Scrolls for the King. The Format of Scrolls in Royal Administration and Historiography in the Late Middle Ages in Western Europe (B10)

从12世纪开始，卷轴和手抄本一起被越来越多地使用，特别是在西欧的皇家行政背景和历史编纂中。这个项目考察了从12世纪到15世纪的这种做法，比较了英格兰和帝国，也看了一眼法国。在材料层面上，中心问题是卷筒的形式和内容结构之间可能存在的联系。用卷宗还是抄本来记录账目或公文，或者用卷宗还是用书来发展家谱，这重要吗？在行动学层面上，中心焦点是在（西欧）国家建设的复杂过程中，卷筒在其特定背景下的功能和使用。

Alongside the codex, rolls were increasingly used from the 12th century onwards especially in Western Europe in both royal administrative contexts and historiography. This project examines this practice from the 12th until the 15th century comparing England and the Empire, with a glance also to France. On a material level, the central question concerns the possible connection between the form of the roll and the structure of its content. Is it important whether one records accounts or official documents in rolls or in codices, or whether one develops genealogies in rolls or books? On a praxeological level the central focus is on the function and usage of rolls in their specific contexts in the complex process of nation building in (Western) Europe.