Lisa Liddy: Transcribing, Translating and Copy-Editing

11/03/2022

Look what just arrived in the post!

16/08/2021

It would appear palaeography commissions are like buses... none for weeks and then four appear in one day! Sadly I had to refuse one as it was beyond my expertise, so if anyone fancies translating a printed 11th-century Latin chant let me know and I will pass on your name to my client.

23/06/2021

Palaeography Tutorials now available. One-on-one virtual tuition in reading medieval and early modern documents in Latin, Anglo-Norman and/or English. Using your own documents or mine. Message me for further details!

03/06/2021

Just finished my first ever online palaeography tutorial and it was so much fun!

17/05/2021

Revisiting my Venetian documents today. This is the notarial sign of Bernardino Maliavatio, public notary of Venice, 1608.

10/05/2021

This little beauty was supposed to be my morning commission but I just couldn't wait to get started so did it during a rainy Saturday instead!

02/05/2021

Some very tricky palaeography from 16th-century France for yet another new client!

29/04/2021

Another new client and a welcome return to my favourite medieval language!

26/04/2021

All about the Alice Thornton project I've been working on!

You may remember that back in 2019 we published news of a remarkable discovery made by Dr Cordelia Beattie from The University of Edinburgh of a lost autobiographical work of Alice Thornton, a British writer during the English Civil War, and the daughter of the Lord Deputy of Ireland.

The work, that had been presumed missing since the late 19th century, was discovered among Durham Cathedral’s archive collections and is now to be edited and digitised for all to enjoy thanks to funding received from Arts and Humanities Research Council - AHRC. You can read the full story here: https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/news/university-research-project-receives-funding-to-digitise-alice-thornton-manuscripts-discovered-at-durham-cathedral

Sending a huge congrats to our friends at the University of Edinburgh. We’re thrilled to be a part of this wonderful project.

Pictured: Dr Cordelia Beattie, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
History at the University of Edinburgh, with the missing text at Durham Cathedral.

22/04/2021

An IPM for a new client with promises of more work to come!

19/03/2021

On today's agenda Ashover Manor Court Rolls