As they were restored at the National Unification Museum, Alba Iulia, the manuscript fragments were digitized, described and published on the Fragmentarium website (click on the image below). During the project, 32 classification files related to the manuscripts restored through the project were drafted. These requests for the classification of these manuscripts in the National […]
On the 14th of November 2022, within the exhibition, the second demonstrative workshop of medieval calligraphy on paper and parchment was organized. The facilitator of the workshop, one of Romania’s best medievalists, shared the workshop participants some introductory elements of Latin Paleography, and, thereafter, he initiated them into the various writing styles used in the
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On September 12 and 13, 2022, two parchment production and processing workshops were organized. In the first workshop, our expert illustrated the parchment processing process, with specific informations regarding the technical aspects of making parchment from various types of skins and the influence of technological parameters in obtaining the special characteristics of various uses of
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Opening of the traveling exhibition at the Maihaugen Museum in LillehammerIn parallel with the on-site exhibition, between January 2022 and August 2022, the preparatory stages for the opening of the exhibition in Norway were carried out, through collaboration between the Romanian Academy, the Cluj-Napoca Branch and Bjerkaker LearningLab. The partner institution Bjerkaker LearningLab undertook all
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The film “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval culture from fragments of codices” documents the medieval history of Cluj in relation to the fragments of parchment manuscripts restored within the project. It reveals some “pages” from the multi-ethnic, multicultural and pluri-confessional history of medieval Cluj and Transylvania. The documentary film about the restoration process
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The Fragmed exhibition catalogue can be consulted here: A Transylvanian Puzzle – Exhibition Catalogue
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The spring months of 2022 were marked by the intense development of activities to facilitate the exhibition. Facilitator assistants within the exhibition provided a large number of groups (pupils, students, master’s students, PhD students) with guidance in visiting the exhibition. This type of guidance was carried out throughout the implementation period of the exhibition activity.
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On March 31, 2022, the first demonstration workshop of medieval calligraphy on paper was organized. The workshop was facilitated by Prof. univ. Dr. Adrian Papahagi and the two assistant exhibition facilitators. 17 students of “Babeș-Bolyai” University from Cluj-Napoca participated in the workshop. Here are some pictures.
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The flyer which contais informations about the 21 items restaurated within the Fragmed project can be consulted here: Flyer
On February 8, 2022, the Library of the Romanian Academy in Cluj opened the exhibition including the 21 manuscript fragments restored and described within the FRAGMED project, as well as other exhibits. Several essential stages of the project “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: Reconstructing medieval culture from fragments of codices” were completed by the opening
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