Ainoa Castro Correa
@ainoacastro.bsky.social
| :: Visigothic script :: | Mss Studies
PI ERC funded project #PeopleAndWriting
Universidad de Salamanca
PI ERC funded project #PeopleAndWriting
Universidad de Salamanca
🧵Is the piece of parchment too small?
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
May 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🧵Is the piece of parchment too small?
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
No problem – I’ll just stitch on another one to match!
#Materiality #MssStudies
Which means: when the forgery was made, the monastery was right in the middle of a major cultural, liturgical and graphic transition—and the script still shows signs of resistance to change.
May 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Which means: when the forgery was made, the monastery was right in the middle of a major cultural, liturgical and graphic transition—and the script still shows signs of resistance to change.
The aim: to provide an approximate production date for the charter dated 30 June 1023 (BNP, coll. de Bourgogne, vol. 77, no. 90), in which Sancho the Great reforms monastic life at San Salvador de Oña according to Cluniac custom.
May 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The aim: to provide an approximate production date for the charter dated 30 June 1023 (BNP, coll. de Bourgogne, vol. 77, no. 90), in which Sancho the Great reforms monastic life at San Salvador de Oña according to Cluniac custom.
We’re talking about a crucial period: the transition from the Hispanic to the Roman liturgy, a shift from local to international politics, and a major script change—from Visigothic to Caroline minuscule (see the per abbr.)
May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We’re talking about a crucial period: the transition from the Hispanic to the Roman liturgy, a shift from local to international politics, and a major script change—from Visigothic to Caroline minuscule (see the per abbr.)
Why does that matter? Because forging a document in 1033 is very different from doing it in, say, 1090—especially at such a pivotal moment in Iberian history. 😱
May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why does that matter? Because forging a document in 1033 is very different from doing it in, say, 1090—especially at such a pivotal moment in Iberian history. 😱
A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me for help dating a medieval document long considered a forgery. Yes, a forgery—but one with a precise date: the year 1033. And yet no one had ever asked: what if that date actually matches the likely time it was produced? 👇 #MssStudies
May 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A few weeks ago, a colleague asked me for help dating a medieval document long considered a forgery. Yes, a forgery—but one with a precise date: the year 1033. And yet no one had ever asked: what if that date actually matches the likely time it was produced? 👇 #MssStudies
Another personal sign — this time from the scribe of the document. Shaped like a puzzle piece! #PeopleAndWriting
April 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Another personal sign — this time from the scribe of the document. Shaped like a puzzle piece! #PeopleAndWriting
What's not to love about attestation signs in #Visigothic script? #PeopleAndWriting
April 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What's not to love about attestation signs in #Visigothic script? #PeopleAndWriting
Just hot off the press! New article reflecting on palaeographic terminology 😜
"La denominada escritura visigótica semicursiva: propuesta terminológica y metodológica"
revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HI...
"La denominada escritura visigótica semicursiva: propuesta terminológica y metodológica"
revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HI...
December 7, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Just hot off the press! New article reflecting on palaeographic terminology 😜
"La denominada escritura visigótica semicursiva: propuesta terminológica y metodológica"
revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HI...
"La denominada escritura visigótica semicursiva: propuesta terminológica y metodológica"
revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HI...
Interested in Spanish Palaeography? Join us for our @ies-sas.bsky.social online course! We'll cover everything from Visigothic to Gothic scripts 🤓, led by @manuelmunoz.bsky.social @jobetodoli.bsky.social , and yours truly. Expect lots of fun—and some seriously challenging scripts!
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Interested in Spanish Palaeography? Join us for our @ies-sas.bsky.social online course! We'll cover everything from Visigothic to Gothic scripts 🤓, led by @manuelmunoz.bsky.social @jobetodoli.bsky.social , and yours truly. Expect lots of fun—and some seriously challenging scripts!
