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 historical 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：我们正站在手稿研究重大变革的边缘。数字副本、数字人文分析以及新兴科学分析技术的兴起，在大学、图书馆和博物馆中蓬勃发展。它们改变着我们查阅、研究和传播历史手稿的方式，揭示了迄今未知或无法知晓的信息。本文探讨了这一领域如何最好地整合这些变革。通过聚焦于为高级学生设计的培训项目，以此作为重新构想该领域的方式，本文为手稿研究的未来提供了具体建议，并指出手稿研究脱离数字人文与遗产科学的现状正变得越来越人为化，且对该领域的未来构成不利影响。