The Digital Medieval Manuscript: Material Approaches to Digital Codicology

By Suzette Van Haaren

We increasingly encounter medieval books as digital facsimiles--zooming in on high-resolution images, clicking through virtual pages, or engaging with interactive displays. But what actually happens when a parchment manuscript is translated into a digital object? How does this change affect our understanding of cultural heritage?
This book explores the digital medieval manuscript as a unique cultural artifact, not just a copy of its physical counterpart. Through three case studies, it reveals how digital manuscripts function in libraries, museums, and scholarship today. Blending manuscript studies with digital humanities, it offers a fresh materialist approach to the discourse surrounding the digitisation of cultural heritage and provides a nuanced view of how it shapes the way we perceive, handle, and preserve medieval manuscripts in an increasingly digital world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004705732
• ISBN13: 9789004705739
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"