{"id":2777,"date":"2014-11-01T02:35:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T02:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=2777"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:33:30","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_6219\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6219\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6219 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_5009-Initial-O-plus-winged-biped-for-Web-142x150.jpg\" alt=\"Printed Initial O with winged dragon. Photograph \u00a9 Mildred Budny\" width=\"142\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_5009-Initial-O-plus-winged-biped-for-Web-142x150.jpg 142w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_5009-Initial-O-plus-winged-biped-for-Web-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_5009-Initial-O-plus-winged-biped-for-Web.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Collection. Printed Bifolium with Woodcut Initial O enclosing winged dragon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 1 November 2014, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Here we offer reviews and views of publications, exhibitions, displays, commentaries, discussions, and questions concerning the written word in its transmission across time and place \u2014 manuscripts included.<\/p>\n<h2>1. In Review:<br \/>\nOur Tradition of Reviews<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>ShelfLife<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The tradition of RGME reviews of books, exhibitions, and other publications or events began with the first issue of our illustrated Bulletin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/shelflife\/\"><strong>ShelfLife<\/strong><\/a> (see its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/shelflife\/shelflife-the-bulletin-of-the-research-group-on-manuscript-evidence\/\"><strong>Bulletin Description<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Front Cover of ShelfLife, The Bulletin of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Number 1 (Winter 2006), including a photograph of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 197B, folio 1 recto. Photograph joint copyright of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College and Mildred Budny.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Our First Website (Drupal Version)<\/h2>\n<p>Next we included some brief notices of such publications in our first website, which appeared as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*manuscriptevidence.org<\/span> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Drupal<\/a> version.\u00a0 Now obsolete, this version is represented by some printouts and &#8216;snapshots&#8217; which were made by <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The WayBack Machine<\/span><\/strong>, now <a href=\"\/\/archive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archive.org<\/a>. See<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230000000000*\/manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manuscriptevidence.org on archive.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over time, that archive has dropped some early &#8216;snapshots&#8217; for the RGME.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ShelfMarks: The RGME Newsletter<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our reviews took on new shape with the first issue of our illustrated Newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/shelflife\/shelfmarks\/\"><strong>ShelfMarks<\/strong><\/a>, circulated via printed form, its representation in pdf, and in portions (or teasers) as email and blog posts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ShelfMarks-masthead-corrected-26-Oct-2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2718\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ShelfMarks-masthead-corrected-26-Oct-2014-300x86.png\" alt=\"Masthead for ShelfMarks, the newsletter of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, laid out in RGME Bembino\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ShelfMarks-masthead-corrected-26-Oct-2014-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ShelfMarks-masthead-corrected-26-Oct-2014-150x43.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ShelfMarks-masthead-corrected-26-Oct-2014-1024x295.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>ShelfMarks Issue 1<\/h3>\n<p>An e-version of the first issue, with <strong>ShelfTags<\/strong> for <strong>ShelfMarks<\/strong> and some extra images, appears <a href=\"http:\/\/us3.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=a9edc67396cccde79d2e1b259&amp;id=f14e6fe893&amp;e=4df4b9af5f\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full issue, Volume 1, Number 1 for Autumn 2014, appears here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ShelfMarks-Volume-1-Number-1.pdf\"><strong>ShelfMarks, Volume 1, Number 1 (PDF)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Its review &#8220;The Bouquet List&#8221; appears in full as a Blog Post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bouquet-list-gathering-books\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2689\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2689\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2689 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"Floral border on the detached leaf from a 15th-century Book of Hours\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-150x47.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-1000x320.