LostMa ERC
@lostma.bsky.social
ERC-funded digital humanities research project on how texts experience processes of preservation, evolution, and extinction.
Run by @jbcamps.bsky.social
Hosted at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
More info: https://lostma-erc.github.io/
Run by @jbcamps.bsky.social
Hosted at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
More info: https://lostma-erc.github.io/
Reposted by LostMa ERC
It's good to see that the latest paper by @jbcamps.bsky.social and other members of the @lostma.bsky.social team is already making an impact!
How do we calculate loss of written works? A depressing but important new study notes that "the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time." 📜🖋️
Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study estimates 60% of medieval texts and over 95% of manuscripts were lost through centuries of copying and destruction.
archaeologymag.com
July 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It's good to see that the latest paper by @jbcamps.bsky.social and other members of the @lostma.bsky.social team is already making an impact!
Reposted by LostMa ERC
Freshly out in @pnasnexus.org: "On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems"
The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1
#science 🧪
The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1
#science 🧪
On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems
Abstract. Knowledge of past cultures relies heavily on surviving written material. Over the centuries, texts were copied, altered, and often lost, leaving
academic.oup.com
July 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Freshly out in @pnasnexus.org: "On the transmission of texts: Written cultures as complex systems"
The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1
#science 🧪
The first major publication of project @lostma.bsky.social , where we lay down our methodology for studying the transmission, evolution or disparition of texts. /1
#science 🧪
Reposted by LostMa ERC
Revisionnez la séance de séminaire de @jbcamps.bsky.social dédiée aux enjeux de la transmission textuelle dans le cadre du projet @lostma.bsky.social.
À retrouver sur Vimeo !
À retrouver sur Vimeo !
Modelling the transmission and survival of texts and manuscripts
Résumé : Pourquoi conservons-nous certains textes anciens ou médiévaux et en avons-nous perdu d'autres ? Pourquoi conservons-nous…
vimeo.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Revisionnez la séance de séminaire de @jbcamps.bsky.social dédiée aux enjeux de la transmission textuelle dans le cadre du projet @lostma.bsky.social.
À retrouver sur Vimeo !
À retrouver sur Vimeo !
Reposted by LostMa ERC
Mardi 25 novembre, @jbcamps.bsky.social présentera le projet LostMA lors du séminaire du médialab.
Combinant philologie, science de la complexité et intelligence artificielle, ce projet vise à comprendre les processus évolutifs qui caractérisent la transmission textuelle.
Inscription 👇
Combinant philologie, science de la complexité et intelligence artificielle, ce projet vise à comprendre les processus évolutifs qui caractérisent la transmission textuelle.
Inscription 👇
Modelling the transmission and survival of texts and manuscripts | médialab Sciences Po
Le séminaire du médialab accueille Jean-Baptiste Camps pour une séance sur le projet LostMA sur la transmission et la survie des anciens textes. Il analysera comment et pourquoi certains textes manusc...
medialab.sciencespo.fr
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Mardi 25 novembre, @jbcamps.bsky.social présentera le projet LostMA lors du séminaire du médialab.
Combinant philologie, science de la complexité et intelligence artificielle, ce projet vise à comprendre les processus évolutifs qui caractérisent la transmission textuelle.
Inscription 👇
Combinant philologie, science de la complexité et intelligence artificielle, ce projet vise à comprendre les processus évolutifs qui caractérisent la transmission textuelle.
Inscription 👇
Thanks to researchers specialised in Middle Dutch, Icelandic, Middle English, & French (Middle French, Old French, Anglo-Norman, Franco-Italian, Franco-Occitan, Franco-Provençal, Occitan), the LostMa corpus has grown to nearly 2.5k witnesses of Medieval tales (texts).
lostma-erc.github.io#witnesses
lostma-erc.github.io#witnesses
LostMa
ERC Research Project, 2024-2029
lostma-erc.github.io
June 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thanks to researchers specialised in Middle Dutch, Icelandic, Middle English, & French (Middle French, Old French, Anglo-Norman, Franco-Italian, Franco-Occitan, Franco-Provençal, Occitan), the LostMa corpus has grown to nearly 2.5k witnesses of Medieval tales (texts).
lostma-erc.github.io#witnesses
lostma-erc.github.io#witnesses
To build a multilingual corpus, experts in various traditions are contributing metadata about Medieval texts & witnesses.
For several weeks, the Middle Dutch 🇳🇱 🏆 group has been leading in both texts & witnesses. But recently our French 🇫🇷 team passe des vitesses 💪
lostma-erc.github.io/corpus#stats
For several weeks, the Middle Dutch 🇳🇱 🏆 group has been leading in both texts & witnesses. But recently our French 🇫🇷 team passe des vitesses 💪
lostma-erc.github.io/corpus#stats
March 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To build a multilingual corpus, experts in various traditions are contributing metadata about Medieval texts & witnesses.
For several weeks, the Middle Dutch 🇳🇱 🏆 group has been leading in both texts & witnesses. But recently our French 🇫🇷 team passe des vitesses 💪
lostma-erc.github.io/corpus#stats
For several weeks, the Middle Dutch 🇳🇱 🏆 group has been leading in both texts & witnesses. But recently our French 🇫🇷 team passe des vitesses 💪
lostma-erc.github.io/corpus#stats
📢 Job Klaxon! #DigitalHumanities #DH
The deadline approaches (23 March 2025) to apply to 1 of 2 PhD contracts we're offering in the ERC project LostMa, hosted @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
On our website, learn more about the project & find a link to the job description: lostma-erc.github.io/news#0
The deadline approaches (23 March 2025) to apply to 1 of 2 PhD contracts we're offering in the ERC project LostMa, hosted @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
On our website, learn more about the project & find a link to the job description: lostma-erc.github.io/news#0
LostMa
ERC Research Project, 2024-2029
lostma-erc.github.io
March 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📢 Job Klaxon! #DigitalHumanities #DH
The deadline approaches (23 March 2025) to apply to 1 of 2 PhD contracts we're offering in the ERC project LostMa, hosted @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
On our website, learn more about the project & find a link to the job description: lostma-erc.github.io/news#0
The deadline approaches (23 March 2025) to apply to 1 of 2 PhD contracts we're offering in the ERC project LostMa, hosted @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social
On our website, learn more about the project & find a link to the job description: lostma-erc.github.io/news#0
📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025
February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025
Current state of affairs on OpenStemmata, before some big updates. Old French and Middle High German are clear winners, but with your help, some of the runners up may just join the leading pack
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
February 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Current state of affairs on OpenStemmata, before some big updates. Old French and Middle High German are clear winners, but with your help, some of the runners up may just join the leading pack
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!
☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io)
☑ Bluesky account
☐ Stickers
The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!
LostMa
ERC Research Project, 2024-2029
lostma-erc.github.io
January 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
☑ Logo
☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io)
☑ Bluesky account
☐ Stickers
The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!
☑ Website (lostma-erc.github.io)
☑ Bluesky account
☐ Stickers
The LostMa ERC project is kicking off its 2nd year with a new look. Next up... stickers!