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,
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,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Schallek Awards These grants of $2,000 support graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain. They help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, photocopies, microfilms, and other research materials. Four outstanding Ph.D. candidates are this year’s recipients: Bethany Donovan at the