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You might <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/6JMcD\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong><\/a> to <strong>ShelfMarks<\/strong> here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mailto:rgmenewsletter@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rgmenewsletter@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>ShelfMarks Issue 2<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/shelfmarks-issue-2-volume-2-number-1-for-winter-2022-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShelfMarks Issue 2, Volume 2, Number 1 for Winter 2022\u20132023<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next installment of &#8220;The Bouquet List&#8221; (pages 2\u20135) gives our Director&#8217;s review of some favorite publications by RGME Associates, along with a celebratory publication for a RGME Trustee, which have appeared since the time of <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ShelfMarks-Volume-1-Number-1.pdf\">ShelfMarks, Volume 1, Number 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The books under consideration in this issue (with RGME names in <strong>bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Gregory T. Clark<\/strong>, <em>Art in a Time of War: The Master of Morgan 453 and\u00a0Manuscript\u00a0Illumination in Paris during\u00a0the\u00a0English Occupation (1419-1435)<\/em> (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brepols.net\/products\/IS-9780888441973-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>). ISBN 978-0-88844-197-3.<\/li>\n<li><em>Tributes to <strong>Adelaide Bennett Hagens<\/strong>: Manuscripts, Iconography, and the Medieval Viewer<\/em>, edited by\u00a0<strong>Pamela\u00a0A.\u00a0Patton<\/strong> and Judith K. Golden (London and Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publications, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brepols.net\/products\/IS-9781909400795-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>). ISBN 978-1-909400-79-5.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Celia Chazelle<\/strong>, <em>The Codex Amiatinus and\u00a0its\u00a0Sister Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in\u00a0the Milieu of\u00a0the\u00a0Venerable\u00a0Bede<\/em> (Leiden: Brill, <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/54031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>). ISBN 978-90-39013-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Attrell and David Porreca<\/strong>, <em>Picatrix: A\u00a0Medieval Treatise on Astral Magic, translated with\u00a0an\u00a0Introduction<\/em> (University Park: Penn State Press, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psupress.org\/books\/titles\/978-0-271-08213-4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>). ISBN 978-0-271-08212-7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael A. Conrad<\/strong>, <em>Ludische Prais und\u00a0Kontingenz-bew\u00e4ltigung im\u00a0Spielebuch Alfons\u2019 X. und anderen Quellen des\u00a013.\u00a0Jahrhunderts. Spiel als Modell guten\u00a0Entscheidens<\/em> (Berlin: De Gruyter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/9783110764727\/html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>). ISBN 978-3-11-076440-6.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donncha MacGabhann<\/strong>, <em>The Book of Kells: A\u00a0Masterwork Revealed<\/em> (Leiden: Sidestone Press, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidestone.com\/authors\/macgabhann-donncha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>). ISBN 978-9-46-426123-3.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>The RGME Webpage:\u00a0 <em>Reviews on our Website<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>(You are Here)<\/p>\n<p>With the redesign of our official website in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230000000000*\/manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> (2014), as the site expanded, we dedicated a page for notices, remarks, and reviews of publications of interest.\u00a0 Here, for example, we highlight or showcase publications by <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/officers-associates-and-volunteers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Officers, Associates, Volunteers, Trustees, and Others<\/a> in the Research Group on Manuscript [and Other] Evidence.<\/p>\n<p>One by one, and sometimes in tandem with our revival of our RGME Newsletter ShelfMarks, we showcase works of interest and merit worthy of attention.<\/p>\n<p>See below for our <strong>Reviews<\/strong> for this Page.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>:\u00a0 Among the Episodes for our online series &#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;, some are dedicated to the authors and their books, whereby the author might speak about their books, the reasons for undertaking them, the processes of working on them, and lessons learned both in the process itself and in the voyage of discovery of the subject and its materials\u00a0 See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-research-group-speaks-the-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;: The Series<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. Reviews of Books, Exhibitions, Catalogues, Etc.<\/h2>\n<p>Coming soon:\u00a0 A review of<\/p>\n<h3>Bernard Sypniewski<br \/>\nA Small Book on Anglo-Saxon Charms (2022)<\/h3>\n<p>We congratulate the author for this modest but refreshing book, published by &#8220;a retired lawyer and university professor who spends his time with natural language processing and &#8216;dead&#8217; or moribund languages&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Soon we will offer some comments with admiration for the publication.<\/p>\n<p>(2022: Woodbine, New Jersey, 2022). ISBN 9798359990974<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mailto:asbooks011@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asbooks011@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>*****<\/h3>\n<h3>Michael A. Conrad<br \/>\n<em>Ludische Praxis und Kontingenzbew\u00e4ltigung<\/em> (2022)<\/h3>\n<p>We applaud the publication of the book by our Associate, Michael Allman Conrad, building upon his Ph.D. Dissertation for Humboldt University, Berlin (2021).