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2017 M-MLA Panel

August 19, 2017 in Announcements, Manuscript Studies, Uncategorized

“Artists, Activists, and Manuscript Evidence”

Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
Permanent Panel
at the
Midwest Modern Language Association (M-MLA)

2017 Convention
Cincinnati, Ohio
November 9-12, 2017

Following the successful Call for Papers, we announce the program for our sponsored Panel at the 2017 Convention of the M-MLA. Organized by Justin Hastings, this panel forms the second year of our participation at the Annual Convention of the M-MLA. Last year’s pair of panels, organized by Justin, are described in the 2016 M-MLA Report.

The panel planned for the 2017 Convention explores a comparably broad range of subjects. In keeping with the 2017 M-MLA Convention’s theme of “Artists and Activists,” the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence sponsors a panel on manuscripts and printed books and the illuminators, scribes, editors, and other artists who created them and the scholars and readers who used or disseminated them. The session explores multiple subjects and approaches, including textual, art historical, codicological, and paleographical.

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Our 2017 Panel

Make It and/or Break It:
the Material Evidence
of Creating, Using, Disseminating, and Dispersing Manuscripts

Sponsored by: Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

Organizer and Presider

Justin Hastings (Loyola University Chicago)

Presenters

1. Laura Melin (University of York, United Kingdom)

“The Coronation Roll of Edward IV and Its Audience”

Abstract:

My paper will focus on the artwork on the Chronicle of the History of the World from Creation to Woden, with a Genealogy of Edward IV (Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis 201), otherwise known as the ‘Coronation Roll’, to see what its content reveals about possible audiences. The Roll was commissioned circa 1461 by Edward IV, who needed to legitimise his usurpation of the English throne from Henry VI in order to gain the support of both the English nobility and international noble (and royal) audiences. I will argue that the artists of the Coronation Roll appealed to both sets of audiences through the creative use of traditional iconographies of kingship within the genealogical format. After emphasising the common use of genealogies among the nobility, both at home and abroad, I will examine three key artistic clues within the Coronation Roll:

  • the strong emphasis on Edward’s personal heraldry and badges, which line the Roll and are intertwined with the genealogical table, included to appeal to the nobility’s sense of heritage and lineage;
  • Edward’s equestrian portrait, which echoes similar portraits found on seals, coins, and manuscripts across Europe;
  • and the inclusion of emblems such as the Order of the Garter, which would have been familiar to an international noble audience.

I will conclude by assessing available evidence to determine how the Roll might have been displayed for the visual consumption of his audience.

Note: See the manuscript online here: Coronation Roll, and the Arms of Edward IV here (from this manuscript:

©The British Library Board. London, British Library, Royal MS 14 E. I, folio 3r, detail: Arms of England for Edward IV.

©The British Library Board. London, British Library, Royal MS 14 E. I, folio 3r, detail: Royal Arms of Edward IV.

2.  Katie Gutierrez (Loyola University Chicago)

“Native American Misrepresentation in Early America:
A Study on the Variants Presented in Conrad Weiser’s Travel Narrative:
A Journal of the Proceedings of Conrad Weiser”

Abstract:

The Native American translator and colonial government official Conrad Weiser (1696 – 1760) is an often-overlooked figure in Early American history. As a translator for the Pennsylvanian government, Weiser occupied a unique position in both colonial America and the Iroquois nation.  Conrad Weiser’s state-sponsored travel narrative, “A journal of the proceedings of Conrad Weiser: on his journey to Ohio with a message & present from the government of Pensilvania to the Indians there, 1748 Aug. 11 – Oct. 2”, exists in four separate versions.  By applying a critical lens to the text, this paper will illuminate the significant changes between its versions, particularly by examining the representation of the Sinicker tribe of the Iroquois nation.

This paper will carefully outline the variants that occur over the four versions of Weiser’s travel narrative:

  • Weiser’s original manuscript written in 1748,
  • a copy of Weiser’s journal transcribed by his descendent Hiester Muhlenberg in 1830,
  • a copy of Weiser’s journal proceedings published in the Colonial Records of Pennsylvania in 1851,
  • and a reproduction of Weiser’s journal proceedings published in 1847 in I.D. Rupp’s Early history of western Pennsylvania: and of the West, and of western expeditions and campaigns from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII.

