This manuscript from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at University of Texas Austin, shows the cycles of the moon as seen from the central point (earth) with the sun illuminating one side of the moon consistently and how the moon appears changed as the suns light is reflected. This is a fifteenth-century Italian manuscript …
Often, the Adoration of the Magi feature magi (magicians or wisemen) from the three continents (Africa, Asia, and Europe) to symbolize the spread of Christianity to the entire world. This example, from the Grolier Club in New York, may be representing Balthazar as African, according to the influential work of Paul Kaplan (The Rise of …
This single fragment demonstrates the tremendous teaching potential in even a single bit of binding waste. The cutting hails from Engleberg, Switzerland and is housed today in a collection at Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Missouri, founded in 1873 as an offshoot of the Swiss monastery, Engelberg Abbey. Originally, this scrap was part of …
Digital Scriptorium Board Meeting October 15, 2021 Minutes Digital Scriptorium Monthly Board Meeting (Virtual) 15 October 2020 2:00-3:00 pm ET / 1:00-2:00 pm CT / 11:00-12:00 PT In attendance: Lynn Ransom, David Faulds, Lisa Fagin Davis, Ray Clemens, Vanessa Wilkie, Emma Thomson, Janine Pollock, Tamar Evangelistia-Dougherty, Sue Steuer Regrets: none Agenda DS Business: ● Welcome …
DS held its Annual Meeting on Friday 24 September 2021 from 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting was held remotely by Zoom with 56 people in attendance, including all members of the DS Board of Directors. This was a milestone meeting because it included elections for three new Board members and marked the end …
DS 2.0 Holds Stakeholder Meeting, Debuting New Data Model and Implementation Plans On April 30, 2021, the Digital Scriptorium (DS) consortium held a meeting for its members, associates, and other stakeholders to discuss the progress of the DS 2.0 Planning Grant. 57 attendees from over 35 institutions signed up for the virtual event. The meeting …
We will all remember 2020 as the year of Zoom, and on Friday 25 September 2020, Digital Scriptorium held it’s Annual Meeting remotely on the Zoom digital platform for video and audio conferencing. The restrictions for travel and in-person gatherings caused by COVID-19 made it impossible to hold our traditional all-day meeting as we did …
The Board of Directors of Digital Scriptorium is excited to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has just awarded DS a $100,000 National Leadership in Libraries grant. The IMLS grant is for one year to plan the technical rebuilding of the Digital Scriptorium online union catalog and to expand the breadth …
