Medieval Library Catalogues and Intellectual Networks

The utility of network analysis and visualization tools for historical research, including in premodern fields, has by now been amply demonstrated. While the bulk of established projects approach network analysis as a means of elucidating relationships between individuals or communities – correspondents exchanging letters, members of societies – the same techniques can be harnessed to elucidate other types of data, providing a new means of entry into some difficult historical problems. When it comes to medieval manuscripts, there is ample material, but research is often hampered by lack of information about the provenance and use of the material – that is, the individuals associated with the books. If we expand our understanding of networks to include relationships between texts and manuscripts rather than individuals and communities, network analysis can help to fill in certain kinds of background information about manuscripts and their affinities.
This project adopts early medieval library catalogues as

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