Journal | magazén
Monographic journal issue | 3 | 1 | 2022
Research Article | Temporal Philology
Temporal Philology
Reconstructing Patterns of Avvisi Creation and Distribution With Travel Times
Abstract
Manuscript newsletters are by definition documents in motion. While they were written up, adapted and reassembled, they spread information all over the European continent. In the Florence State Archives, the documents are being preserved in separate folders reflecting their varied origins. It is known that these volumes have been rearranged during archival works in the centuries following their creation, the value of this distinction is therefore not wholly clear. By applying digital methodologies, however, we can calculate the dynamics of the travel times. This both tells something about the inner workings of this news system and also allows us to reapply this data to make an educated guess about the origin of these documents.
Submitted: Feb. 2, 2022 | Accepted: April 6, 2022 | Published June 30, 2022 | Language: en
Keywords Travel times • Archives • XML • Mail • Manuscript newsletters (avvisi)
Subtags Documents Publication Preservation Collection Society Textual data Analysis
Copyright © 2022 Wouter Kreuze. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/mag/2724-3923/2022/05/001
