VESTIGIA Manuscript Research Center
Collection and Cataloguing
The object of our research are manuscripts and collections of manuscripts which are made accessible for scientific analysis. Because VESTIGIA cannot deal with all imaginable manuscripts and collections , three criteria guide our selection of material:
Access to so far unknown or inaccessible collections, mainly in Southern and Eastern Europe. In this geographic area, smaller and larger collections have become accessible after the fall of political and ideological boundaries. Often, they are in private hands, but many are also owned by the Church. Anyway, a large section of the source material is theological in content.
Indexing of individual manuscripts and collections that have been unnoticed because of their language.
Indexing of palimpsests and fragments of manuscripts of mostly theological content which so far have gone unnoticed.
The material is collected in the research centre, but also locally. Our excellent equipment makes it possible to work on manuscripts and fragments that are too delicate to transport.