\u00a0\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/9783110764727\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael A. Conrad, Ludische Praxis und Kontingenzbew\u00e4ltigung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The detailed examination, years in the making, centers upon the remarkable <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libro_de_los_Juegos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libro de los Juegos, or <em>Book of Games<\/em><\/a> commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfonso_X_of_Castile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Alfonso X of Castile<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ludische Praxis und Kontingenzbew\u00e4ltigung im Spielebuch Alfons\u02bc X.<br \/>\nund anderen Quellen des 13. Jahrhunderts:\u00a0 <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Spiel als Modell guten Entscheidens<br \/>\n<\/em>(De Gruyter, 2022)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n(&#8220;Ludic Practice and Dealing with Contingency in the <em>Book of Games<\/em> of Alfonso X<br \/>\nand Other Sources from the Thirteenth Century:<br \/>\nGames as Models of Good Decision-Making&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>The publisher&#8217;s summary describes the scope and strategy of the volume:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Taking [Alfonso&#8217;s] book as a starting point, this volume reflects on how games were viewed by Alfons and other contemporary authors as a practice that allowed them to come to terms with contingency and as a model of good decision-making, in particular in the fields of strategy, economics, ethics, and metaphysics.<\/p>\n<p>Already in conversations and with presentations for Research Group events, we have had the opportunity to learn about Michael&#8217;s approach to these and other materials of study.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11005\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11005\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Posters2-1-Alfonso-X-Session-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster for our Sponsored Session on the &quot; 'Libro de los juegos': Big Results from Small Data&quot;, organized by Linde M. Brocato and sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence at the 2018 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Poster set in RGME Bembino.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Posters2-1-Alfonso-X-Session-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Posters2-1-Alfonso-X-Session-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Posters2-1-Alfonso-X-Session-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 Poster for &#8216;Libro de los juegos&#8217; Session<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We thank him for these presentations (among others on other subjects):<\/p>\n<p>1) \u201cIn Plain Sight:\u00a0 The Promotion of Astrology and Magic at Royal Courts<br \/>\nin the 13<sup>th<\/sup> Century in Transcultural Perspective (A Response)\u201d<br \/>\nPresented at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2018)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Abstract of Paper<\/em>, with a Selected List of Michael&#8217;s Publications:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/conrad-2018-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conrad 2018 Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) \u201cPrudence in Play: Alfonso X\u2019s <em>Libro de acedrex e tablas<\/em> as a Theory of Decision-Making\u201d<br \/>\nPresented at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2018)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Abstract of Paper<\/em>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/conrad-2019-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conrad 2019 Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We eagerly look forward to holding a copy of this book and learning from its observations and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps sometime, when in-person meetings can be contemplated safely, we could invite Michael for a book-signing reception.\u00a0 Best wishes for the voyage of this new book!<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Celia Chazelle<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/54031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Codex Amiatinus and its \u2018Sister\u2019 Bibles:<br \/>\nScripture, liturgy, and art in the milieu of the Venerable Bede<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/serial\/COMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commentaria:<br \/>\nSacred Texts and Their Commentaries: Jewish, Christian and Islamic<\/a><br \/>\nVolume 10 (Leiden: Brill, 2019)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">E-Book (PDF) ISBN: 978-90-04-39132-1<br \/>\nHardback ISBN: 978-90-04-39013-3<\/p>\n<p>According to the publisher (see <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/title\/54031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Codex Amiatinus and its \u2018Sister\u2019 Bibles)<\/a>, this book<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0examines the full Bibles (Bibles containing every scriptural text that producers deemed canonical) made at the northern English monastery of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monkwearmouth%E2%80%93Jarrow_Abbey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wearmouth[\u2013]Jarrow<\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceolfrith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abbot Ceolfrith<\/a> (d. 716) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bede\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venerable Bede<\/a> (d. 735), and the religious, cultural, and intellectual circumstances of their production.