The Digital Medieval Manuscript: Material Approaches to Digital Codicology

We increasingly encounter medieval books as digital facsimiles--zooming in on high-resolution images, clicking through virtual pages, or engaging with interactive displays. But what actually happens when a parchment manuscript is translated into a digital object? How does this change affect our understanding of cultural heritage?
This book explores the digital medieval manuscript as a unique cultural artifact, not just a copy of its physical counterpart. Through three case studies, it reveals how digital manuscripts function in libraries, museums, and scholarship today. Blending manuscript studies with digital humanities, it offers a fresh materialist approach to the discourse surrounding the digitisation of cultural heritage and provides a nuanced view of how it shapes the way we perceive, handle, and preserve medieval manuscripts in an increasingly digital world.

Author: Suzette Van Haaren
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill
Published: 09/04/2025
Series: Studies in Art & Materiality #10
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9789004705739