Tag: Edward IV genealogy

Press Release: Edward IV Roll On-Line Edition is Officially Launched!

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  15th century scroll gets 21st century treatment in transformative collaboration. With funding from the American Branch, University of Pennsylvania professor Emily Steiner leads multi-disciplinary team in transforming a critical Wars of the Roses genealogy at the Free Library of Philadelphia into an interactive, online digital edition – unlocking its many symbols and messages for the public. (Press Release: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 4, 2025) View the project online at https://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/chronicle-world

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Phase One of Edward IV Roll Project is Complete!

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Ariel Bates, Emma Dyson, Noa Nikolsky and Professor Emily Steiner pose with medieval manuscript roll

Young scholars present their discoveries at Free Library.  On December 12, the team at the University of Pennsylvania gave a presentation about the work they’ve completed so far on the “Edward IV Roll” and delivered a sneak preview of how their transcription and translation will fit into the digital mapping of the manuscript. The presentation was attended by members of the Special Collections staff at the Free Library of Philadelphia,

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Update on the Edward IV Roll Project

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Future Richard III's place on the family tree.

Scholars Make Progress, Find Surprises, on Edward IV Roll Project. Update on the Edward IV Roll Project: Earlier this year, the American Branch funded four scholars at the University of Pennsylvania to begin transcribing and translating Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis MS E201 – a long, multi-membrane propaganda scroll combining a chronicle of the history of the world from Creation with a genealogy of Edward IV, effectively marrying Biblical authority

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New Project Funded by American Branch

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American Branch Gives Grant Money for Innovative Edward IV Roll Project The Richard III Society-American Branch is pleased to announce that it has provided $3,000 in funding to four scholars at the University of Pennsylvania for the first phase of a multi-phase project to transcribe, translate, and digitally map the text of Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis MS E201, a 19-foot propaganda genealogy of Edward IV lavishly illustrated with portraits,

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