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Medieval Manuscripts to Get Technological Makeover

By Guest PostOctober 31, 2012Culture, Educationanglo saxon, app, bridgettine order, cara patterson, cathedral librarian, christine faunch, collection, device app, devon, emma cayley, exeter, exeter book, exeter manuscripts, exeter riddles, isca college, kelda richards, literary mysteries, literature, manuscript, medieval manuscript, medieval writing, nuns, old english, peter thomas, poetry, project, prototype, prototype model, sara hurley, secure storage, syon abbey, university

The world’s largest collection of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) poetry may soon be available on a smart device App, as part of a project initiated by the University of Exeter.

The App is in its prototype stage of development but in time will introduce school age pupils to the world of medieval manuscripts and the history of the book.

The initial stage will be based around Exeter Cathedral’s famous Exeter Book (10^th century) which features the Exeter Riddles, a collection of 96 literary mysteries. The University of Exeter’s Modern Languages department is working in collaboration with Antenna International to create the App which will reveal the secrets of medieval literature to a new audience. The research into the prototype model was initially funded by Research & Enterprise in Arts & Creative Technology (REACT) and Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF). (more…)

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Medieval Manuscripts to Get Technological Makeover

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