The last one: four of my favourite people in academia: @o-xico.bsky.social Julia Crick, Adam Kosto and Wendy Davies (online) - always an incredible honour to have them around 💚
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
The last one: four of my favourite people in academia: @o-xico.bsky.social Julia Crick, Adam Kosto and Wendy Davies (online) - always an incredible honour to have them around 💚
Another of our outstanding PhD students (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/about/team/) sharing the results of the exercise designed to test the project's method (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/workshop/)
November 25, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Another of our outstanding PhD students (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/about/team/) sharing the results of the exercise designed to test the project's method (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/workshop/)
Here is a pic of me closing said workshop, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinarity and collaborative work - trying to look professional 🤓
November 25, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Here is a pic of me closing said workshop, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinarity and collaborative work - trying to look professional 🤓
Last Friday, we held a workshop (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/about/eve...) to discuss how to tackle the unknowns we face in our work. It was incredibly fun (though many questions unanswered)
November 25, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Last Friday, we held a workshop (peopleandwriting.usal.es/en/about/eve...) to discuss how to tackle the unknowns we face in our work. It was incredibly fun (though many questions unanswered)
What do you think? Same? 🧐
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 AM
What do you think? Same? 🧐
Let me now show you what happens when we apply the same exercise to the Book of Hours:
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Let me now show you what happens when we apply the same exercise to the Book of Hours:
Task complete—I can confirm it was indeed the same hand. Now, I need to identify its basic traits. Certain letters, signs, and ligatures are particularly revealing of the scribe's personal style. Putting everything together, we get this:
November 19, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Task complete—I can confirm it was indeed the same hand. Now, I need to identify its basic traits. Certain letters, signs, and ligatures are particularly revealing of the scribe's personal style. Putting everything together, we get this:
Due to its patron, the Book of Hours has been extensively studied, whereas the Commicus has not. To assess whether they were copied by the same hand, we first need to sample the Commicus to see if it was entirely written by the same person
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Due to its patron, the Book of Hours has been extensively studied, whereas the Commicus has not. To assess whether they were copied by the same hand, we first need to sample the Commicus to see if it was entirely written by the same person
The older codex, from 1055—the Book of Hours—was a royal commission, whereas the second codex, from 1073, is a practical book intended for use. Their script looks quite different 🤓
November 19, 2024 at 9:35 AM
The older codex, from 1055—the Book of Hours—was a royal commission, whereas the second codex, from 1073, is a practical book intended for use. Their script looks quite different 🤓
The colophons read:
Sancia cev uoluit quod sum regina peregit. / Era millena novies dena quoque terna / Petrus erat scriptor, Fructosus denique pictor
Explicitus est hic liber comitis a domni Petri abbatis sub era ICXIa
Sancia cev uoluit quod sum regina peregit. / Era millena novies dena quoque terna / Petrus erat scriptor, Fructosus denique pictor
Explicitus est hic liber comitis a domni Petri abbatis sub era ICXIa
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM
The colophons read:
Sancia cev uoluit quod sum regina peregit. / Era millena novies dena quoque terna / Petrus erat scriptor, Fructosus denique pictor
Explicitus est hic liber comitis a domni Petri abbatis sub era ICXIa
Sancia cev uoluit quod sum regina peregit. / Era millena novies dena quoque terna / Petrus erat scriptor, Fructosus denique pictor
Explicitus est hic liber comitis a domni Petri abbatis sub era ICXIa
The contestants are the Book of Hours of Fernando I (img) and a Commicus from San Millán de la Cogolla, both dated to the late 11th century (1055 vs. 1073) ...
November 19, 2024 at 9:28 AM
The contestants are the Book of Hours of Fernando I (img) and a Commicus from San Millán de la Cogolla, both dated to the late 11th century (1055 vs. 1073) ...
Some weeks ago a colleague asked me if I could check whether two Visigothic script codices could have been copied by the same scribe: a Petrus...
November 19, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Some weeks ago a colleague asked me if I could check whether two Visigothic script codices could have been copied by the same scribe: a Petrus...