Welcome to the CSMC Guide to Written Artefact Profiling!
This Guide introduces the scientific methods and analytical means from the field of artefact profiling that are available at the CSMC for the study of materials used to produce written artefacts (WA), including computational methods applied to their digital reproductions. This guide intends to be a tool 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.
This Guide has multiple sections, each of which can be read independently and serve as entry points to its content. Additional information on how to use the guide and how to contribute to it can be found in the About section.
