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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

New blog post! An ontology is like a machine-readable blueprint for knowledge. This blog post walks through building the Cultural Heritage Interactions Ontology (CHint) - modeling how artworks interact with beliefs, events, and culture over time. Sofia Baroncini […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Sketches by Sofia Baroncini and Charles van den Heuvel to grasp the interaction between artworks and immaterial culture over time and space at the beginning of the development of the CHint Ontology. Copyright of the authors.

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Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) @ieg-mainz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Was verbirgt sich eigentlich hinter dieser auffälligen Fassade mitten in Mainz? Finde es heraus am kommenden Sonntag, dem Tag des offenen Denkmals®: Das Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte öffnet seine Türen und bietet ein abwechslungsreiches Programm⬇️ www.ieg-mainz.de/events/tag-d...

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Cfp: “Between Big Data and Obsolescence: Born-Digital Sources, Contemporary History, and the Politics of Access” www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/be… #Histodons #DigitalHumanities

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Event – GHI Washington

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Neuer Blogbeitrag! Lena Frewer schreibt in „Kreuzende Wege in der kleinen Stadt – ‚Knotenpunkt Wetzlar‘ digital“ über ihre Veröffentlichung eines Datensatzes zu juristischen Karrieren im Umfeld des Wetzlarer Reichskammergerichts (1693-1806). Entstanden ist die […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Gießen, Universitätsbibliothek, Hs 1216c, Stammbuch eines vermutlich württembergischen Studenten, 18. Jahrhundert, S. 344, urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-digisam-25479, Public Domain.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

To anyone who might be interested. Here are the links to the talk ‘Self-degradation as a Software Design Principle: How an Integrated Static Mode Sustains ConedaKOR as an Information Infrastructure’ (Abstract: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21695819) and to the poster ‘Archiving the Unfolding […]

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Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) @ieg-mainz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

From Mainz to Daejeon! Several researchers from the IEG's Digital Humanities Lab are presenting their research at #DH2026 in South Korea. We wish our colleagues many engaging discussions! More about DH2026: dh2026.adho.org Our presentations ⬇️@thwuebbena.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

How can historical maps help us understand everyday life in early modern Germany? From “Augenscheinkarten” of the Holy Roman Empire to rough sketches in local court records. Our postdoc fellow Aaron Larsen explores “Cartography for the Commons”, a project using […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

An early version of the Cartography for the Commons interactive map. (Screenshot by the author).

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

Neuer Blogpost! Die Forschung zu Friedensprozessen hat am IEG eine lange und vielfältige Tradition. Eine der wichtigsten Ressourcensammlung wurde neu aufgelegt: Die Datenbank und Online-Edition Europäische Friedensverträge der Vormoderne […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Startseite https://friedensvertraege.ieg-mainz.de/

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

We have good news! Our colleague Sofia Baroncini's doctoral thesis has been published on #arthistoricum today! “Diving into Artwork Interpretations through the Lenses of Semantic Data: An Application to Panofsky’s Iconological Studies” […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Cover image: Diving into artworks interpretations through the lenses of semantic data
an Application on Panofsky’s Iconological Studies

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

New blog post: “History as a Weapon: Historical Revisionism as a Tool of Russian Psychological Aggression in Social Media” by Olesia Zvezdova. As a fellow at the #DHLab_IEG, Olesia investigated methods of psychological aggression in Russia's war against Ukraine […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Illustration of the historical evolution
of Russian psychological influence in mass media
(top: artwork by Y. Scheglov; bottom: author’s screenshot from YouTube)

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

New blog post! The war in Ukraine has made one thing clear: cities are not just battlegrounds; they are living archives of memory, identity and resilience. Read “Sites of Memory VS Cultural Heritage: Urban Violence in Collective Narratives of Odesa Residents in […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

An example of art driven by witnessed urban violence. All rights reserved, copyright by Pavlo Kolomoets.

