A New Leaf from ‘Otto Ege Manuscript 214’?

April 13, 2018 in Anniversary, Manuscript Studies

Part of a 22-Line Prayerbook in Dutch
From the Collection of Otto F. Ege?

Single leaf from a small-format Prayerbook
Circa 166 × 177 mm <written area circa 128 × 82 mm>
Single column of 22 lines in Gothic Bookhand, with embellishments in red pigment

Pencil inscription ‘X . 43 Flanders 1525’ at the bottom of the recto

Perhaps formerly part of Ege Manuscript 214 (Gwara, Handlist 214)

Flanders, circa 1330

Continuing our series on Manuscript Studies, Mildred Budny (see Her Page) adds new evidence to her earlier reports about some medieval manuscripts dispersed by Otto F. Ege (1888–1951). This time we showcase a leaf recently acquired for a private collection. Its online seller did not cite provenance nor identify the text and any source manuscript. The new owner, dedicated to the acquisition of manuscript fragments (conditions permitting), having acquired several Ege manuscript fragments already, opined that this leaf would have come from “Otto Ege Manuscript 214”. Could be.

So, what is that little-known “Ege Manuscript 214”, and what are its surviving fragments? How might we find out enough from the scrappy sources about those scraps to figure out whether or not the “source manuscript” — AKA the former manuscript of this specific remnant — is that book from which the New Leaf came?

Wait and See. Read On, Dear Reader, Read On.

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Tags: Dutch Prayerbook, manuscript fragments, Manuscript studies, Otto Ege's Manuscripts
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Memorials

December 31, 2014 in Anniversary, Uncategorized

Remembering

[Published on 31 December 2014, with updates.]

Considering the completion of the calendar year, in our landmark Anniversary Year of 2014, we recollect with sadness the Associates who have departed from this life during the year, and the Trustees and Associates who have thus departed across the years since our foundation both as an international scholarly society in 1990 and a nonprofit educational corporation in 1999. We remember these colleagues and friends with thanks and admiration.

This year is the first year, in the redesign of our official website, that we record those colleagues, sponsors, and friends of the Research Group in a special group honored respectfully ‘In Memoriam’. We aim to gather recollections of their presence, in respect and admiration.

DSCN1561 Stairway to Heaven Accessible If You Dare

‘Ascending’. Photograph © Mildred Budny

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Respectfully we remember those who have gone before us. It is an honor and a duty to remember them. So it must be. So it should be.

We thank you.

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Tags: Manuscript Illumination, Memorials, Passage of Time, People, Recollections, Remembrance
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2014 Colloquium on “When the Dust Has Settled” Accomplished

November 17, 2014 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Anniversary, Bembino, Book & Exhibition Reviews, Conference, Events, Exhibition

We report successful completion of the Colloquium on Friday, 14 November 2014 at Princeton University.

[This post updates both the Announcement for this event (published as Colloquium Announced), and its Colloquium Program.]

Document of Berengarius, detail, unfolded, with concluding date and gathered dust in the fold. Photography © Mildred Budny

“A Settling of Dust”

When the Dust Has Settled

(or, When Good Scholars Go Back . . . )

A Colloquium
co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University

2014 Anniversary Reflections

August 17, 2014 in Anniversary, Bembino, Events, Favorites, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Photographic Exhibition

Detail of decorated initials and script, with focus upon 'Ecce . . . Bene', with photography by Mildred Budny

‘Ecce . . . Bene’. Photography © Mildred Budny

Who, What, Where, When, Why Not

[Published on 17 August 2014, with updates]

The Mission, History, People, and Activities of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence are reported on the Pages and Posts of our website and other Publications. During this landmark anniversary year, celebrating 15 years as a nonprofit educational corporation and 25 as an international scholarly society, we pause to reflect upon the course and nature of our essence and abilities as a collective entity. And we give thanks. Couldn’t do it alone! Come with us to see how that works, and plays! Read the rest of this entry →

Tags: Bembino Digital Font, Insular Anglo-Saxon and Early Anglo-Norman Art at Corpus Christi College Cambridge, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Princeton University
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2014 Anniversary Party

July 24, 2014 in Anniversary, Events, Parties

Party in Princeton for our 2014 Anniversary

To begin the 2014 Anniversary celebrations for the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, a Party was hosted generously by Emily Rose and James Marrow. It was a fine way to begin the auspicious year!

Flowers and Refreshments settle into place. Photography © Mildred Budny

In Review

Guests gathered from several directions, from Universities nearby and far away, and from several other institutions — not only academic institutions. Friends from near and far, meeting anew.

