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2020 Symposium Poster 1<\/p><\/div>\n
This new Series<\/strong> was inspired by our first online event, the Pre-Congress Business Meeting in May 2021<\/strong>, which adapted to the conditions of the 2021 International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS), taking place wholly online this year after a one-year hiatus in 2020.\u00a0 Customarily, in recent years, we hold Open Business Meetings<\/strong> in person at the Annual Congress, but the changed circumstances of the 2021 Congress<\/a> encouraged a new tradition.<\/p>\n And so, before the Open Business Meeting later in May at the online Congress, we prepared the ground for it with a Pre-Congress Business Meeting in early May.\u00a0 See our Business Meetings<\/a>.\u00a0 Available for download, the 2021 Agenda<\/a> and 2021 Agenda Report<\/a> tell the story, and help to set the scene.<\/p>\n The Pre-Congress Business Meeting<\/strong> was hosted by our Associate, Barbara Williams Ellertson.\u00a0 At the Meeting, plans arose for more online events. It seemed clear that the Research Group could progress with gatherings by such means, to consider a variety of subjects, already before the chance could return to resume meetings in person \u2014 like our 2020 Spring Symposium<\/a>, “From Cover to Cover”, which had had to be cancelled.<\/p>\n The suggestions for specific subjects allowed for a fuller series of events online than one or two on their own. Then came the title, for which we thank our Associate, Linde Brocato.\u00a0 With the plan came offers to speak, converse, demonstrate, attend, and present.<\/p>\n For example, our plans for 2023 flowed from the momentum of events and activities of 2022. They included episodes which could interlink with, or augment, our sessions for the 2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Program<\/a>. Similarly, some episodes would lead to, flow from, follow up, and augment our annual Symposia (and other events), resonating with the year’s Theme.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The gatherings are intended to consider textual and other materials in various forms.<\/p>\n As the series begins, we reflect upon images of books in various forms.\u00a0 A specimen, suggested by our Associate. Barbara Williams Ellertson, as we prepared to launch the first Episode in an interview with her, forms a partial set of mid-15th-century panels surviving in Lisbon from a larger polyptych, formerly displayed in the Cathedral<\/a> there.<\/p>\n Here is a reassembled Group Portrait with Books of various kinds, to set the scene.\u00a0 As we prepared the series, our Associate Barbara Williams Ellertson drew our attention to this image.\u00a0 A set of panels, surviving from a larger set, depicts multiple human figures, male and female, from far and near, in collective aspects of dedication, books included.\u00a0 The suggestion led to a closer look.<\/p>\n Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga: The six surviving mid 15th-century Saint Vincent Panels, attributed to Nuno Gon\u00e7alves. Image via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n The Saint Vincent Panels<\/a> in Lisbon (see also Pan\u00e9is de S\u00e2o Vicente de Fora<\/a>).\u00a0 Six surviving oak panels from a polyptych of more than twelve panels, attributed to the Portuguese painter Nuno Gon\u00e7alves<\/a> (circa 1425 \u2013 circa 1491).\u00a0 Image<\/a> via Creative Commons.<\/p>\n Formerly displayed at the Cathedral of Lisbon, these survivors are preserved at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiqa<\/a> in Lisbon. Depicting scenes of the Veneration of the Deacon<\/a> Protomartyr Saint Vincent<\/a> of Saragossa<\/a> (died circa 304 CE) by 58 men and women of different ages and social stations, both secular and religious, the Panels<\/a> (from left to right at present) represent: the Friars and Monks, the Fishermen, the Infante<\/a>, the Archbishop or Bishop (facing forward at upper left), the Knights, and the Relic (a skull-bone fragment resting reverently on a cloth).\u00a0 The short-haired saint, richly robed as a Deacon<\/a> in red and gold, appears twice, full-length.\u00a0 In these views, he holds a book either open, with both hands, or closed, wrapped in cloth, under his arm.\u00a0 On the proposed identifications of the persons depicted and the script of the double-columned book held open at the far right, see, for example, Saint Vincent Panels<\/a> and The Saint Vincent Panels<\/a> in high-definition.<\/p>\n The scenes gather men and women with different backgrounds and functions in specific moments of communal focus.\u00a0 The figures’ accessories or attributes include some books, shown both opened and closed.