\u00a0 The key manuscript witness of this monastery[&#8216;]s Bible-making enterprise is the Codex Amiatinus, a massive illustrated volume sent toward Rome in June 716, as a gift to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Peter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Peter<\/a>.\u00a0 Amiatinus is the oldest extant, largely intact Latin full Bible.\u00a0 Its survival is the critical reason that Ceolfrith[&#8216;]s WearmouthJarrow has long been recognized as a pivotal center in the evolution of the design, structure, and contents of medieval biblical codices.<\/p>\n<p>Warmly we congratulate Celia for the achievement of this publication, which now stands within her stream of articles and books on a variety of subjects concerned with education, art, religion, and culture. See, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/independent.academia.edu\/CeliaChazelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celia Chazelle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/history.tcnj.edu\/faculty\/celia-chazelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celia Chazelle<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celia_Chazelle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celia Chazelle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The voyage toward the volume is described movingly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/book\/9789004391321\/front-7.xml?language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acknowledgments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For years, as Celia engaged with the subject, we have had the opportunity of hearing her papers about various aspects of its complex range, taken earnestly in turn. Some were featured in Research Group Symposia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2001-workshop-on-the-dating-service-or-dating-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2001 Workshop on &#8220;The Dating Service or The Dating Game?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-symposium-recollections-of-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014 Symposium on &#8220;Recollections of the Past&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/6359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_16725\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16725\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-1104x1536.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia-1472x2048.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CodxAmiatinusFolio5rEzra-via-Wikipedia.jpg 1475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Folio 5r from the Codex Amiatinus (Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Amiatinus 1). Image via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the research rounded into the book, in several drafts, our Director had the pleasure and privilege of reading the versions and talking with Celia about her discoveries, reflections, and research results.\u00a0 There was much to learn from Celia&#8217;s careful observations about the manuscript, its fragmentary Sister Bibles, and their significance!<\/p>\n<p>Years before, Mildred Budny was able to examine the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Amiatinus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Codex Amiatinus<\/a> directly, in two different years on visits to Florence for the purpose. These visits formed part of her cumulative research on another early medieval Vulgate Bible made in England, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/manuscripts\/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_1_e_vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Bible of Saint Augustine&#8217;s Abbey, Canterbury<\/a>, subject of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1833742\/British_Library_Manuscript_Royal_1_E_vi_The_Anatomy_of_an_Anglo_Saxon_Bible_Fragment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Ph.D. dissertation<\/a>.\u00a0 Examining the fragments of the Sister Bibles, many other related monuments, and the landscapes of Wearmouth\u2013Jarrow themselves over the course of some years gave insights into Celia&#8217;s descriptions and revelations as her work continued to unfold and to refine.\u00a0\u00a0 Witnessing the process of &#8216;gestation&#8217; and creation of her book adds to the joy of discovery in the published work.<\/p>\n<p>Many scholars, students, and others have answered a &#8220;call&#8221; from the Codex Amiatinus, whether before, during, or after its momentous appearance \u2014 or, rather, reappearance \u2014 in England for an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bl.uk\/digitisedmanuscripts\/2018\/06\/the-first-voyage-of-codex-amiatinus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibition at the British Library in 2018<\/a>, centuries after its departure for Italy as a gift.\u00a0 Few have responded to that &#8220;call&#8221; so fully and resonantly as Celia in her conversations and in her book.\u00a0 The combinations of expertise, with years of dedicated study and teaching about the arts of early medieval books and other materials, about the culture of Latinity, Biblical commentary, liturgical practice, and religious immersion through the medieval period and beyond, and about their legacy, bring much to illuminate this special monument and its siblings, and to enrich understanding.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Questions, Suggestions, and Comments<\/h2>\n<p>Do you have questions or comments, or do you wish to make suggestions for other books or publications (print or digital) to review?<\/p>\n<p>Please make your Comments here or <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a>.\u00a0 We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews [Posted on 1 November 2014, with updates] Here we offer reviews and views of publications, exhibitions, displays, commentaries, discussions, and questions concerning the written word in its transmission across time and place \u2014 manuscripts included. 1. 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