LEMDO releases the Doaui Shakespeare Manuscript Project

Facsimile of the first page of Twelfth Night from the MS 787, used by kind permission of the Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Douai. There is a light blue triangle over the top left of the page with text reading: The Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project

Linked Early Modern Drama Online (LEMDO) has published the first version of the Douai Shakespeare Manuscript Project (DSMP).

DSMP offers semi-diplomatic editions and facsimiles of the six plays by Shakespeare that are included in Douai MS 787 at the Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. This anthology gives scholars and students unprecedented access to MS 787.

The first release of DSMP includes contextual pages for the anthology and semi-diplomatic editions of Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth. It also launches the DSMP Team's reading modes. Read more about this version in the release notes for DSMP 1.0.