions from scholars and catalogers from our members institutions!

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 8

As part of the 60th ICMS festivities at WMU, join @sims-mss.bsky.social Curator @leoba.bsky.social and DS Board President @suembs.bsky.social for Coffee with a Codex on the Road as they look at DS6452 / WMU MS 170!

search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS6452

www.library.upenn.edu/events/coffe...

Coffee with a Codex on the Road: Treatise of the Eucharist at Kalamazoo

On May 8, Curator Dot Porter will present WMU MS 170, a 12th century copy of a treatise of the Eucharist by Paschasius Radbertus, abbot of Corbie, with an extensive marginal apparatus.

www.library.upenn.edu

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 2

Huge thanks to our Manuscript Data Curation Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social for the creating the descriptive metadata needed for these records and the staff at the Chapin Library for assisting her efforts!

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · May 2

Among the newest additions to the DS Catalog are the manuscript holdings of Williams College, who just joined DS in October 2024.

Their collection is now searchable and browsable in the DS Catalog alongside other institutions: tinyurl.com/54m5bykx

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Apr 30

Folks: we've officially surpassed 25,000 records in the DS Catalog! 🎉🎉🎉

This is a momentous milestone in making manuscript objects in North American collections more discoverable and the data about them more powerful!

Take a look at this treasure trove yourself: search.digital-scriptorium.org

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Apr 29

In this month's blog post, DS Graduate Fellow @rosemccandless.bsky.social explores how we define what belongs (and what doesn’t) in the DS Catalog—and why it matters.

Read about how Rose and the DS Advisory Council consider boundaries, identity, and mission: digital-scriptorium.org/about/blog/2...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Apr 18

What kind of information about a manuscript can you see in a DS Catalog record?

This handy chart shows the kinds of metadata we capture and aggregate about manuscripts as well as the vocabularies we align to for improved browsing and searching: digital-scriptorium.org/help/using-t...

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Apr 15

The DS Catalog has thousands of keywords to facilitate manuscript discovery. Thanks to expert catalogers and our data enrichment process, you can explore one of the two certainties in the world (according to Ben Franklin).

Here are manuscript objects about taxes and taxation💸: tinyurl.com/3whwy8bu

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Digital Scriptorium @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social · Apr 10

Answer: Otto Ege!

Check out these posts from DS members about their research regarding manuscript objects once owned by Ege, including the fragments he was so (in)famous for.

Rochester Institute of Technology: www.rit.edu/news/rit-stu...

Ohio State University: news.osu.edu/rare-medieva...

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