The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's Boethius

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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Main Author: Kevin Kiernan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2005-04-01
Series:Digital Medievalist
Subjects:
A.S. Napier
forgeries
Old English
manuscript studies
Edition Production Technology
tools
Online Access:https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/articles/7
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spelling doaj-26d82c5bd7cf44ebac078c4aac615e512020-11-25T00:03:05ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesDigital Medievalist1715-07362005-04-01110.16995/dm.77The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's BoethiusKevin Kiernan0University of KentuckyAnalytical 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.https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/articles/7A.S. NapierforgeriesOld Englishmanuscript studiesEdition Production Technologytools
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The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's Boethius
Digital Medievalist
A.S. Napier
forgeries
Old English
manuscript studies
Edition Production Technology
tools
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title The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's Boethius
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title_full The source of the Napier fragment of Alfred's Boethius
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issn 1715-0736
publishDate 2005-04-01
description 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.
topic A.S. Napier
forgeries
Old English
manuscript studies
Edition Production Technology
tools
url https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/articles/7
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