2010 Congress

January 1, 2014 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Conference Announcement, ICMS, International Congress on Medieval Studies

45th International Congress on Medieval Studies

13–16 May 2010

[First published on our first website on *10 December 2009, with updates there and here]

For the 2010 Congress, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence co-sponsored two sessions with the Societas Magica, in the fifth year of this co-sponsorship.  As customary, various Trustees and Associates of the Research Group participated in the Congress in various capacities. 

Sessions Co-Sponsored with the Societas Magica

Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission1. “Magic in its Manuscript Context”

Organizer:  Amelia Carr (Allegheny College)

Presider:  Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)

Presenters:

  • Claire Fanger (Rice University, Houston, Texas)
    “Use of Mysterious Symbols in the Liber Florum Old Compilation (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS liturg. 160)”
  • Elizabeth I. Wade–Sirabian (University of Wisconsin – Oskosh)
    “Fashionable Magic:  Characters and Ciphers in Conrad Buitzruss’s Compendium (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 671)”
München,_Bayerische_Staatsbibliothek,_Clm_671, folio 90r.  Via Wikipedia Commons.

München,_Bayerische_Staatsbibliothek,_Clm_671, folio 90r. Via Wikipedia Commons.

[Update. A publication of Elizabeth’s study of the Compendium appeared in 2012.

We always appreciate references to our Sessions in the publication of studies which develop their presentations. Glad to cite those publications when we learn about them.]

2. “Ciphers, Codes, and Mysterious Symbols:  Manuscript Evidence”

Organizer: Amelia Carr (Allegheny College)

Presider: Richard Kieckhefer (Northwestern University)

Presenters:

  • Jen Reid (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
    “Encoding, Decoding, and the Milieu of Virgilius Maro Grammaticus”
  • Marla Segol (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York)
    “Angelic Alphabets:  What Do They Mean?”
  • Benedek Láng (Budapesti Muszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem)
    “Outdated Cipher-Systems in Magic Texts”

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The full 2010 Congress program is archived as 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies.

The Societas Magica sessions are listed as Sessions Sponsored by the Societas Magica at the Forty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies May 13–16, 2010.

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