Peter Boot

Dr. Peter Boot is a senior researcher at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. He studied mathematics and Dutch literature and wrote a thesis about electronic annotation in digital editions. He works as a consultant on digital scholarly edition projects. His research focusses on online repertoire formation. His publications include Mesotext. Digitised Emblems, Modelled Annotations and Humanities Scholarship (2009), as well as articles about emblem books, emblem digitisation,...See more

Dr. Peter Boot is a senior researcher at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. He studied mathematics and Dutch literature and wrote a thesis about electronic annotation in digital editions. He works as a consultant on digital scholarly edition projects. His research focusses on online repertoire formation. His publications include Mesotext. Digitised Emblems, Modelled Annotations and Humanities Scholarship (2009), as well as articles about emblem books, emblem digitisation, digital editing, online book discussion and online writing communities. See less