MediManus: the resource I wish had been available when I first started looking at medieval manuscripts
MediManus: the site I wish existed when I first started to look at medieval manuscripts 1 At the end of last week I was fortunate enough to have participated remotely in Colloquia Ceranea VIII, a conference hosted by the University of Lodz in Poland. I might have found my people academically: these people are using sources most of my Australian peers have never heard of let alone used. This is the first of two blogs I intend to write in response to this conference. In addition to having the opportunity to discuss my recent research on a medieval manuscript, I was speaking in the same session as Professor Alain Touwaide who is the highest academic figure in the area of historical pharmacology and the like. Needless to say, as someone who was going to be talking about an area of research in which I am completely self-taught, I was quite nervous. My paper was providing the highlights of my discoveries regarding Cambridge, Peterhouse Manuscript 222 followed by my reflections on...
