Main URL

pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/geographies-of-orthodoxy-electronic-resources

Description

Geographies of Orthodoxy offers a new account of an English devotional phenomenon and affective literary tradition usually characterised as 'pseudo-Bonaventuran' by modern commentators. This first comprehensive study will enable the retrieval and mapping of religious interests and reading practices that would otherwise be completely lost.

Geographies of Orthodoxy aims to examine and make openly accessible through the latest electronic means the entire material remains of the anglophone pseudo-Bonaventuran tradition. The relevant extant manuscript miscellanies and anthologies also reflect the interests and identities of more than one generation of book producers, readers and owners.

The database records biobibliographical, codicological and textual analysis relating to the English pseudo-Bonaventuran corpus. The website will render the project's codicological findings accessible to the scholarly community, and thus open the manuscript corpus to wider critical debate.

Scope

This resource is of particular interest to scholars in manuscript studies, codicology and religious literature.

The database provides detailed textual profiles of selected texts and codicological descriptions. These can be browsed by manuscript title or identifier, and there is a keyword search. There are additional contextual essays and a project blog. Users can register to annotate and comment on resources.

Special Characters

The resource includes the searchable special characters thorn (þ) and yogh (ȝ).

About the project

The project was led by Professor John Thompson (QUB), with Dr Ian Johnson (St Andrews) and Dr Stephen Kelly (QUB). The project received funding from the AHRC.

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Contact

https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/geographies-of-orthodoxy-electronic-resources