By examining these four versions simultaneously, it is evident that Conrad Weiser’s interactions with Queen Scayhuhady of the Sinicker tribe were omitted in the later versions of his document, the official colonial record book and historical book of Pennsylvania.
I will argue for a restoration of Weiser’s original 1748 travel-narrative in order to re-establish historical accuracy and to include the interactions with the Sinicker tribe omitted from later historical documents and records.  This paper will attempt to answer questions of how and when changes were introduced to Weiser’s narrative and to outline themes between each set of variants that occur, as well as their importance to a modern reader.

Note:  Images of Conrad Weiser appear to be scarce, little attested, or confected after the fact.   We might glimpse an old image of his tombstone and a fanciful or wishful image for tobacco purveyance, as here.

Tombstone of Conrad Weiser, from Morton L. Montgomery, "Life and Times of Conrad Weiser" (1893), via Wikipedia Commons.

Tombstone of Conrad Weiser, from Morton L. Montgomery, “Life and Times of Conrad Weiser” (1893), via Wikipedia Commons.

Conrad Weiser Cigars, manufactured in Lebanon Pennsylvania, via Wikipedia Commons.

Emblem for Conrad Weiser Cigars, manufactured in Lebanon Pennsylvania, via Wikipedia Commons.

3.  Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)

“ ‘It’s amazing what you can see when you look’:
New Light on Old Manuscripts Dispersed by Otto Ege”

Just as Yogi Berra’s catchy turns of phrase encourage, or, for that matter, require, us to think, as well as rethink, so, too, does the process of looking, and looking again (even again and again), have the power to conjure forth fresh views, insights, and understandings.  The term ‘conjure’ here may convey some of the steps, skills, and wondrous results in that process — when it works — of close interaction between the scholar, viewer, beholder and the materials in question.

In this case, we consider the potential for medieval (and other) manuscripts of many kinds, dates, genres, subjects, patterns of transmission, and challenges in general or particular.  All the more so when accomplished cumulatively, with assembled, tested, and refined expertise, whereby, fortunately and ‘magically’, the total gain is far greater than the sum of the parts.

This paper reports new, also cumulative and collaborative, discoveries concerning some of the vast numbers of leaves detached and dispersed from their former manuscripts by the notorious bibliophile and self-styled ‘biblioclast’ Otto F. Ege (1888‒1951), whose spheres of activity mostly centered upon Cleveland.  In the past few years, as my own tasks of conservation and research regarding telling cases of those manuscript ‘strays’ or ‘orphans’, seemingly unrelated, turn out to be related powerfully in terms of linked or implicated transmission, discerned by means of discovery through expertise gathered cumulatively over the years, across a broad range of written and printed materials.

Our celebration of these rediscoveries may include fresh observations of materials close to Otto Ege’s home base. Surprises await when we look.

Note:  Some discoveries are reported on our website, for example here:

  • A New Leaf from ‘Otto Ege Manuscript 14’
  • A New Leaf from ‘Otto Ege’s Manuscript 41’
  • More Leaves from ‘Otto Ege Manuscript 51’
  • A New Leaf from ‘Otto Ege’s Manuscript 61’
  • 2016 Symposium on ‘Words & Deeds’ Report
Leaf 41, Recto, Top Right, in the Family Album (Set Number 3) of Otto Ege's Portfolio of 'Fifty Original Leaves' (FOL). Otto Ege Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Photograph by Mildred Budny.

Leaf 41, Recto, Top Right, in the Family Album (Set Number 3) of Otto Ege’s Portfolio of ‘Fifty Original Leaves’ (FOL). Otto Ege Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Photograph by Mildred Budny.

Respondent

4.  Justin Hastings

“Making, Breaking, and Using Manuscripts:
New Looks at Material Evidence”

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More information about the Convention itself appears on its website. Full details for the 2017 Annual Convention are now published in its Program Book.

As Permanent Session 55 at the Convention, our sponsored panel will take place on Friday, 12 November 2017, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Convention venue.

Please join us!

