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In Cassino’s Main Square for European Researchers’ Night
A hands-on workshop exploring writing materials and practices from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Like many other Italian cities, Cassino hosted European Researchers’ Night on Friday, 25 September 2026, as part of the STREETS – Science, Technology and Research for…
Fragments of a History: Cassinese Manuscripts between Reuse and Reassembly
In Cluj, Chiara De Angelis and Marilena Maniaci presented new research on the Compactiones and the material transformations of Montecassino manuscripts. Manuscripts preserve more than the texts written on their pages. Dismemberment, reuse, reassembly and restoration have left material traces…
MeMo featured on Unicas+
The editorial platform of the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio hosts a new contribution dedicated to the project. Making research accessible and promoting the sharing of knowledge have been among the guiding principles of MeMo – Memory of Montecassino…
When Discussion Becomes Research: A New Publication from MeMo’s Sapienza Research Unit
From methodological discussion to a new scholarly contribution. Research is not limited to the collection of data or the presentation of results. It advances through scholarly discussion, the testing of methods and the formulation of new research questions. It is…
Recounting the Memory of Montecassino
MeMo and MeMo-ViAM featured at the conference Dalle opere al mito. Storia e memoria di Montecassino medievale The memory of Montecassino is not confined to the preservation of its material heritage; it continues to be renewed through ongoing research. This…
Incunabula at Montecassino: A New Catalogue Telling the Story of Books
A volume produced by the University of Catania research unit within the framework of the MeMo – Memory of Montecassino project Among the most recent outcomes of the MeMo – Memory of Montecassino project is the publication of Incunaboli a…
After Copying: The Many Lives of Medieval Manuscripts
A collection of studies exploring the many lives of manuscript books in medieval Southern Italy When we think of a medieval manuscript, our attention is often drawn to the moment of its creation: the scribe copying the text, the illuminator…
Memories, History and Digital Cultural Heritage
MeMo and MAGIC at AIUCD 2026 How can manuscript heritage be made not only accessible, but also reusable, interoperable, and open to the participation of diverse audiences? This question was at the heart of the poster presented by Giuseppina Civitillo,…
Humanities between tradition and innovation
The MeMo project within the debate on digital transformation Within the framework of recent initiatives devoted to the relationship between humanities and digital technologies, the conference Studi umanistici: approccio classico, multidisciplinare e tecnologico, held at the Accademia Pontaniana in Naples…
A Dialogue on the Written Heritage of Montecassino
An interview on the manuscripts of Montecassino between research, digitisation and new tools for study In one of the recent Dialoghi di Urbisaglia, Marilena Maniaci was interviewed by Luca Rivali on the written heritage of Montecassino and on the perspectives…