Category Archives: Julie Somers

Digital Tools for Medieval Texts: Workshop at the Huygens ING

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

By Julie Somers At the Huygens ING in The Hague, researchers and program developers convened last week to discuss the creation of tools that are intended to help all ‘scholars-at-large’ of medieval manuscripts use digital technologies in useful ways. The … Continue reading →

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Image Interrupted – The Unfinished Medieval Manuscript

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

By Julie Somers Recently, I received as a gift a pretty amazing coloring book full of images of medieval tapestries. Beautifully drawn copies of medieval masterpieces, yet empty and free to the possibility of re-creating them in my own fashion, … Continue reading →

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Oh! The Places You’ll Go!: The Amazing Places Medieval Manuscripts Have Been Discovered.

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Julie Somers Lately, as I investigate the networks along which medieval manuscripts traveled, my thoughts often turn to connections with my own books. When I look at my home library, although many of the stories remain with me, most of … Continue reading →

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Dear Santa … A Wish List for the Medievalist

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

By Julie Somers With only ten days left until Christmas, many people (like myself) are still searching for the perfect gifts. In my internet shopping adventures I discovered some unique ways to share my love of the middle ages and … Continue reading →

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Libraries, Museums and Disaster Prevention – Keeping things from getting Sandy

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

By Julie Somers Often when searching through catalogs on medieval manuscripts I come across descriptions that simply state; ‘fire damage, water damage or mold damage’.  I am immediately curious as to how this damage occurred? Was it recent or did … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the ‘Scanabego’…

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

By Julie Somers Since the Library of Alexandria, knowledge has been collected and stored. It has been guarded and preserved for future generations.  However, it has also been the case that accessing these stores of knowledge can be difficult and … Continue reading →

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“A monastery without books is like a fortress without an armoury”

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

By Julie Somers As the summer comes to a close and the new semester begins, I attended a week long course on ‘The Book in Western Europe’ sponsored by the University of Amsterdam Bijzondere Collecties ‘Books from Afar’ Summer School.  … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Glory

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

By Julie Somers Ahh summer… a time for sunshine, holidays and a Friday blog post from California! This week I visited one of my favorite places in San Diego, The Balboa Park. Home to more than fifteen museums and the … Continue reading →

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The Body of a Book and the Hand of a Script

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

By Julie Somers Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise, of painting speech and speaking to the eyes, That we by tracing magic lines are taught, how to embody and to color thought? W.M. Massey, 1763 June has been a … Continue reading →

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From Medieval to Millennial in One Week

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

By Julie Somers During a very rainy week in April, I was lucky enough to participate in a training workshop on Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age. MMSDA is sponsored by The Institute of English Studies, funded jointly by COST … Continue reading →

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