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Mareike König (she/her) @mareike2405.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

Heute und morgen bin ich am @IEG zum Workshop von @SarahOberbichler, Lauren Coetzee und Johanna Mauermann im Rahmen der Bring-your-own-data-lab von @hermes_datenkompetenzzentrum zu lokal gehosteten #LLM in den Geisteswissenschaften. Bin super gespannt! Meine […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Bildschirm mit der Präsentation und dem Titel in hellblau auf dunklem Grund: Vom für die Geisteswissenschaften. Vom General-purpose-Modell zum Spezialwerkzeug im Bring-your-owen-dar-lab

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Mareike König (she/her) @mareike2405.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Weiter geht es an Tag 2 im #LLM für die Geisteswissenschaften-Workshop von @hermes_datenkompetenzzentrum mit Lauren Coetzee und „Prompting and Benchmarking for the humanities“, dann Nachmittags Fine-tuning unserer eigenen Daten 👩🏻‍💻

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

Conf: “Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom” Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, 15-17 April 2026 The conference programme and further information is available at its website: […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Cal Montney: Librarian Barbara Nichols, filing reels of computer tape at Los Angeles County computer center in Downey, CA, 1976,
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections, CC BY 4.0

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Andreas Wagner @anwagnerdreas.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

@dta_cthomas @thomaskollatz @DHd @DHdKonferenz @BBAW Es gibt das sehr gute Paper von @SarahOberbichler und @cprog7 vom @DHLab_IEG , und @jonatan hat ein Position Paper für die @digicademy Mainz zusammengeschrieben. Nächste Woche kann ich mehr liefern... doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14924737 […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

RE: fedihum.org/@DHLab_IEG/115903529871… Noch zwei Wochen bis zum Bewerbungsschluss am 09.03.26. Falls Ihr auf der #DHd2026 seid, dann sprecht dort bei Fragen zur ausgeschriebenen Stelle auch gerne @fbncrmr, @ConstanzeBuyken, @cprog7 oder @ThWuebbena an.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

New blog post! Moritz Schepp and @ThWuebbena about an effective approach to sustainable research: “‘The last one leaves the light on’. Static service as a key to sustainable data provision” ConedaKOR, an open-source database system for cultural artefacts, now […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

A detail of the iconic Geisel Library on the UC San Diego campus.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

📢 New blog post! "How to transform years of archival work into a truly reusable resource?" - a key question for many scholars who want to share their data in the spirit of #OpenScience. In her post, Orysia Vira reflects her journey towards this goal during her @NFDI4Memory #FAIRData Fellowship […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

Job offer: full-time postdoctoral position – Digitality of Historical Research – to start on 1st of July 2026. The contract is fixed-term and limited to a maximum of five years. Salary: German pay grade TV-L EG 13. Please send your application by 09.03.2026 […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Graphic withe the words „We are hiring“ on it.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

📢 New post on the #DHLab_IEG blog: "Data Ethics in Historical Research: Recognising Responsibility". Based on the valuable discussions at the "Data Ethics for Historical Research'" conference in November, Sofia Baroncini, @ConstanzeBuyken, @fbncrmr, Ian Marino, @SarahOberbichler, @cprog7, Elena […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

"Wissenschaftliche Integrität in der Arbeit mit großen Sprachmodellen" - darüber sprechen Cindarella Petz @cprog7 und @SarahOberbichler morgen um 10:00 Uhr in der @NFDI4Memory -Reihe "Von Büchern zu Bytes". Seid dabei und erfahrt mehr über die Anwendung von #LargeLanguageModels in der […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025

Kurzer Reminder für die heutige Online-Veranstaltung mit @cprog7 im Rahmen des @hermes_datenkompetenzzentrum Netzwerktreffens: "Buchstabensalat oder Haarknäuel? Zur Anwendbarkeit von Topic Modeling, Text Mining und Netzwerkanalyse" 🗓️ 17. 11.2025 ⏰ 16:00-17:30 Uhr ➡️ Infos / Anmeldung […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025

Can we trust general-purpose LLMs for rigorous academic work? According to @SarahOberbichler from #DHlab_IEG, research integrity demands specialized AI models, not general-purpose LLMs when using AI as an analysis tool. Join her upcoming talk online or at CESR […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Infoflyer for the announced event. Left: Pictures of Newspaper articles. Right: Text with announcement. The text reads: "Humanites Numeriques Tourangelles, Mercredi 26 novembre 2025, 17h-19h - Tours, CESR - Salle Rapin et en visioconférence. #9 Argument Mining in News Media: Tailoring Models and Methods for Responsible Application, Sarah Oberbichler - Digital Humanities Lab, Leibniz Institute of European History."

