Summer Paleography, Text, and Markup Workshops are an integral component of the Making and Knowing Project and provide intensive training in the accurate reading, editing, and interpretation of BnF Ms. Fr. 640. Participants gained paleographic skills in middle French as they collaborate on a transcription and translation of the manuscript, making use of new digital tools and methodologies.
Marc Smith, Professor of Medieval and Modern Paleography, École des chartes, Paris, co-led the three-week course at Columbia University, during which advanced graduate students from across North America and Europe transcribed and translated the manuscript. These workshops provided graduate students in French literary studies, history, and art history with training in Renaissance French hands, giving the students practice in the transcription and translation of the manuscript.
Seven Text Workshops have been held:
— Middle French Paleography Workshop, June 9-27, 2014 held at Columbia University, NY
— Middle French Paleography Workshop, June 1-19, 2015 held at Columbia University, NY
— Middle French Paleography Workshop, June 6-24, 2016 held at Columbia University, NY
— Translation and Markup Workshop, June 19-30, 2017 held at University of Toulouse, France
— Translation and Encoding Workshop, March 11-14, 2018 held at University of Toulouse, France
— Paleography, Encoding, and Translation Workshop, July 2-13 held at University of Toulouse, France
— Micro Paleography Text Workshop, September 15-21, 2018 held at Columbia University, NY
List of Paleography Workshop Participants
Letterforms in BnF Ms. Fr. 640
The digital critical edition is openly accessible at https://edition640.makingandknowing.org.