Asked to speak, our Director — the guest of honor — seemed unusually at a loss for words, before summoning her voice to express thanks for the help of so many colleagues and friends over the years, in the voyage of the Research Group from its beginnings in Cambridge to its life based in Princeton. “Couldn’t do it alone,” she said with a smile and opened arms. “So glad to see you all here, as we reach a landmark anniversary! We have come quite a distance — who could have guessed? — with advice, support, and encouragement, thanks to you and many others over decades!” It was clear that this party meant a great deal to her. A good occasion.

As an extra bonus, the warm afternoon sunlight in springtime added extra illumination to the gathering.

We gather, in a group view, for the Anniversary Party in March 2014 to celebrate 15 years as a nonprofit educational corporation and 25 years as an international scholarly society. There gathered Trustees, Associates, Volunteers, Advisers, and Friends of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. Photography © Mildred Budny

Places in the Sun

Hosts and Guests talk in groups at the window and by the fireside. Photography © Mildred Budny

Fireside Talk

Naturally, some of the conversations considered manuscripts, and reflected on the accomplishments of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence over the years.

The Hosts of the Party engage in animated conversation. Photography © Mildred Budny

Enlightened

Of course — Hurray! — there was the opportunity to examine, up close, some original — very original — manuscript materials!

We thank our hosts and guests for an inspiring occasion. The hospitality of James Marrow and Emily Rose is exemplary, the substance of legends. A happy day.

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Photography by Mildred Budny

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Later in the spring, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence co-sponsored a Reception at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, to celebrate the anniversaries of the Group and also our long-time co-sponsor, the Societas Magica. Some pictures show the celebratory scene.

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2014 Congress Announced

January 8, 2014 in Anniversary, Conference Announcement, ICMS, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo

49th International Congress on Medieval Studies

8-11 May 2014

[Published on our first website on 8 January 2014, with updates there and here]

We announce the program for our sponsored and co-sponsored sessions at the next International Congress on Medieval Studies, when we will celebrate our anniversary year, along with that of one of our co-sponsors, the Societas Magica. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Societas Magica. For the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, it marks our 15th anniversary as a nonprofit educational organization and our 25th anniversary as an international scholarly society. This is the ninth year of our co-sponsorship with the Societas Magica, and the first year of co-sponsorship with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida. The Events at this Congress celebrate these shared accomplishments.

This year, with the transition to our second, updated website (begun in 2014 and completed in 2015), we began to issue the announcements for a given Congress in a series of blogposts, rather than overwriting its statements, which had left only the final state in view. Here we offer the Congress Announced, with more to come.

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Tags: Abba Gärima Gospels, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, Archaeology, Barberini Gospels, Biblical Studies, Book of Kells, Bulgarian Studies, Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, City of Tărnovo, Corpus Christi College MS 197B, Datini Archives, Early Medieval Art, Early Ottoman Empire, Ethiopic Manuscripts, Gems, Half-Uncial Script, History of Canon Law, History of Catholicism, History of Magic, History of Music, History of Paper, History of Style, History of the Assenids, History of Watermarks, House Style, Individual Style, Insular Manuscripts, Islamic Manuscripts, Legal History, Manuscript Illumination, McGill University MS MCG 117, Medieval manuscripts, Medieval Studies, Mediterranean Trade, Orthodox Christianity, Palaeography, Polygraphism, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Visual Culture, Second Bulgarian Empire, Silistra, Societas Magica, South-East European History, Talismans, Uncial Script, Workshop Practices, Writing materials
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2009 Anniversary Symposium “Gathering at the Threshold”

January 1, 2014 in Anniversary, Conference Announcement, Events, Photographic Exhibition

Gathering at the Threshold:
A Celebratory Symposium

In 2009 and 2010 the Research Group celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its formation as an entity in England and the tenth anniversary of its formation as a nonprofit educational corporation based in Princeton, New Jersey. The stages of our history and the variety of our activities are reported in the pages of our Profile and History.

The date of our “official birthday” as a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation occurs in November. We celebrated our Tenth/Twentieth Anniversary of 2009 with a gathering of Trustees, Honorary Trustees, Honorary Associates, Volunteers, and newcomers.

Raymond Cormier Speaks at our 2009 Symposium. Photography by James P. Heidere.

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Tags: Anniversary Celebration, Department of Art & Archaeology, Insular Script, Medieval Adaptations of Vergil's Aeneid, Origen, Pontius Pilate, Princeton University, Ruskin and Art History, Women's Wills
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Part of a 22-Line Prayerbook in Dutch
From the Collection of Otto F. Ege?

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Remembering

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