![]() ![]() ‘Each video introduces one aspect of the materiality of the medieval manuscript book. This makes it possible to browse and view the manuscripts yourself, after watching the videos, for as long as you like, with ample opportunity to zoom in on details of your choice.’ In addition, every book she shows is made available as a digital facsimile by Leiden University Libraries on Europeana. We have incorporated some high-quality scans in the videos to show details that O’Daly discusses. ‘The videos help the viewer to experience part of the materiality of the manuscript book, such as form, size, but also sound, which is mostly lost in the traditional digitised form. In eight short videos, recorded in the Library’s Special Collections Reading Room, O’Daly presents the materiality of the codex from different angles, such as script, lay-out, traces of scribes and users.’ With the series, we aim to introduce new audiences to the distant but fascinating world of the medieval manuscript book. She teaches her students about the contents and materiality of medieval manuscript books. ![]() Leiden University’s manuscripts curator André Bouwman and ARMA officer Erik-Jan Dros describe what they did with manuscripts of the University library: ‘We made a video series in collaboration with Dr Irene O’Daly (Book and Digital Media Studies, Leiden University). Leiden University Libraries: an engaging video series They tell us more about how they worked to share the materiality of medieval digital objects and bring them to life for students. Three partners of the ARMA consortium were involved in the development of these materials for post-secondary education. The project has taken an innovative approach to co-creating content by working directly with educators at non-formal institutions and with teachers, lecturers and students at schools and universities. Partners have improved access, use and annotation of these objects via IIIF and created digital educational tools by curating content, writing editorials, producing a video series and designing learning scenarios. One of the project’s goals is to show the education community the importance of books and reading in medieval culture. So far, the project has seen around 28,000 items created between the years c.500 and c.1550 (medieval manuscripts, early printed books, coins and other objects) made available through the Europeana website. The ARMA project, running until August 2022, aims to show how medieval reading culture evolved and became a fundamental aspect of European culture. ![]()
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