A few days ago, Grant Edwards, PhD student at ITSEE in Birmingham and affiliated to Baylor University announced a new resource he has been compiling for some time, "The Collaborative Database of Dateable Greek Bookhands"(image below). This will be a collaborate and growing resource as users are able to sign up and submit new dateable manuscripts as well as suggesting revision to existing entries.
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Here is Edwards announcement (via Papy-L) with links to the database and further description:
Dear Colleagues,I am pleased to announce a new online resource: The Collaborative Database of Dateable Greek Bookhands. The CDDGB is a catalogue of objectively dated Greek manuscripts written in a literary script between 0-899 CE. In time, manuscripts from earlier centuries will be included as well.The database and a complete description of the project can be found here:To access the database directly click below:I hope this resource proves useful to those tasked with assigning dates to Greek manuscripts and to anyone interested in Greek handwriting.If you have questions or comments please email me directly at cddgb.baylor@gmail.com.Best regards,GrantEdwards | PhD studentInstitute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic EditingUniversity of Birmingham