SIGLUM has been founded to carry out comprehensive research into manuscripts. It aims to promote the study of manuscripts and the development of different manuscript cultures through the ages. Our group was set up by a team of philologists in 2020 but it soon attracted other scholars, including historians, art historians, conservators, chemists, experts on the history of the book and paper production, linguists, literary critics, cultural experts, musicologists, archivists and librarians. Our research projects embrace manuscripts from different geographical and cultural regions and include both, early sources as well as contemporary handwritten documents. We share the passion for manuscripts and we recognize the need to study them in their manifold aspects and in an integrated way – as carriers of texts, works of art, monuments of culture, heritage of the past and material objects. The manuscripts we study come from various collections, such as Warsaw University Library, the National Library in Warsaw, departmental libraries and many other archives in Poland and abroad.
SIGLUM is an inclusive group, open to new people, projects and areas of research. We would like the manuscript studies to be a vital part of the academic universe. We hope that everyone who has thus far worked independently will join us so that SIGLUM can become a prominent research unit at the University of Warsaw. If you want to join us let us know by sending an email to siglum@wn.uw.edu.pl.
International conference on Data and Language: Perspectives on Reasearch in Digital Editions of Historical Sources will take place on 13-15 November 2024 at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw. The conference is co-organised by the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Humanities at John Paull II Catholic University in Lublin, in collaboration with the Foundation for Digital Activities (Fundacja Działań Cyfrowych). For further details, see the conference website: digital history uw.
XXIV Conference on Chemical Analysis and Conservation (Analiza Chemiczna w Ochronie Zabytków) will take place on 28-29 November 2024, at the Center of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Żwirki Wigury 101, Warsaw. Two keynote lectures will open the conference on 28 November: „Investigating paper of the royal Drangsong collection from Lo Monthang in Upper Mustang, Nepal”, prof. Agnieszka Helman-Ważny (Faculty of Journalism, Information and Bibliology of the University of Warsaw and Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg) “The art of bookbinding: micro-CT analysis of book structures — the case of Mary Stuart’s prayer book”, […]
The National Library of Latvia (NLL) invites to register for the international conference Footprints of the Early Modern Book: Transnational Mobility between the Low Countries and the Baltic Sea Region to be held at the NLL on 25–27 November 2024. The goal of the conference is to discuss the dynamics of social and geographical mobility reflected by the Early Modern book trade, printing equipment, and printed works, as well as the cross-border movement of knowledge, skills, and traditions. The influence of printers, booksellers, and libraries will be explored, uncovering the diverse voices and perspectives that shaped the book in the Early Modern […]