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025

Promovierende aufgepasst: Ihr seid euch unsicher, ob Topic Modeling das richtige für eure computergestützten Auswertungen ist? Oder doch lieber (nicht) Netzwerkanalyse? Und welche Alternativen gäbe es? Am 17. 11. (16-17:30 Uhr) habt Ihr die Gelegenheit, euch […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Johanna Mauermann just published a new blog post about her experience at #TPDL2025. She attended the conference to present a joint paper on studying model design biases in LLMs for multilingual historical newspaper extraction. Read the full post here […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Johanna Mauermann, Collage, 2025. All rights reserved. Original photos: Antoine Doucet.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

International conference "Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era. Critical Reflections and Best Practices" 📍Mainz (Germany)/hybrid event 📆10–12 Nov. 2025 Make sure to register now and be part of the conversation! ➡️ […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Flyer zur Tagungsankündigung mit Text und Logos.
Text: International Conference, Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era. Critical Reflections and Best Practices, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Mainz, Research group "Digitality in Historical Research: Methods and Research Data" | DH Lab, in cooperation with NFDI4Memory and the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 10-12 November 2025, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 2, DE-55131 Mainz, concept and organisation: Sofia Baroncini, Constanze Buyken, Elena Suárez Cronauer. Register here for on-site and online participation: events.adwmainz.de/data-ethics, Conference website and program: ieg-dhr.github.io/Data-Ethics
Logos: IEG, NFDI4Memory, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2025

How can we analyse museum collections as data—especially those not designed for analysis? What are the ethical questions around migrants’ material culture? Today at the DEZIM workshop (University of Bielefeld), Sofia Baroncini from the #DHlab_IEG explores these […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Colourful announcement slide. Text in image: Hands-on session. An exploratory analysis of DOMID dara. DEZIM workshop, 29 October 2025, Sofia Baroncini, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) | DH Lab - Mainz, Germany, baroncini@ieg-mainz.de

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

How can we ensure AI serves cultural heritage responsibly — not just efficiently, but ethically? @SarahOberbichler from our #DHLab_IEG will be joining this critical conversation at the BRAID Responsible #AI and #CulturalHeritage Forum on November 6, 2025 (10:00 […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Text in image/Text im Bild: Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage. BRAID Responsible AI and Cultural Heritage Forum. November 6, 2025

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

📢Die Ausschreibung der @NFDI4Memory #FAIRdata Fellowships 2026 ist gestartet und das @IEG freut sich wieder auf eure Bewerbungen! ➡️https://4memory.de/aktivitaeten/fellowships/ Auf unserem Blog bekommt ihr Einblicke in die Projekte, die wir am #DHLab_IEG bisher betreut haben: darunter in diesem […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

New blog post! In “Learning about history in a digital world. ‘The Digital Logbook’ as a research project and educational resource” Laura Niewöhner writes about her current project, which aims to develop a learning platform that supports historical learning […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Students Lab (Schüler*innen-Labor), Foto: Stephan Kreher, Universität Bielefeld, all rights reserved.

A Mockup for a digital logbook with different narrative puzzle pieces.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

New blog post: “From ‘So what?’ to ‘What's next?’ Joining the C²DH in Luxembourg as a visiting researcher.” Reflecting on her time at the #C2DH in #Luxembourg, our #DHLab_IEG colleague @SarahOberbichler illustrates how a research environment can shape a scholar […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2025

📢 New blog post! In "From Access to Ethics: Data Discussions at the DH2025 Conference in Lisbon", our #DHLab_IEG team members Sofia Baroncini, @ConstanzeBuyken, @JuditGarzon, Ian Marino, @SarahOberbichler and Cindarella Petz @cprog7 share their impressions of the #DH2025. Take a look at the […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

