We are standing at the edge of a major transformation in manuscript studies. Digital surrogates, Digital Humanities analyses and the rise of new scientific analytical technologies proliferate across universities, libraries and museums. They change the way we consult, research and disseminate medieval manuscripts to reveal hitherto unknown, and unknowable, information. This article looks at how the field can best integrate these transformations. Concentrating on training programmes for advanced students as a way of reimagining the field, it provides concrete advice for the future of manuscript studies, arguing that the existence of manuscript studies as removed from Digital Humanities and heritage science is becoming more and more artificial and detrimental to the future of the field.

翻译：我们正处于手稿研究领域重大转型的边缘。数字副本、数字人文学科分析以及新兴科学分析技术的兴起，在大学、图书馆和博物馆中广泛普及。它们改变了我们查阅、研究中世纪手稿的方式，并揭示出此前未知且无法认知的信息。本文探讨了该领域如何最佳地整合这些变革。通过聚焦面向高级学生的培训项目，以此重新构想该领域的方式，为手稿研究的未来提供了具体建议，并主张：手稿研究脱离数字人文学科及遗产科学而独立存在的现状正变得愈发人为化，且对该领域的长远发展构成危害。