Editing and reading early modern mathematical texts in the digital age

The advent of digital technology has brought a world of new possibilities for editors of historical texts. Though much has been written about conventions for digital editing, relatively little attention has been paid to the particular question of how best to deal with texts with heavily mathematical content. This essay outlines some ways of encoding mathematics in digital form, and then discusses three recent digital editions of collections of early modern mathematical manuscripts

IN MEMORIAM: PROF. VIOLETA DIMOVA, THE FIRST DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY IN STIP (1955-2021)

Professor Violeta Dimova passed away on the 7th of May 2021. She was the first dean and one of the founders of the Faculty of Philology in Shtip. The eleventh issue of the International Journal “Palimpsest” is dedicated to our dear professor and friend, Violeta Dimova. Professor Violeta Dimova will always remain in our memories for her humaneness, kindness, energy, persistence and combativeness in achieving all the goals she set for herself and passed on to us for the development and promotion of our Faculty of Philology. Rest in peace, our dear Vicky. From the colleagues at the Faculty of Philology in Shti