WP 1 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT

WP Leader: Marco Scarpa 

Participants: Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Iva Trifonova

Duration: from Month 1 to Month 36

–   Task 1.1 - Coordination of scientific and technical activities and the administrative and financial management of the project.

–   Task 1.2 - Establishment of scientific contacts with the library collections, in which manuscripts related to the project are preserved: 

-        Bulgaria: Cyril and Methodius National Library - Sofia, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Sofia, Ivan Vazov National Library - Plovdiv; 

-        Serbia: National Library of Serbia – Belgrade, Serbian Patriarchate Library – Belgrade, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art Archives – Belgrade, Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church – Belgrade, Matica Srpska – Novi Sad; 

-        Mount Athos: libraries of the monasteries of Zograf, Hilandar, St. Panteleimon, the Great Lavra; 

-        Russia: State Historical Museum – Moscow, Russian State Library – Moscow, National Library of Russia – Saint Petersburg; 

-        Vatican: Vatican Apostolic Library, etc.

–   Task 1.3 - Creation of effective models to be used for the research in the field of Slavic digital palaeography. 

WP 2 – CREATION OF THE NEW SCIENTIFIC MODELS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MEDIEVAL SLAVIC HANDWRITINGS

WP Leader: Vasya Velinova

Participants: Marco Scarpa, Veselka Zhelyazkova, Iva Trifonova, Elissaveta Moussakova 

Duration: from Month 1 to Month 36

–   Task 2.1 - Collection in a single database of specialized scientific literature.

–   Task 2.2 - Scientific discussion with Slavic, Greek and Latin palaeography specialists.

–   Task 2.3 - Research, construction and application of new models and tools for the analysis, understanding and identification of medieval Slavic writing.

–   Task 2.4 - Organization of a scientific forum at the end of the project. The final results of the conference will be presented through specific lectures, organized in universities in Bulgaria and abroad.

–   Task 2.5 - Collection of scientific reports from the various conferencesю

WP 3 – ARCHAEOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE ALREADY PUBLISHED MATERIALS

WP Leader: Elissaveta Moussakova

Participants: Marco Scarpa, Vasya Velinova, Constanța Burlacu, Milena Davidović, Marta Riparante

Duration: from Month 1 to Month 12

–   Task 3.1 - Archaeographic study of the manuscripts and compilation of a list of already recognized by research South Slavic writers from the XIV century.

–   Task 3.2 - Research for South Slavic manuscripts from the XIV century in all existing paper and online catalogues of manuscripts and the compilation of an online list of these manuscripts

–   Task 3.3 - Integration to the list of writers with material from the catalogues.

WP 4 – WORK WITH MANUSCRIPTS FROM BOOKSTORES

WP Leader: Veselka Zhelyazkova

Participants: Marco Scarpa, Iva Trifonova, Vasya Velinova, Elissaveta Moussakova, Milena Davidović, Marta Riparante 

Duration: from Month 13 to Month 36

–   Task 4.1 - If possible, de visu inspection in bookstores in order to verify the data extracted from the catalogues.

–   Task 4.2 - Selection of illustrative material from the manuscript heritage in order to plan the photo shooting.

–   Task 4.3 - Shooting or ordering photos in order to upload them to an online database.

–   Task 4.4 - Development of information materials for the project and the creation of a project website, presenting its main goals, tasks, participants, upcoming events, workshops, conferences, public reports, documents, etc. 

WP 5 – COPYISTS AND SCRIPTORIA

WP Leader: Marco Scarpa

Participants: Iva Trifonova, Vasya Velinova, Elissaveta Moussakova, Milena Davidović, Constanța Burlacu

Duration: from Month 13 to Month 36

–   Task 5.1 - Identification and study of the written features of each known (or unknown by name) writer in comparison with other copyists. 

–   Task 5.2 - Study of personality and creative activity of the identified copyists

–   Task 5.3 - Study of the scriptoria, in which South Slavic writers worked.

–   Task 5.4 - Preparation and exposition of a photographic and documentary exhibition in Sofia and other cities, dedicated to the writers of the XIV century. 

–   Task 5.5 - Organization of Summer School on Slavic palaeography.

–   Task 5.6 - Design and creation of an interactive online map of the scriptoria of the Balkans from the XIV century (in Bulgarian and English), with a photo of the monastery (if possible), a list of manuscripts that were written there and a link to a database. 

WP 6 – DESIGN AND CREATION OF MODELS, TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR STORAGE, RESEARCH AND ACCESS TO DIGITAL OBJECTS AND METADATA FOR MEDIEVAL SLAVIC HANDWRITING

WP Leader: Desislava Paneva-Marinova

Participants: Radoslav Pavlov, Maxim Goynov, Jordan Stoikov, Marco Scarpa, Constanța Burlacu, Marta Riparante 

Duration: from Month 1 to Month 36

–   Task 6.1 - Design, development of methods and tools for digital description and the consequential cataloguing of medieval Slavic handwriting. 

–   Task 6.2 - Modelling and creation of technological components for the storage of digitized medieval Slavic handwritings and the metadata for them.

–   Task 6.3 - Creation of a concept and technological solution of complex specialized software for digital web access, extraction and curation for medieval Slavic handwriting and metadata for them.