Welcome to the CSMC Guide to Written Artefact Profiling!
This guide introduces the scientific methods and analytical tools available at the CSMC for the study of materials used to produce written artefacts (WA), including computational methods applied to their digital reproductions. It intends to foster multidisciplinary collaborations among researchers from the humanities, natural sciences, and computer science.
Artefact profiling adds to the information retrieved from fields such as codicology, paleography, art history, textual criticism, and text editing in order to date, locate, or authenticate written artefacts, amongst other activities. Such an approach can also assist the activities of cataloguing, conservation, and preservation. Additionally, it offers insights into the economic and cultural contexts in which raw materials and goods, such as wood or animal skins, have been produced, used, and traded.
Where to start from here? Read our Guide to the Guide.
