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.