{"id":11598,"date":"2019-05-01T23:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T23:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=11598"},"modified":"2019-08-25T23:09:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T23:09:37","slug":"revisiting-anglo-saxon-symposia-2002-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/revisiting-anglo-saxon-symposia-2002-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Anglo-Saxon Symposia 2002\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revisiting Beloved Ground<\/h2>\n

[Published on May 1, 2019<\/em>]\u00a0 A personal post by our Director.<\/p>\n

A New Look<\/h3>\n
\"\u00a9

\u00a9 The British Library Board, Royal MS 1 E vi, folio 4r. The Royal Bible of Saint Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

We have returned from a trip to London for multiple views of the exhibition of Anglo-Saxon and related manuscripts at The British Library<\/a>, and for a visit to its companion set of conferences<\/a> to showcase work by selected elder and younger scholars.<\/p>\n

My review does not have the purpose of providing a purview as such of the exhibition or the conferences.\u00a0 Other venues have provided more-and-less expert evaluations of the exhibition and its scholarly events.<\/p>\n

It was lovely to see the manuscripts \u2014 in most cases, again, for I have seen them in person in their current collections.\u00a0 It took decades of travel, decades of dedication, and worth the view.<\/p>\n

#turnedthepages<\/h3>\n

Suffice it to say that I, for one, can state accurately as well as precisely that, with determination, time, travel funding, part-time work, and perseverence, topped by a deep and abiding love of the subject, along with permission by the custodians, I have been able to examine closely and directly, and to turn the pages of almost all the manuscripts (and many of the documents) on display. A labour of love.<\/p>\n

Having the opportunity to view the gathered manuscripts of course demands praise for the organisers of the exhibition and the enlightened donors for its accomplishment. Having the opportunity to attend the conference and to view the exhibition of course commands recognition that I have myself had to pay for that privilege, in travel, housing, conference dues, exhibition entrance, and the like. It is important to record, with thanks, the generous donation of 2 tickets for attendance by a Research Group Associate, which made it possible to continue to view the exhibition in company.<\/p>\n

I talk about logistics because these matters, also, matter.<\/p>\n

You all who talk, and with reason, about the need to have funding in order to persist and persevere with this and or that field of study, I hear you.\u00a0 Funding applications, part-time jobs, free-lance work, supposedly ignominious independent scholarly endeavors all must hold their place.\u00a0 Sometimes hard work.<\/p>\n

Center Stage<\/h3>\n

For me, it was important to see, in person, again, some manuscripts which I love deeply. That comes from close and appreciative knowledge. Did I mention my favorite hashtag. #turnedthepages<\/span>.\u00a0 Here, aplenty, in this exhibition, it applies.\u00a0 And then some.<\/p>\n

Plus, the exhibition is nontrivial.\u00a0 See here:\u00a0 Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a special delight to see as the first images for the concluding plenary lecture such a view, from “my thesis manuscript”, and from such an excellent speaker.<\/p>\n

The Thesis is available without charge via British Library Manuscript Royal 1 E.vi: The Anatomy of an Anglo-Saxon Bible Fragment<\/a> (1985) or ethos.bl.uk (order no. thesis00342356)<\/p>\n

\"Julia

Julia Smith introduces The Royal Bible of Saint Augustine’s Abbey Canterbury in her Plenary Lecture December 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

Revisiting the Territory<\/h2>\n

Interesting, isn’t it, that there remain on the scene in this new “international conference” at The British Library so many Anglo-Saxonists that participated in the 2002 British Museum Symposium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence?<\/p>\n

\"2002The 2002 BM Symposium:<\/p>\n

Form and Order in the Anglo-Saxon World<\/a><\/p>\n

Its Program:<\/p>\n

2002 BM Program<\/a><\/p>\n

Its Program Booklet, with Abstracts of Papers:<\/p>\n

British Museum Colloquium Booklet<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Reception

Reception at the 2002 British Museum Colloquium.<\/p><\/div>\n

Instructive, don’t you think, that the speakers and presiders from that Colloquium in 2002 are mostly represented among the speakers, presiders, and attendees of the 2018 British Library International Conference?\u00a0 Here, in the order in which they appeared on our 2002 Program, they are:<\/p>\n

D\u00e1ibh\u00ed \u00d3 Cr\u00f3inin
\nRichard Gameson
\nRosamond McKitterick
\nAndy Orchard
\nSimon Keynes
\nHelen Gittos
\nAlan Thacker
\nCarol Neuman de Vegvar
\nMichael Ryan
\nSusan Youngs
\nJames Graham-Campbell
\nJane Hawkes
\nCarol Farr
\nNancy Netzer
\nMildred Budny
\nMichael Wood
\nElizabeth M. Tyler
\nLeslie E. Webster<\/p>\n

\"Coffee

Coffee Break at our 2002 British Museum Colloquium.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some others on our 2002 Program could not be present in 2018 because they had died. We remember them with esteem.<\/p>\n

A few others on our 2002 Program did not, alas, feel included sufficiently in 2018 to attend the British Library event.<\/p>\n

We remember both events with appreciation for the conversations, presentations, and collegiality.<\/p>\n

\"Coffee

At our 2002 Colloquium.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Reception

At our 2002 Colloquium Reception:\u00a0 Sue Youngs and Joyce Hill.\u00a0 Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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