Fiddyment, Sarah, Teasdale, Matthew D orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-9975, Vnoucek, Jiri et al. (3 more authors) (2019) So you want to do biocodicology? A field guide to the biological analysis of parchment. Heritage Science. p. 35. ISSN 2050-7445
Abstract
Biocodicology, the study of the biological information stored in manuscripts, offers the possibility of interrogating manuscripts in novel ways. Exploring the biological data associated to parchment documents will add a deeper level of understanding and interpretation to these invaluable objects, revealing information about book production, livestock economies, handling, conservation and the historic use of the object. As biotechnological methods continue to improve we hope that biocodicology will become a highly relevant discipline in manuscript studies, contributing an additional perspective to the current scholarship. We hope that this review will act as a catalyst enabling further interactions between the heritage science community, manuscript scholars, curators and conservators.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2019 11:20 |
Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2025 00:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0278-6 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s40494-019-0278-6 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147071 |
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