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Second year English student Maddi Maya took part in Dr Christina Lee's research project, transcribing 16th - 18th century manuscripts to discover the ingredients in those recipes. This is what Maddi had to say about the project:
"I did a research project with Christina Lee this year. I got to go and work with some old manuscripts and that experience was so valuable. We were transcribing these manuscripts which were being worked on. There was a 16th, 17th and 18th century one. My job was to go into Manuscripts and Special Collections and sit for hours trying to decode these recipes! We were working with biochemistry, who were taking samples off the manuscript paper and trying to find protein signatures that matched the ingredients from the recipes which were written down. They were trying to figure out if the recipes had been used or not. It was amazing. The experience led me down a totally different route. I’m looking for work experience and potentially future jobs in archiving and manuscripts now. Christina is also just so lovely and supportive and has been really encouraging."
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