%0 Journal Article %1 carlquist_medieval_2004 %A Carlquist, Jonas %D 2004 %J Literary and Linguistic Computing %K Editionstechnik, Editionstheorie %N 1 %P 105--118 %R 10.1093/llc/19.1.105 %T Medieval Manuscripts, Hypertext and Reading. Visions of Digital Editions %U http://llc.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/1/105 %V 19 %X How was a medieval manuscript meant to be read? This is a question that has concerned me for a long time in my work with Old Swedish manuscripts from Vadstena Abbey. In many manuscripts we can find traces of the historical reading situation; for example, pointing hands, marginal notes, etc. Such signals had an important function for the medieval reader, but they are rarely put forward in modern printed editions. I maintain that many of these paratextual notes can be explained with the help of hypertext theory, and be emphasized in a digital edition. I discuss this possibility by giving some examples from Scandinavian composite manuscripts. I show how digital technology together with new philological theory can give new life to medieval manuscripts, as digital editions together with the use of linking give the modern reader a deeper understanding of manuscript culture. This is possible because new philology revalues the concrete textual witnesses of a manuscript and takes each single version of a text into discussion. A printed edition is a much too clumsy tool if the aim is to give the modern reader a clear view of the uses of manuscript during the Middle Ages, but with digital technology an edition can be more complete by applying different layers of information.

@article{carlquist_medieval_2004, abstract = {How was a medieval manuscript meant to be read? This is a question that has concerned me for a long time in my work with Old Swedish manuscripts from Vadstena Abbey. In many manuscripts we can find traces of the historical reading situation; for example, pointing hands, marginal notes, etc. Such signals had an important function for the medieval reader, but they are rarely put forward in modern printed editions. I maintain that many of these paratextual notes can be explained with the help of hypertext theory, and be emphasized in a digital edition. I discuss this possibility by giving some examples from Scandinavian composite manuscripts. I show how digital technology together with new philological theory can give new life to medieval manuscripts, as digital editions together with the use of linking give the modern reader a deeper understanding of manuscript culture. This is possible because new philology revalues the concrete textual witnesses of a manuscript and takes each single version of a text into discussion. A printed edition is a much too clumsy tool if the aim is to give the modern reader a clear view of the uses of manuscript during the Middle Ages, but with digital technology an edition can be more complete by applying different layers of information.}, added-at = {2012-11-05T14:51:45.000+0100}, author = {Carlquist, Jonas}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20b5183bfe63e71185b318ff70093bff9/avs}, doi = {10.1093/llc/19.1.105}, file = {Carlquist_2004_Medieval Manuscripts, Hypertext and Reading.pdf:/Users/stockhausen/Sync/Bibliographie/storage/7H9CXWUD/Carlquist_2004_Medieval Manuscripts, Hypertext and Reading.pdf:application/pdf}, interhash = {9ce8a8c9c93921f20d9febef65d52b0f}, intrahash = {0b5183bfe63e71185b318ff70093bff9}, issn = {0268-1145, 1477-4615}, journal = {Literary and Linguistic Computing}, keywords = {Editionstechnik, Editionstheorie}, language = {en}, month = apr, number = 1, pages = {105--118}, timestamp = {2012-11-05T14:51:49.000+0100}, title = {Medieval Manuscripts, Hypertext and Reading. Visions of Digital Editions}, url = {http://llc.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/1/105}, urldate = {2012-11-02}, volume = 19, year = 2004 }