2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments: Program

Program Overview

2025 RGME 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

Detailed Program

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)

Sessions 1–2

1:00–1:30. Lunch (on your own)

CHANGE VENUE

1:30 to 5:00 pm. Afternoon Sessions at the Princeton University Library

Workshops 1 and 2 (as two sittings, repeating) led by Eric White at Special Collections

5:00 to 6:00 Reception hosted by the Friends of Princeton University Library (location nearby, TBD)

circa 7:00-9:30. Optional Dinner (at attendees’ expense) in a local restaurant

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

Poster 3 for 2025 Autumn Colloquium. Workshops on “Fragments at Princeton”

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

9:00 am – 12:00 pm


 Session 4

Morning Break

Session 5

12:00–1:30 pm

Lunch Break
Buffet Lunch hosted by the Friends of the Princeton University Library in the Assembly Room

2:30–5:00 pm


Session 6

Afternoon Break

Session 7: Roundtable Discussion 

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

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Day 3. Sunday 23 November — Online

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

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Poster 1. 2025 Autumn Colloquium: Save-the-Date. Poster set in RGME Bembino.

Registration

I. Register for Colloquium (for Workshops see below)

Note: If accessing the registration link by laptop or computer does not connect through to select your choice of category, please access the link through your phone. For questions, please contact:

1) ONLINE Attendance (Friday to Sunday)

2) IN PERSON Attendance (Friday and Saturday)

II. Register for a Workshop at Special Collections of Firestone Library
(Friday afternoon)

Choose one of two Workshops (two sittings) for IN PERSON Attendance. Space is limited.

If space is filled, the Registration Portal allows you to sign up for a Waiting List.
If you have questions, please contact director@manuscriptevidence.org

Poster 2. 2025 Autumn Colloquium. Poster set in RGME Bembino.

III. Optional Dinner at Attendees’ Expense
(Friday and/or Saturday 21-22 November 2025)

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Thank you for your interest in the Colloquium. We look forward to seeing you there, in person or online.

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