2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments: Program

Program Overview

RGME/FPUL Autumn Colloquium on ‘Fragments’

“Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books:
Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy
of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts”

Friday to Sunday 21–23 November 2025

Hybrid on Friday and Saturday
with Sessions, Workshops, and a Reception
at Princeton

(Online on Sunday)

Private Collection, Leaf from ‘Ege MS 14’. Photograph by Mildred Budny.

[Posted on 15 October 2025, with updates]

Information about the Colloquium:

Program Overview

Day 1. Friday 21 November (at PU) — Hybrid

9:00 am – 12:00 pm. Morning Sessions at Green Hall (Room 1-N-5)

1:30 to 5:00 pm. Afternoon Workshops 1 and 2 (as two sittings, repeating) led by Eric White at Special Collections (hybrid)
Choose 1 for In-Person Attendance

Workshop 1. 1:30–3:00 pm
Workshop 2. 3:30–5:00 pm

5:30 to 7:00 Reception hosted by FPUL (location nearby, TBD)

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Day 2. Saturday 22 November (at Nassau Presbyterian Church) — Hybrid

9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Morning and Afternoon Sessions in the Assembly Room

After. Optional Dinner (at attendees’ expense) in local restaurant (TBD)

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Day 3. Sunday 23 November — Online

10:30 am – 12:00 pm. Morning Session online

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Registration

1) Register for ONLINE Attendance

2) Register for IN PERSON Attendance (Friday at Princeton University, Saturday at the Nassau Presbyterian Church)

2a) Register for either of 2 Workshops at Special Collections of Firestone Library, Princeton University
— 2 sittings, space limited

  • Workshop 1. 1:30–3:00 pm (arrive for check-in at Firestone Library Front Entrance Lobby at 1:15 pm)
  • Workshop 2. 3:30–5:00 pm (arrive for check-in at Firestone Library Front Entrance Lobby at 3:15 pm)

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Princeton University Library, Special Collections, 7927 recto. Artist’s test sheet with patterns, sketches, and pen-trials. Northern Italy, circa 1400.