On the last day of the #DH2025 conference, @JuditGarzon and @ConstanzeBuyken present their poster on "Small Grants, Big Opportunities: Enabling Inclusivity and Innovation in Digital Humanities". Come and join us at at the esplanada to find out more about it and talk to us about the @NFDI4Memory […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

You are interested in how symbols and meanings vary in the art history hermeneutic discourse? Then don't miss the talk on "An analysis of symbolic associations in the Arts based on open data" by our colleague Sofia Baroncini at the #DH2025! Discuss the paper with Sofia and her co-authors during […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

Turning to the next contribution from the #DHLab_IEG at the #DH2025: Sofia Baroncini will be speaking on 'Improving access to interchanges between material and immaterial cultural heritage through semantic modeling' (co-speaker: Melissa Macaluso). The paper is co-authored with Charles van den […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

#DH2025 Join us for the next session on 'Digital Access and Critical Approaches to Archives, Repositories and Education' and discuss "LLMs as Analysis Tool: A Framework for Implementation, Evaluation and Critical Assessment" with our colleagues @cprog7 and @SarahOberbichler! We look forward to […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

At #DH2025, we start the day with a contribution from our colleague, Ian Marino, on the panel 'The global state of digital history: Establishing data culture(s) in uncertain times' organised by @NFDI4Memory. We are looking forward to an interesting discussion between the panellists! You can find […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2025

This week, part of the #DHLab_IEG is present at the international #DigitalHumanities Conference of the #ADHO in Lisbon. Today, we start with a poster presentation on "Innovative Pathways to Data Literacy: Tailored Formats for Humanities and Cultural Studies" by @JuditGarzon and her colleagues […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2025

Neu erschienen: Stegbauer, C., Häußling, R. (eds) Handbuch Netzwerkforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Mit einem Kapitel unserer Kollegin Cindarella Petz ( @cprog7): Petz, C. (2025). Zur Geschichte der historischen Netzwerkforschung […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

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Thorsten Wübbena @thwuebbena.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2025

Call for papers! International conference “Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom” -> ieg-dhr.github.io/techno_optimism

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025

New blog post! The team of the DFG project “ForNet” about “Forgeries and Networks: data transformations” dhlab.hypotheses.org/7237 #DHLab_IEG #arthistory #DigitalArtHistory #networkanalysis #forgeries

Network graph of artworks, institutions, and people

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Monika Barget @mob.akademienl.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2025

Delighted to announce that the paper on best practices in pre- and post-ATR for historical research that I co-authored with @koen_hufkens is now available on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/15703825 Big thanks to @hermes_datenkompetenzzentrum for funding our initial workshop at @DHLab_IEG […]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2025

If you are in Fontainebleau this year for the ‘Festival de l'Histoire de l'Art’, you should come and see the presentation by our colleagues Jaap Geraerts (IEG) and Henry Keazor (Heidelberg University) on our research project ‘Forgeries and Networks (ForNet)’ on […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2025

New blog post! Our current DH Fellow Kimberly Lifton with: “Talking About Muslims in Middle French: The Potential of Word-to-Vector Models for Studying Semantic Relationships in Medieval Languages.” dhlab.hypotheses.org/4713 #DHLab_IEG #medieval

An illumination of the Great Khan at a banqueting table being served by his men above text in bastarda script.

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DH Lab IEG @dhlab-ieg.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2025

Today at 2:30 pm our colleague Sofia Baroncini and our former Senior Research Fellow Charles van den Heuvel will speak on the topic ‘A Saint on the Move: Modelling and Representing the Ephemeral and Uncertainties in the History of the Procession of the Holy […] [Original post on fedihum.org]

Reliquary chest of Saint Servatius in the Treasury of the Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht, Netherlands. So-called 'Christ panel' and 'Saint Peter side' of the chest. From left to right on the Saint Peter panel: St Peter, St Andrew, St Matthew, St Thomas, St Judas (Thaddeus) and St Simeon. Mosan (Maastricht?), gilded copper over wood. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaastrichtNoodkist04.jpg

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