The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's Boethius
Analytical tools created as part of a comprehensive edition production technology (EPT) for image-based electronic editions can help editors reconstruct folios from lost or damaged manuscripts. A case in point is the Napier fragment of the Alfredian Boethius, the bottom portion of a MS leaf found an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2005-04-01
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| Series: | Digital Medievalist |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/articles/7 |
| Summary: | Analytical tools created as part of a comprehensive edition production technology (EPT) for image-based electronic editions can help editors reconstruct folios from lost or damaged manuscripts. A case in point is the Napier fragment of the Alfredian Boethius, the bottom portion of a MS leaf found and lost by A. S. Napier in 1886. Assembling and displaying Napier's detailed descriptions, digital tools can not only recreate a plausible reconstruction of the lost leaf, but also throw legitimate doubt on its authenticity. |
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| ISSN: | 1715-0736 |