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Script and Signs. A computer-based analysis of high medieval papalcharters. A key to Europe's cultural history.The high medieval papal charters are in the focus of this
project.
Itaims at a detailed and systematic analysis of the
development of
writing in 11th and 12th century papal charters.The possibilities offered by pattern recognition help to
reconstruct the
process of changes in writing in a detailed way, whereas
until now the
development from the "papal curia" to the "papal minuscule"
and finally
to "Gothic writing" has been stated only roughly in a
general way. Other
characteristics of a charter, such as the "Benevalete" and
"Rota", will
also be examined in the project. The results will not only
be analyzed
paleographically and diplomatically, but will also be placed
in a
cultural and historical context. Apart from descriptive observations about when and how
changes in
writing were taking place, further questions will be worked
on in the
project. Why did these changes happen? Can they be related
to single
persons or events? Moreover, new knowledge about the papal
chancery -
the most efficient chancery in the High Middle Ages - will
be expected
by the automatically supported attribution to specific
scribal hands.
| Project manager: Prof. Dr. Klaus Herbers, Prof. Dr. Fees, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger, Elli Angelopoulou, Ph.D., Akad. Rat
Project participants: Dr. Thorsten Schlauwitz, M.A., Viktoria Trenkle, M.A. Benjamin Schönfeld, M.A. Benedikt Hotz, Dr.-Ing. Vincent Christlein
Keywords: Historical document analysis; Digital palaeography
Duration: 1.7.2012 - 30.6.2015
Sponsored by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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Christlein, Vincent ; Bernecker, David ; Hönig, Florian ; Angelopoulou, Elli: Writer Identification and Verification Using GMM Supervectors. In: IEEE (Ed.) : Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (2014 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Steamboat Springs, CO 24-26.03.2014). 2014, pp 998-1005. |
Institution: Chair of Computer Science 5 (Pattern Recognition)
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