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Principal Investigators (PIs)
Principal Investigators (PIs)
cPI Åslaug Ommundsen
cPI Åslaug Ommundsen
University of Bergen
University of Bergen
Åslaug is a palaeographer specializing in the study of medieval Latin manuscripts and book fragments. Her research focuses on medieval book production, scribal practices, and the transmission of texts in the North Atlantic region. She leads WP1, focusing on the earliest books and their networks, and also has a coordinating role in WP5.
PI Tuomas Heikkilä
PI Tuomas Heikkilä
University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
Tuomas is a historian and a specialist in medieval literary culture in the Nordic countries, with particular interest in the use and function of books, manuscripts and literary networks. His work centers on the political and social role of literacy and writing during the Middle Ages, especially in the Eastern Nordic region. He leads WP4, investigating literary networks in the North, and also has a role in WP5.
PI Matthew Collins
PI Matthew Collins
University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
Matthew is a bioarchaeologist with expertise in the biomolecular analysis of ancient materials, particularly parchment. His research focuses on the application of scientific methods to understand manuscript production, livestock origins, and the processes of bookmaking. He leads WP2, investigating parchment and its production methods.
PI Lars Boje Mortensen
PI Lars Boje Mortensen
University of Southern Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
Lars is a literary historian and a scholar of medieval Latin literature. His research explores the cultural, intellectual, and social aspects of literature in the Middle Ages. He leads WP3, exploring aspects of textual heritage.
Team Bergen
Team Bergen
Tom Lorenz
Tom Lorenz
University of Bergen
Tom’s research focuses on multilingual manuscript cultures in medieval Europe focusing on fragments, palimpsests, and modified manuscripts in Latin, Old Norse and Middle Low German. He contributes to the survey of Nordic collections with medieval manuscripts in WP5.
Steffen Hope
Steffen Hope
University of Bergen
Steffen is a historian specialising in the textual production of the medieval Nordic sphere, in particular liturgy and history-writing. His research examines the role of texts in the construction of identities and in the promotion of the cult of saints, and he has worked extensively on liturgical fragments.
Linn Therese Nicolaysen Hauan
Linn Therese Nicolaysen Hauan
University of Bergen
University of Bergen
Project coordinator and communication adviser.
Team Helsinki
Team Helsinki
Jaakko Tahkokallio
Jaakko Tahkokallio
National Library of Finland
National Library of Finland
Historian specializing in high- and late-medieval manuscript culture.
Tuuli Kasso
Tuuli Kasso
University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
Conservator, archaeologist and scientist specialised in the study of materials, craftsmanship, and history of art.
Marko Halonen
Marko Halonen
University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
Marko is a historian with a specialization in calendars, digital stemmatogy, phylomemetics and textual criticism.
Team Copenhagen
Team Copenhagen
Jiri Vnoucek
Jiri Vnoucek
Royal Danish Library
Royal Danish Library
Conservator of parchment, paper and bookbinding.
Ismael Rodriguez Palomo
Ismael Rodriguez Palomo
University of Copenhagen
Ismael is a bioinformatician specialised in computational analysis of ancient proteins. His research focuses on the statistical modelling of ZooMS data, in particular applied to parchment.
Marie Vest
Marie Vest
Royal Danish Library
Team Stockholm
Team Stockholm
David Haskiya
David Haskiya
Swedish National Archives
Swedish National Archives
David is a research engineer and digital humanities expert with a specialisation in manuscript studies. His research focus is on data integration and long term preservation of digital material. He has a special role in coordinating the tasks of WP5.
Erika Kihlman
Erika Kihlman
Stockholm University
Stockholm University
Medieval Latin, especially editorial philology and textual criticism. Medieval commentaries connected to medieval teaching and education.
Annika Ekman
Annika Ekman
Swedish National Archives
Annika is a medieval Latinist specializing in philology, textual and attribution criticism. Her research has focused on biblical commentaries and she is especially interested in medieval intellectual culture and education.
Claes Gejrot
Claes Gejrot
Swedish National Archives
Swedish National Archives
Claes is a Latinist specializing in Swedish medieval Latin. In his research he has mainly worked with diplomatics and text editions.
Thea Winther
Thea Winther
Swedish National Archives
Thea is a preservation specialist who works with questions linking the care and conservation of the collections, and the scientific and analytical needs of the preservation department. She is trained as a conservator with a Master's degree and brings experience in conservation, conservation science and collection care. Her recent work focuses on analyzing medieval pigments, inks, and colorants on parchment.
Anna Lagerqvist Alidoost
Anna Lagerqvist Alidoost
Swedish National Archives
Anna is a paper conservator and head of Collection Care and Conservation at the Swedish National Archives. She holds degrees in Art History and Conservation, and is specialized in the characterisation, degradation and possible stabilisation of iron gall inks. In the CODICUM project, she coordinates the sampling work of the conservation team at the Swedish National Archives.
Albin Larsson
Albin Larsson
Swedish National Archives
Team Reykjavík
Team Reykjavík
Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson
Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson
Árni Magnússon Institute
Árni Magnússon Institute
Guðvarður's research centers on palaeography, codicology, manuscript studies, philology and medieval literature.
Hjalti Snær Ægisson
Hjalti Snær Ægisson
University of Iceland
Hjalti is a literary historian specializing in translation studies, hagiography and Christian history. His research focus is on Old Norse literary translations from Latin and saintly culture in medieval Iceland.
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Dan Bradley (Trinity College Dublin)
Dan Bradley (Trinity College Dublin)
Ole Nørregaard Jensen (SDU)
Ole Nørregaard Jensen (SDU)
Jan Brunius (independent, Stockholm)
Jan Brunius (independent, Stockholm)
Lucie Dolezalová (Charles University, Prague)
Lucie Dolezalová (Charles University, Prague)
Michael Gullick (independent, Stevenage)
Michael Gullick (independent, Stevenage)
Ira Rabin (University of Hamburg)
Ira Rabin (University of Hamburg)
Peter Stokes (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris)
Peter Stokes (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris)
Jo Story (University of Leicester)
Jo Story (University of Leicester)
Teresa Webber (Cambridge University)
Teresa Webber (Cambridge University)
William Duba (Université de Fribourg)
William Duba (Université de Fribourg)
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