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CSMC
CSMCCentre for the Study of
Manuscript Cultures

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Cluster of Excellence

Research Fields

Combining approaches from the humanities and the natural sciences, the Cluster is organised in eleven research fields, which focus on different dimensions of written artefacts, such as their materiality, spatiality, content, and format.

Research Fields

RFA

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Artefact Profiling
Research Field A
RFB

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Inscribing Spaces
Research Field B
RFC

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Creating Originals
Research Field C

RFD

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(Re-)Shaping Written Artefacts
Research Field D
RFE

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Archiving Artefacts
Research Field E
Data Linking

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Data Linking
Research Field F

Notebooks

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Keeping Note(book)s
Research Field G
Rosetta Stone

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Exploring Multilingual Written Artefacts
Research Field H
RFI

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Formatting Multigraphic Artefacts
Research Field I

Graffiti

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Situating Graffiti
Research Field J
RFK

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Selecting Materials
Research Field K