VisColl (Collation Visualization) is a system for modeling and visualizing the physical collation of medieval manuscript codices. The VisColl development team is centered at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and is made possible through the support of SIMS.

The VCEditor 2.0 project has received an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant! Read the full announcement here!

For more information about VisColl please see the About page.

Learn more about the physical collation of manuscripts on the Collation page.

Build your own model and visualize it using VCEditor! The VCEditor User’s Guide is linked from the VCEditor page.

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VCEditor 2.0 has received an NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant

Update: The VCEditor 2.0 NEH DHAG was been terminated by DOGE on April 2, 2024, and was reinstated on October 7, 2026. The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies is thrilled to announce that the VisColl team has received a three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program to fund…


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