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Tags: Conrad Weiser, Coronation Roll of Edward IV, Free Library of Philadelphia, Manuscript studies, Midwest Modern Language Association, Otto Ege, Yogi Berra
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2017 Zodiac Cards Promotional Offer

August 19, 2017 in Bembino, Uncategorized

An Exclusive Set of Greeting Cards
Especially Designed
Birthdays and Year-Round Included

Greetings!

mbd logoCelebrating the new version of our copyright font Bembino, now with its especially requested Zodiac and Astrological Signs (and other elements), we have been given generous permission for a special Promotional Offer for the Greeting Cards designed expressly by Milly Budny Designs.

Wishing to use the font, and experiencing its creation from the Get Go (see our Director’s Memoirs, in progress), the artist/creator/designer of Milly Budny Designs especially requested the zodiac and astrological signs for that font.  She says that she loves celebrating birthdays, friendships, and celebrations in general as well as particular.  Cards, real cards — the kind that you can have and hold (no offense to any other kinds) — can have a good place in these recollections and celebrations.

You might have noticed that a recurrent hashtag on the Research Group’s Facebook Page is this: #notgoingpaperlessanytimesoon (no offense to vellum and parchment).  There is something special about having the object with greetings to hold in your hands, to display on your mantlepiece, and to enjoy years later, if you keep them, as you look upon the records of your friendships.  (I speak as someone engaged in this very activity this year, with some soft tears of recollection and happiness.  To be commended as a record.)

About the Design

The request for the zodiac signs in Bembino sought to blend all the design for the text on the cards into a complementary whole.  After all, those are the principles and the practices of our multilingual font Bembino, designed for different languages and styles of text to “live in harmony on one page”.  Why not apply them to everything that we design?  Indeed, why not.  Love it when it works.

And so, approaching the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (on 21 August) and the Autumnal Equinox (on 22 September), we celebrate the seasons with reasons and greetings.  By special and generous arrangement with the designer (see Her Page), all profits from this promotion will be donated to the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence.

Every Birthday Has A Card

Which is your sign?  Every one has its place here.

Zodiac Cards Poster for Full Zodiac Covers with border

Year Round Greetings Included

The designs recognize every Birthday Sign.  They also celebrate the full set of signs in a universal Greeting Card. Thus, they feature the individual Birthday Signs and also embrace the full set of Signs in a year-round Greeting Card.  Something for everyone, and for every time of the year!

Which do you choose?  One or more?  Maybe a full set, for all your Friends and Family and many Occasions, Birthdays and Best Wishes Opportunities included?

Zodiac Cards Poster Interiors with border

Order Form

A Special Offer deserves a Special Offer. The 5″ × 7″ cards are printed on 110 lb card stock, plus envelope (32 bond).  The artist selects and ensures quality-control, so that you can expect well-printed cards.  Good greetings deserve good expressions, don’t you think?

Usually, the cards sell for $4.00 apiece, plus (where applicable) shipping and handling, and (in New Jersey, our home base) sales tax.

For this celebratory Promotion, their special price is $3.00 apiece, or $30 per dozen — in any mix of birthdays and/or all-year greetings.  Remember, the profits go to our organization!

Details here:
2017 Promotional Order Form

Zodiac Cards Promotional Order Form August 2017 with border

The Designs, By Design

The set of zodiac signs in our font Bembino were designed by special request for the astrological signs. With those additions to the font, the cards were designed as a full suite by Milly Budny Designs.

Bembino-booklet-cover with border

Information about ordering the them can be found on their Zodiac Cards Form for the Research Group. Also, you might contact director@manuscriptevidence.org.

By arrangement, all the profits from this promotional offer — and not only some part of the proceeds for the sales — will be donated to the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Our Home Page describes our Mission for educational purposes. Also, your Contributions and Donations are easy to offer, both in funds and in kind.

There are many ways to help us, as an organization powered by volunteers. Because the organization does not have buildings, paid staff, and a large infrastructure, your donations may directly support our organizational running costs and minimal fund-raising expenses, and mainly our program activities. Lean but not Mean!

This collaborative generosity has led, among other gains, to the Promotional Offer for the especially designed Zodiac Cards. We thank the designer for contributing their sets to our cause.  Here we see them from the outside, Front-and-Back.  Pretty, don’t you think?

Zodiac Cards Poster Interiors with border

Enjoy!  Please contact us with your questions, requests, and suggestions. We look forward to your orders. Sign on!

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Tags: Bembino Digital Font, Zodiac Cards
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