2020 Essays

Making the Edition of Ms. Fr. 640

Smith, Pamela H.

This essay describes the Making and Knowing Project’s creation of the Digital Critical Edition of Ms. Fr. 640 through interdisciplinary pedagogy and research. It elaborates the various components of the Project, including Text Workshops, Laboratory and Digital Seminars, institutional collaborations, and digital design and development. The potentials and pitfalls of the method of historical reconstruction in a laboratory are discussed, and an introductory survey of insights gained through the student research in texts, objects, and hands-on laboratory work is provided.