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‘Whoever steals this book will go to Hell’: Our Artefact of the Month is, in many ways, a typical example of 19th-century #music #manuscripts. However, it contains a statement of ownership that reveals its extraordinary value to its creator uhh.de/csmc-aom-34

Aus aktuellem Anlass: Auf SAT.1 REGIONAL gibt es diesen schönen Beitrag über unser Cluster zu sehen: sat1regional.de/uni-hamburg-ma…

Vacancies! Now that our #exzellenzcluster will keep going for at least another seven years (🥳), we are seeking numerous doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to work on written artefacts across materials, periods and regions within our collaborative team: uhh.de/csmc-uwa-ii

We had the pleasure of hosting a meeting of the Hanseatic University Alliance last night. Among other things, our brilliant PhD students Stefano Farinella and Malgorzata Grzelec presented their work in historical epistemology and archaeometry, respectively uhh.de/csmc-hau

Today, we look into the relationship between handwriting and the history of philosophy again: In the ‘Philosophy by Hand’ series, Margherita Mantovani and Yoav Meyrav will discuss ‘The Image of Death and the Misplaced Quire: A Tale of Two Codices’: uhh.de/csmc-hepmasite

Introducing TAMAR: our new open-access web tool lets you display digitised manuscripts side-by-side with transcriptions or additional info. Developed in a project on Biblia pauperum manuscripts, TAMAR is adaptable for a wide range of research purposes: uhh.de/csmc-tamar

Over the next two days, we will explore a cultural technique that lies at the heart of producing and disseminating written artefacts. Join us online for our two-day workshop on ‘Learning to Write’: uhh.de/csmc-learning-…

Join our team in 2026! We're seeking multiple doctoral candidates and postdocs to advance research on manuscripts and other written artefacts at our cluster. Apply now — just over one week left! uhh.de/csmc-jobs

Much of what we know about everyday reading practices in #Arabic writing cultures comes from audition certificates. We make these valuable #manuscripts accessible to research on an online platform. A new version now offers #OpenAccess to over 5000 sources: uhh.de/csmc-acp

He studied falling objects before Galileo, discovered Snell’s law before Snell, pioneered interpolation before Newton, invented binary before Leibniz – yet remains barely known. The 1st part of our PhD Research Series deals with Thomas Harriot's notebooks: uhh.de/csmc-harriot

Colonial encounters were transformative events in the life cycle of manuscripts in Muslim societies. From 19–21 June, our workshop explores the complex legacy of these encounters, revealing both loss and new intellectual horizons Hybrid event, all welcome! uhh.de/csmc-colonial-…

The Berlin Traiphum might be the most spectacular surviving manuscript of its kind. Measuring 33m in length, it opens up a unique panorama of Buddhist cosmology. Our alumnus Peera Panarut explores it together with his colleagues at the Museum of Asian Art: uhh.de/csmc-traiphum

What untold stories lie within the very fabric of one of the world’s most famous maps? Researchers from our Mobile Lab visited the Biblioteca Marciana to study the renowned Fra Mauro Map. A captivating short film about this project is out now. Full video: uhh.de/csmc-fra-mauro

Headaches? Plagued by a Jinn? In love with your neighbour’s wife? In West African manuscript cultures, written artefacts were produced to address all kinds of life problems, as Jannis Kostelnik explains in this essay: uhh.de/csmc-kostelnik Part 2 of our PhD Research Series

Carian inscriptions display notable diversity, from funerary stelae and graffiti to public and votive texts. Tonight at 6:15 pm, Ignasi-Xavier Adiego Lajara (Universitat de Barcelona) presents his current research on these enigmatic texts. Hybrid event. All welcome! uhh.de/csmc-lajara

Integrating archaeometry and philology to gain deeper insights into a deteriorated, multi-layered Qur’anic codex: Four of our colleagues just published this paper in the European Physical Journal Plus: link.springer.com/article/10.114… Open access!

The MprinT project explores how Islamic religious life on the Swahili coast was transformed by print. Our Data Linking team has just launched a continuously expanding online information system providing access to key sources: uhh.de/csmc-mprint-in…

Celebrating manuscript studies on both sides of the Atlantic! We're looking forward to the reception with our colleagues from the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies IMC_Leeds tonight. Join us if you're there! #IMC2025 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2025/meeti…