The editors of Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to make the following announcements:

* The Spring 2018 Special Issue on the Syriac Galen Palimpsest Project is out! Abstracts are available here: https://mss.pennpress.org/current-issue-abstracts/ * We are seeking submissions for the Fall 2019 issue and beyond. Peer-reviewed articles for possible publication in the Fall 2019 should be submitted no later than November 1. Non-peer reviewed Annotations can be submitted up to February 1, 2019. * Thanks to a generous agreement with the University of Pennsylvania Press, all Articles and Annotations in Manuscript Studies are made available on an open access basis after one year from the date of publication. Articles and Annotations from Vol. 2:1 (Thai Manuscript Collections Special Issue) are now available for downloading and sharing on Penn's Scholarly Commons repository. To access the pdfs, go to: http://repository.upenn.edu/mss_sims/ Manuscript Studies brings together scholarship from around the world and across disciplines related to the study of pre-modern manuscript books and documents. This peer-reviewed journal is open to contributions that rely on both traditional methodologies of manuscript study and those that explore the potential of new ones. We publish articles that engage in a larger conversation on manuscript culture and its continued relevance in today's world and highlight the value of manuscript evidence in understanding our shared cultural and intellectual heritage. Studies that incorporate digital methodologies to further understanding of the physical and conceptual structures of the manuscript book are encouraged. A separate section, entitled Annotations, features research in progress and digital project reports.

For more information and to subscribe, go to http://mss.pennpress.org. For direct inquiries, please don't hesitate to contact the editors at sims-mss@pobox.upenn.edumailto:sims-mss@pobox.upenn.edu .