\u00a0 Their detailed depictions indicate specific forms, formats, and bindings; their openings show lines of text in one or two columns per page and approximately legible texts, as might be recognizable as individual or idealized specimens which may have existed in the known world.<\/p>\n As our new series advances, other images may come to the fore as we prepare and report the individual Episodes.\u00a0 The set of panels at Lisbon accord with the theme of the first Episode, focused upon the long-term development of a project dedicated to the images of books in works of art in various media (paintings and more) in the late medieval and early modern periods.<\/p>\n The Series began with an Interview with our Associate, Barbara Williams Ellertson<\/a>.\u00a0 (See also Ellertson<\/a>.)<\/p>\n The Event took place via Zoom in July 2021, with a small invited audience, and with scope for questions, comments, and discussion. Barbara spoke about the BASIRA Project, its background, and her other interests.\u00a0 For information about the Project on Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art<\/em>, its subjects, its scope, and its aims, see https:\/\/basiraproject.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Barbara and Milly meet at a conference.<\/p><\/div>\n Barbara described key stages in her education, upbringing, and career, as she offered an illustrated Timeline<\/strong> for the origins and development of the BASIRA Project.\u00a0 She presented a selection of images to exhibit aspects of her own work, the work of creating the project, several key stages in its evolution, and some favorites among the subjects which it covers. The Timeline<\/strong> takes the form of an 8-page Booklet, laid out in RGME Bembino, in the style of our recent Publications<\/a>. The questions and discussion addressed a wide range of interests in the subject matter, the approaches to its structures in the database and metadata, the expanding coverage of the project, and its future work.<\/p>\n The recording of the event is being edited for presentation and wider viewing as a podcast.\u00a0 It will take two Parts, with the Interview and the Question-and-Answer portion.\u00a0 It should become available soon.\u00a0 Watch this Space.<\/p>\n See Barbara Williams Ellertson and BASIRA, with a Timeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n We thank Barbara for her generous preparation and presentation. We thank the participants for joining the online gathering and offering feedback and encouragement.\u00a0 The informal, but structured, Event gave a superb beginning to our new Series. Congratulations!<\/p>\n For an invited audience on Saturday, 18 September, 2021, the food historian Linda Civitello, PhD, talked about the early history of Italian cuisine, especially Cuoco Napolitano<\/em>, and its ingredients, sources, and influences \u2014 for Southern Italian cuisine and beyond.\u00a0\u00a0 Inspired by the 15th-century sources in manuscript and early printing, Linda described approaches to the subject and gave a demonstration.\u00a0 A recording of the event will soon become available.<\/p>\n Platina, De honesta voluptate et valetudine (Venice, 1494), Opening page. Image via Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura, via Public Domain.<\/p><\/div>\n Reference points for her talk:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n By request, Mildred Budny presents a brief guide to the manuscript, printed, and online digital resources, leading to Linda’s presentation and demonstration, followed by a discussion with questions and answers.<\/p>\n Invitation Card to Linda Civitello’s presentation on 18 September 2021<\/p><\/div>\n See Southern Italian Cuisine Before Columbus<\/a>, with Linda Civitello.<\/p>\n On 20 November 2021, with an invited audience, in a roundtable discussion, we explored ‘secrets’ and ‘treasures’ in bibliographical quests during a time of pandemic.<\/p>\n Worcester Cathedral, Crypt. Image from geograph.org.uk via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n The plan:<\/p>\n Over the past year and more, under exceptional circumstances, there are doubtless to be encountered challenges and disappointments through closures of libraries, access to library resources, and other factors.\u00a0 But there can be successes, through serendipity, resourcefulness, friendship, and solidarity across institutions and wider readership. Comparing notes might offer tips and guidance.\u00a0 Commiseration can come in handy.\u00a0 And there are successes worth celebrating.\u00a0 There are stories to tell.<\/p>\n Speakers include Jessica Savage<\/strong> and Pamela Patton<\/strong> at the Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University; David Porreca<\/strong> at the University of Waterloo; and Linde Brocato<\/strong> at the University of Miami.<\/p>\n The recording might become available.\u00a0 We will confer with the participants about permission, just because that is the right thing to do.<\/p>\n See Tales from the Library Crypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo \u00a9 Linde M. Brocato 2011. Cordoba, Passage.<\/p><\/div>\n In this Episode, our Associate Linde M. Brocato<\/a>, scholar-librarian, reveals “How to Be Indiana Jones<\/a> in the Catalog:\u00a0 Treasure and Power in\/of the Bibliographical Record”.<\/p>\n Understanding the dynamics and rules of cataloging gives strong insight into how to search:\u00a0 When to use the basic search box, i.e. keyword search; when to use advanced search, i.e. the indexes.\u00a0 I will discuss the bibliographic record, the kinds of decisions catalogers make about how to encode information, and tools to release and enhance your power to find the bibliographic treasure you seek!<\/p>\n A downloadable 1-page Handout<\/a> accompanies the presentation.<\/p>\n See How to Be Indiana Jones in the Catalog<\/a>, with Linde Brocato.<\/p>\n Dupain de Montesson, Le spectacle de la campagne and La science de l’arpenteur (1777), First Title-page, Vignette. Ronald K. Smeltzer Collection. Photograph Ronald K. Smeltzer, reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n For this episode, on 23 January 2022, our Associate Ronald K. Smeltzer<\/a> examines a telling case of multiple editions of an eighteenth-century treatise on surveying by the French military engineer Louis Charles Dupain de Montesson<\/a> (circa 1720 \u2013 circa 1790).\u00a0 Between 1766 and 1813, La science de l’arpenteur dans toute son \u00e9tendu\u00eb<\/em> (“The science of the surveyor in its full extent”) was issued in editions which exhibit changes from printing by intaglio<\/a>, through a mixture of intaglio and letter-press<\/a>, to letter-press in full.\u00a0 Some of the later changes were a direct result of the French Revolution<\/a> (see also R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/a>).<\/p>\n Assembling examples of all the known editions of this treatise has taken twenty years.\u00a0 As Ronald reports, “the process attests to the value of direct inspection.\u00a0 This presentation describes the results.”<\/p>\n Dupain de Montesson, La science de l’arpenteur (1780), Title Page, Vignette. Ronald K. Smeltzer Collection. Photograph by Ronald K. Smeltzer, reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n See The Curious Printing History of “La Science de l’Arpenteur”<\/a>, with Ronald K. Smeltzer.<\/p>\n Card Division in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Photograph circa 1900-1920. Image Public Domain.<\/p><\/div>\n Planned for February 2022, by special request, a roundtable discussion aims to consider challenges and opportunities encountered in making, and using, catalogs and databases \u2014 with a focus especially on bibliographical and manuscript materials.<\/p>\n Examples include the BASIRA Project<\/a> on “Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art”, the Index of Medieval Art Database<\/a>, Digital Scriptorium 2.0<\/a>, the Pinakes\/\u03a0\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c2 Database<\/a> of Greek Texts and Manuscripts, and approaches to cataloging collections or source materials (such as artists’ books).\u00a0 Subjects for consideration are “Standards and Vocabularies in Art-History Cataloging”, “Labelling, Way-finding, and Meaning”, “About ‘Aboutness’ “, “Teaching Cataloguing Today”, “The Pinakes<\/em> Database”, “Digital Scriptorium 2.0<\/em>:\u00a0 Manuscript Description in a Linked Open Data Context”, and more.<\/p>\n See Catalogs, Metadata, and Databases (Part I)<\/a>.<\/p>\n As intended, this Roundtable prepared the way for the Session on “Catalogs, Metadata, and Databases (Part II)” in our 2022 Spring Symposium.\u00a0 It took place by Zoom on Saturday, 2 April 2022, with most of the same participants in the Roundtable. See 2022 Spring Symposium on “Structures of Knowledge”<\/a>.<\/p>\n We plan for Part III in the 2022 Autumn Symposium scheduled for Saturday 15 October 2022 (online or hybrid). See 2022 Autumn Symposium on “Supports for Knowledge”<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vassar College, Frederick Thompson Memorial Library, Entry, Ceiling and Gobelin Tapestry Series.<\/p><\/div>\n 2018 Poster for ‘Libro de los juegos’ Session<\/p><\/div>\n Planned for Saturday, 23 July 2022, our Associate Michael Allman Conrad<\/a> (see also his Curriculum Vitae<\/a>) will consider, in conversation, the choice of subject for his Ph.D. Dissertation and its resulting book, in the light of the journey toward discovery involved in the process.\u00a0 Michael received the Ph.D. from Humboldt University, Berlin, in 2021.\u00a0 The book was recently published:<\/p>\n The detailed examination, years in the making, as both Michael and the world changed, centers upon the remarkable Libro de los Juegos, or Book of Games<\/em><\/a> commissioned by King Alfonso X of Castile<\/a>.<\/p>\n Already in conversations and with presentations for Research Group events, we have had the opportunity to learn about Michael\u2019s approach to these and other materials of study.\u00a0 (See our Reviews<\/a>.)\u00a0 For this Episode of “The Research Group Speaks”, we look forward to hearing more about the origins, sources, opportunities, challenges, choices, and discoveries involved in engaging in the quest that is this “Love Story”.<\/p>\n See Falling In Love with a Source: An Interview with Michael Allman Conrad<\/a>.<\/p>\n Color cover of the book Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914). Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n Episode 8 complements Episode 4 on \u201cHow to be Indiana Jones in the Catalog:\u00a0 Treasure and Power in\/of the Bibliographical Record\u201d<\/a> .\u00a0 This time, another imaginary figure takes the stage, or climbs the ropes.<\/p>\n Our presenter Linde M. Brocato, scholar-librarian, is Associate of the Research Group on Manuscript [and Other] Evidence, and long-time contributor to our events of various kinds. On her experience and expertise, see Linde Brocato<\/a>, Linde M. Brocato, Curriculum Vitae<\/a>, and Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n She describes the plan for the Episode:<\/p>\n This workshop \/ demonstration of how to leverage the power of the bibliographical catalog follows up on Dr. Brocato’s\u00a0 presentation in Episode 4 on 11 December 2021, \u201cHow to be Indiana Jones in the Catalog:\u00a0 Treasure and Power in\/of the Bibliographical Record\u201d<\/a> (see above).\u00a0 The next installment applies those ideas and techniques to specific bibliographic problems.<\/p>\n I invite submissions of irritating and evasive bibliographic problems for a demonstration of how I would go about solving them.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see if we can!<\/p>\n See How to Be Tarzan in the Catalog, or, Brachiation in Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an informal Conversation or Interview with the author, our Associate Donncha MacGabhann<\/a> speaks about his new book on The Book of Kells:\u00a0 The Making of a Masterwork<\/i><\/b> (Leiden, 2022).<\/p>\n As one of the chief treasures of the Library of Trinity College Dublin<\/a> (since at least 1661), and the subject of widespread fame, the Book of Kells<\/a> might need no introduction.<\/p>\n Front Cover of Donncha MacGabhann, “The Book of Kells: A Masterwork Revealed” (2022).<\/p><\/div>\n Donncha’s Book has emerged from his detailed study for the Ph. D. dissertation (London, 2016), as well as his own experience as an artist.\u00a0 For our Episode, he will tell us about the making of his Book on the making of the Book of Kells<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n His Book:<\/p>\n The Ph.D. dissertation leading up to it is freely available for download:<\/p>\n For the first time in our Series, the registration for this Episode will be automated through a registration portal.\u00a0 Details will appear on the webpost announcing the Episode.<\/p>\n See Donncha MacGabhann on The Making of The Book of Kells<\/a>.<\/p>\n The First page of the First Edition of ‘Shirley’ by Charlotte Bront\u00eb (1849). Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n For Episode 10<\/strong>, Barbara Heritage<\/a> of the Rare Book School<\/a> at the University of Virginia will describe discoveries in her long-term research on the work of Charlotte Bront\u00eb<\/a> (1816\u20131855) as revealed by examining the manuscript materials and processes embedded in their pages.<\/p>\n Studying the fair-copy manuscript of Bront\u00eb’s novel Shirley <\/em>(London, British Library, Add MS 43479 in three volumes), published in 1849, Barbara reports that<\/p>\n A close codicological study of the manuscript offers an alternative reading by drawing on the correlation of paper stocks and varying pagination, providing new material-based evidence for how Bront\u00eb strategically and deliberately revised \u2014 and even expanded \u2014 her manuscript after serving as the primary caregiver for her siblings.<\/p>\n Please see the dedicated webpost for this Episode for more details, including a brief list of Barbara’s many publications on this author and related subjects.<\/p>\n Our Associate Michael Allman Conrad<\/a> returns for a second visit to our series, following his Interview for Episode 7 <\/strong>in July 2022 on “Falling In Love with a Source”<\/strong>, the choice for his Ph.D. dissertation and its published book.<\/p>\n Rhythmomachy Simulation (Player 1’s turn). Image \u00a9 2023 Michael A. Conrad.<\/p><\/div>\n This time, he will elaborate on the subject (and long-term project) introduced in his presentation for one of our Sessions in May at the 2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies.\u00a0 (See our 2023 Congress Program<\/a>.)<\/p>\n “Gamified Numbers<\/strong>: Published on our website, the Abstract<\/a> for his paper provides a glimpse and sketches further plans for his explorations on the subject.<\/p>\n Join the Episode to hear more about the project, have the opportunity to ask Michael questions, and learn about the quest.<\/p>\n See Episode 11 with Michael Allman Conrad on Gamified Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Registration portal via our RGME Eventbrite Collection<\/a>. Our Associate, Vajra Regan<\/a> (see also Vajra Regan<\/a>) will speak about the subject of his forthcoming joint publication, in an exploration of visual imagery for astrological magic as transmitted across time, languages, and cultural settings.\u00a0 In Vajra’s own words:<\/p>\n Martin, Slovakia, Slovak National Library, Fragment of the Picatrix, circa 1400 CE. Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n As part of the series \u201cThe Research Group Speaks,\u201d I examine the Hermetic<\/a> Liber planetarum<\/em> and its connection to two important books of magic, the Liber sigillorum<\/em> of Techel and the Gh\u0101yat al-Hak\u012bm<\/em> (\u063a\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u064a\u0645<\/span><\/u>) or Picatrix<\/a>. The talk both summarizes and expands on the research that Lauri Ockenstr\u00f6m and I have presented in our recent article, \u201cThe Hermetic Origins of the Liber sigillorum<\/em> of Techel\u201d (The Journal of Medieval Latin 33 [2023]<\/a>).<\/p>\n Tracking these relationships in both text and image shows that the images in the Liber sigillorum<\/em> exhibit remarkable similarities to those in the Gh\u0101yat al-Hak\u012bm<\/em>, while their origin lies in the Latin translation of the Liber planetarum<\/em> preserved in a manuscript in Florence (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II.III.214).\u00a0 This research also suggests that the lost Arabic original of the Liber planetarum<\/em> was one of the sources of the Gh\u0101yat al-Hak\u012bm<\/em>.\u00a0 In turn, surveying other Hermetic texts translated into Latin in the twelfth century, in the same group as the Liber planetarum<\/em>, suggests that they too might transmit some of the sources of the Gh\u0101yat<\/em>.<\/p>\n Here is a case where close study of both images and accompanying texts makes it possible to discern \u2014 as if to reverse engineer \u2014 patterns of transmission and diffusion across languages and cultures in the history of magic, astrology, and imagery.\u00a0 Join the Episode to learn more and ask questions!<\/p>\n For information see Episode 12: Vajra Regan on Engraved Magic and Astrological Imagery<\/a>.<\/p>\n To register for the Episode, visit Episode 12: Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Episode 13<\/strong> showcases the work of Bridget Whearty<\/a>, Associate Professor of English, General Literature and Rhetoric at Binghamton University, State University of New York (see her Curriculum Vitae<\/a>).\u00a0 She will speak informally about her work and research interests, including her recent book on Digital Codicology: Medieval Books and Modern Labor<\/a> (Stanford University Press, 2022).\u00a0 See, for example, her observations for Medieval Books and Modern Labor<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00ab Le Champion des Dames \u00bb (1440) by Martin le Franc, via gallica.bnf.fr from Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France. D\u00e9partement des manuscrits. Fran\u00e7ais 12476, folio 78r, detail.<\/p><\/div>\n We learned about her work in an earlier stage, when she described its potential and significance at the 11th Annual Symposium of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies on “Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age” in 2018. (You can view the presentation here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n We look forward to hearing more about the quest, along with its challenges, discoveries, and recognition of the people behind the books.<\/p>\n Come to think of it, that meeting with the people “in” the books is what we try to do with studying or encountering medieval and other old books, only without being able to meet the people in person . . .<\/p>\n For information see<\/p>\n You can register for this event by our RGME Eventbrite Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n To register for Bridget’s Episode 13 within the Collection, visit<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Episode 14<\/strong> gives the opportunity to hear a team of teacher, student, and former student describe the challenges and choices in approaching the next text in their series of translations from Latin texts.\u00a0 The team includes two of our RGME Associates, who have spoken at RGME events including previews of their earlier translations which have attained publication.<\/p>\n The Book Signing at the 2019 Congress. Photography Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n Those published translations are:<\/p>\n\n
“The Research Group Speaks”<\/h2>\n
Books on Display:\u00a0 Group Portrait with Books<\/h3>\n
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Episode 1 (July 2021):
\nInterview with Barbara Williams Ellertson
\nThe BASIRA Project and a Timeline<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_1652-Barbara-and-Milly-at-the-White-Dog-Cafe-300x225.jpg\")
Episode 2 (September 2021):
\nPresentation and Demonstration by Linda Civitello
\n“Southern Italian Cuisine before Columbus”<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Il_Platina_-_De_honesta_voluptate_et_valetudine_nel_anno_del_signore_MCCCCLXXXXIIII_adi_XXV_de_agusto_-_2444237_Scan00017.tif-227x300.jpg\")
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\n<\/i>printed in Venice in 1487 and 1494 <\/i>(https:\/\/data.cerl.org\/istc\/\n
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Episode 3 (November 2021):
\nA Roundtable
\n“Tales from the Library Crypt”<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The_Crypt_at_Worcester_Cathedral_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1005022-300x199.jpg\")
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Episode 4 (December 2021):
\nPresentation by Linde M. Brocato
\n“How to Be Indiana Jones in the Catalog”<\/h2>\nEpisode 5 (January 2022):
\nPresentation by Ronald K. Smeltzer<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1777-Edition-Title-Page-Dupain-de-Montesson-illustration-300x250.jpg\")
“The Curious Printing History of
\nLa Science de l’Arpenteur <\/em>by Dupain de Montpasson”<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0021-Title-Page-Paris-1780-Footpiece-300x124.jpg\")
Episode 6 (February 2022):
\n“Catalogs, Metadata, and Databases (Part I)”
\nA Roundtable<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Card_Division_of_the_Library_of_Congress_3c18631u_original-300x239.jpg\")
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Episode 7 (July 2022)
\n“Falling in Love with a Source . . .
\nOr: How Much fou<\/em> Is There In This amour<\/em>?”
\n\u2013 An Interview with Michael Allman Conrad<\/h2>\n![\"Poster](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Posters2-1-Alfonso-X-Session-with-border-232x300.png\")
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\n\u201cLudic Practice and Dealing with Contingency in the Book of Games<\/em> of Alfonso X and Other Sources from the Thirteenth Century:\u00a0 Games as Models of Good Decision-Making\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEpisode 8 (Saturday 17 September 2022)
\n“Tarzan-Moves of the Mind \u2014 or Brachiation in Research:
\nGoing from Indiana Jones\u2019 Big Picture
\nto Effective Research Moves”
\nLinde M. Brocato<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tarzan_of_the_Apes_in_color.jpg\")
Episode 9 (Saturday 19 November 2022)
\n“The Making of The Book of Kells:\u00a0 The Making of a Masterpiece<\/em>”
\nDonncha MacGabhann<\/h2>\n\n
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\n(Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2022).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Episode 10 (Saturday 18 February 2023)
\n\u201cStages of Composition:
\nCharlotte Bront\u00eb\u2019s Fair-Copy Manuscript for Shirley<\/em>”
\nBarbara Heritage<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Shirley_a_tale_-_Page_n8-176x300.jpg\")
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Episode 11 (Saturday 8 July 2023)
\n“Gamified Numbers:\u00a0 The Next Installment”<\/h2>\nMichael Allman Conrad<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nBoard Games as Educational Instruments for Teaching Astrology and Other Quadrivial Arts<\/a>“<\/p>\n
\nSee Episode 11: Michael Allman Conrad Speaks on “Gamified Numbers”: Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\nEpisode 12 (Saturday 12 August 2023)
\n“The Sources of the Engraved Magic and Astrological Images
\nin the Book of Sigils<\/em> (Liber Sigillorum<\/em>)
\nand the Gh\u0101yat al-Hak\u012bm<\/em> (The Goal of the Wise<\/em>)”<\/h2>\nVajra Regan<\/h2>\n
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Episode 13 (Saturday 23 September 2023)
\n“Making Digital Codicology<\/em>:\u00a0 Research and Writing in Community”<\/h2>\nBridget Whearty<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Episode 14 (Sunday<\/span> 19 November 2023)
\n“Translating by Committee:\u00a0 The Latin Hermetica<\/a>“<\/h2>\nDavid Porreca, Dan Attrell, and Brett Bartlett<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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