Byzantine seals in a digital age: new tools for European research

Projektinformationen

Digiseal

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 655492

DOI 10.3030/655492

Das Projekt endete am 14 Dezember 2016

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 24 März 2015

Startdatum 1 September 2015

Enddatum 31 August 2017

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 183 454,80

EU-Beitrag € 183 454,80

Koordiniert durch

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

Ziel

The study of the Christian medieval eastern empire (Byzantium) can not rely on resources in manuscript form: as in most ancient and medieval societies, documents were authenticated by sealings, and unlike those documents, today lost, seals survived in large quantities, largely in museums, libraries and private collections. The seals contain descriptions of the persons responsible and their chosen iconography; they have the potential to fill something of the documentary void, if they can be made readily available in searchable form, and associated with other relevant sources. Over the years, scholarly understanding and analysis of Byzantine seals (sigillography) has been improving, but the resultant publications are expensive and not easily accessible; recently an international network of scholars has been discussing the possibility of online publication of this material, using the subset of TEI-XML markup known as EpiDoc, developed initially for inscriptions, coins and papyri, with particular input from King's College London, where this fellowship will be based. This proposal is to allow me to become the first expert in ‘SigiDoc’ – publishing seals in EpiDoc – as a resource for scholars, teachers, and the curators who need to make their materials comprehensible to a wider public. The training will refine my skills in Byzantine sigillography, and introduce me to the Digital Humanities, the advanced application of information and communication technologies in humanities research and teaching: I will learn to use a range of tools in a totally independent way, being a crucial asset for the development of my career. The outcomes will be: 1) a digital corpus of Byzantine seals, in a full scholarly edition, intended to serve as a pilot and to establish standards; 2) a set of tools and protocols for others to use; 3) guidelines collecting and explaining those tools: the aim is to enable and encourage interoperability between projects in Europe and beyond.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• social sciences › educational sciences › didactics
• humanities › history and archaeology › history › medieval history
• humanities › arts › modern and contemporary art › cinematography
• humanities › languages and literature › literature studies › history of literature
• humanities › other humanities › library sciences › digital humanities

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Byzantine history
• sigillography
• digital humanities
• digital edition
• TEI-XML markup technology
• dissemination
• guidelines
• knowledge transfer
• heritage management
• museum
• private collections

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Koordinator

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 183 454,80
• Adresse: STRAND ; WC2R 2LS London ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Westminster
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 183 454,80