Objetivo The OPVS project challenges previous studies by resorting to the medieval readers perspective in order to rank medieval Europe s bestselling vernacular religious texts: we shall focus on successful texts with voluminous manuscript traditions, taking into account the most popular ones, extant in over 60 copies. All were written (or translated) in French, English or German: texts composed in other vernacular languages were not so widely disseminated.These manuscripts will bear testimony as to how, when and where they were produced. Because they have traces of their owners and have been annotated by medieval readers, they can also yield new data on medieval pious practices and religious reading.Previous studies have generally eschewed this documentary evidence, except in the case of deluxe copies. This neglect is due both to a greater interest for Latin treatises with lofty ambitions, and to the impossible challenge, for a single researcher, of dealing with multiple manuscripts, kept in libraries worldwide hence the need for new investigating methods and teamwork.Our project s novel perspective consists in studying these manuscripts both individually and comparatively, combining a traditional erudite approach and new serial methods (quantitative codicology). Relying on an innovative database, our aim is a) to develop a sophisticated typology of medieval religious manuscripts in vernacular languages, b) to determine when, where and in which milieus the selected texts were copied and circulated, giving new insights into all the agents involved in the European book trade of religious literature in vernacular languages especially workshops and book owners, and finally c) to produce comparative studies of medieval literacy and readership in France, England and Germany. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabaseshumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval historyhumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematography Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-SG-SH6 - ERC Starting Grant - The study of the human past Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2010-StG_20091209 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institución de acogida UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SORBONNE (PARIS IV) Aportación de la UE € 61 200,00 Dirección RUE VICTOR COUSIN 1 75230 PARIS Francia Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Géraldine Veysseyre (Dr.) Contacto administrativo Dominique Kreikenmayer (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (3) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SORBONNE (PARIS IV) Francia Aportación de la UE € 61 200,00 Dirección RUE VICTOR COUSIN 1 75230 PARIS Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Investigador principal Géraldine Veysseyre (Dr.) Contacto administrativo Dominique Kreikenmayer (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS Francia Aportación de la UE € 1 123 778,82 Dirección RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Ver en el mapa Región Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Patrick Mounaud (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Suiza Aportación de la UE € 49 093,18 Dirección RUE DU GENERAL DUFOUR 24 1211 Geneve Ver en el mapa Región Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Alex Waehry (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos