{"id":17475,"date":"2023-01-15T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T05:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=17475"},"modified":"2023-02-11T04:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T04:10:40","slug":"campbell-2023-congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/campbell-2023-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell (2023 Congress)"},"content":{"rendered":"

William H. Campbell
\n(University of Pittsburgh \u2014 Greensburg<\/em>)<\/h2>\n

“Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos:
\n<\/em>Tracing the Life of an Office of the Dead”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Abstract of Paper
\npresented at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies
\n(Kalamazoo, 2023)<\/h3>\n

Session on “Bound But Not Gagged: The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings”
\nPart 1 (of 2):\u00a0 “The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings from German Lands”<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Organized by William H. Campbell
\nCo-organized by Mildred Budny<\/h4>\n

Co-Sponsored by the RGME and
\n<\/strong>the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023 Congress Program<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

The St. Kunibert (Cologne) manuscript of the Office of the Dead and Prayers before Mass<\/a>, dating from 1487, appears to have been used in its monastic community for around three hundred years. [On the manuscript, see OFFICE OF THE DEAD and related texts, use of St Kunibert, Cologne, in Latin<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

It retains an early binding, but close inspection has yielded a story of subsequent changes, additions, and repairs across the long working life of the book. This paper is a case study in how much can be discovered about a book\u02bcs history through traditional codicology, without any technological interventions, when a book\u02bcs internal evidence bears eloquent witness to its own history.<\/p>\n

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Note<\/em>:\u00a0 The University of Pittsburgh purchased the volume from Les Enluminures.\u00a0 It is now part of Special Collections:\u00a0 Office of the Dead (1487).<\/p>\n

One of the librarians made a 3D scan, which you can explore at this link.\u00a0 You can rotate it and zoom in and out (easier with a physical computer mouse than with a mouse pad).<\/p>\n