ABSTRACT

This introductory article offers an in-depth discussion of the special issue’s overall theme, as well as summaries of the individual contributions and a reflection on how digital tools are reshaping research. The first section covers the recent flourishing of large-scale digitization projects along with advances in material sciences and in a range of scholarly disciplines including paleography and codicology, art history, musicology, literary studies, and conservation and restoration, all of which have explored previously unimaginable possibilities for the study of medieval manuscripts. The second section focuses on the articles gathered for the special issue: those helping to create a theoretical framework, those presenting the results of recent projects, and a group of case studies that reveal how scholars are gradually adopting digital technologies and material studies as essential research tools. The third and final section suggests new avenues of investigation and methodological approaches to promote and improve our current understanding of Iberian manuscript materiality.

摘要

这篇介绍性文章对特刊的总体主题进行了深入讨论，并对个人贡献进行了总结，并对数字工具如何重塑研究进行了反思。第一部分涵盖了最近蓬勃发展的大型数字化项目以及材料科学和一系列学术学科的进步，包括古地学和古法学、艺术史、音乐学、文学研究以及保护和修复，所有这些都是以前探索过的研究中世纪手稿的不可想象的可能性。第二部分侧重于为特刊收集的文章：那些有助于创建理论框架的文章，那些展示最近项目结果的文章，以及一组案例研究，揭示学者如何逐渐采用数字技术和材料研究作为基本研究工具。第三部分也是最后一部分提出了新的调查途径和方法论方法，以促进和改善我们目前对伊比利亚手稿重要性的理解。