{"id":11947,"date":"2019-07-28T23:29:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T23:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=11947"},"modified":"2019-11-07T00:39:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:39:50","slug":"2019-anniversary-symposium-report-the-roads-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-anniversary-symposium-report-the-roads-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Anniversary Symposium Report: The Roads Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Roads Taken, Or, The Obstacle Course<\/h2>\n

Challenges & Opportunities for
\nAssessing the Origins, Travels & Arrivals
\nof Manuscripts & Early Printed Materials<\/h3>\n

2019 Anniversary Symposium
\nof the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h3>\n

Princeton University
\nFriday 26 & Saturday 27 April 2019<\/h3>\n

Co-Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America<\/a><\/h4>\n
\"Rejoined

Rejoined Pieces of a Leaf from a Book of Hours. Private Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sponsors<\/h4>\n

Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University<\/a><\/p>\n

The Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University<\/a><\/p>\n

James Marrow and Emily Rose<\/p>\n

Celia Chazelle<\/p>\n

Barbara A. Shailor<\/p>\n

The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

Vassar College<\/a><\/p>\n

The Plan<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In 2019 the Research Group on Manuscript [and Other] Evidence celebrates 20 years as a nonprofit educational corporation based in Princeton, and 30 years as an international scholarly society founded at the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge<\/a>. Across the years, we have engaged in multiple events<\/a> in many places, over multiple manuscripts and other original sources, and on a broad range of subjects. We celebrate our friends, colleagues, hosts, donors, volunteers, and subjects of study.<\/p>\n

As part of these celebrations, our Anniversary Symposium took place at Princeton University, host of many of our events over the years, as remembered here<\/a>.\u00a0 Sponsorship for this Symposium included Sponsors from earlier years, as well as new sponsorship by The Bibliographical Society of America<\/a> and by Vassar College<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\"The

2019 Anniversary Symposium Booklet Cover Page<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The Booklet<\/h3>\n

Distributed at the event and downloadable freely:\u00a0 2019 Symposium Booklet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Events<\/h3>\n

On Friday afternoon the 26th, the Symposium opened with a set of master-classes and with a session from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a Reception nearby. One master-class was given in 2 sittings (each limited to 20 people) by Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, in Special Collections at Firestone Library<\/a>, revealing “New Findings in Old Bindings”. Another master-class (limited to 15 people) took place over a selection of medieval and early modern manuscript fragments in the Princeton University Art Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday the 27th, a day’s sessions of papers and panels occurred in 106 McCormick Hall<\/a>, accompanied by breaks for coffee and lunch, and followed by a Reception at the Index of Medieval Art<\/a> (also in McCormick Hall). This Reception included displays of manuscript and early printed materials brought by participants from their own collections. Some of our earlier events have showcased such materials, for example in a Research Group seminar held in the same room at the Index: Manuscripts and Their Photographs<\/a> .<\/p>\n

\"Inspecting

Observing a Book of Hours at the 2014 Seminar<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Book

That same Book of Hours, opened to the (despoiled) opening of the 7 Penitential Psalms. Folios 98 verso and 99 recto, with intervening stub from a decorated leaf. The present location of that despoiled leaf is unknown.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

2019 Symposium Booklet Cover Page<\/p><\/div>\n

The Theme<\/h3>\n

Our 2019 Anniversary Symposium took shape inspired by its session organized by Barbara A. Shailor, showcasing case-studies at Yale University, on \u201cThe Peregrinations of Manuscripts: Origin, Provenance, or Both\u201d. Our program and curated displays demonstrated myriad challenges and opportunities for assessing the origins, travels, and arrivals of manuscripts, documents, and rare books. The focus centered upon selected medieval and early modern materials, both Western and non-Western. It included reports of discoveries, work-in-progress, cumulative research, and collaborative projects.<\/p>\n

Attention to the essence of \u201cLocation, Location, Location\u201d \u2014 involving stages in the history, present homes, and resource potential of the materials \u2014 also considered choices made by scholars, teachers, curators, collectors, and bibliophiles in shaping their paths towards chosen fields of concentration, methods of approach, and regional and international collaborations.<\/p>\n

Considering \u201cThe Roads Taken\u201d (obstacles included) by original materials in their patterns of production, use, collection, scholarship, and recognition, our event was designed to examine the nature of the evidence for locating the origins, travels, and homes of textual materials in diverse forms.<\/p>\n

In sum, it succeeded in its aims, and then some.\u00a0 As Barbara Shailor observed, it was a “great symposium”.<\/p>\n

\"Poster

Poster 1 for the 2019 Symposium<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday 26 April: Classes, a Demonstration, and a Reception<\/h3>\n

Classes:\u00a0 Registration Required (Space Limited)<\/h4>\n

1) “New Findings in Old Bindings”
\n<\/strong>Class given (twice) by Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, in the Large Classroom of Floor C (Rare Books and Special Collections<\/a>) at Firestone Library.<\/p>\n

2) “Telling Their Story: Little-Known Manuscript Fragments <\/strong>at the Princeton University Art Museum”
\n<\/strong>Class given by Mildred Budny in the Prints and Drawings<\/a> Study Room of the Museum.<\/p>\n

\"Poster

Poster 2 for the 2019 Symposium<\/p><\/div>\n

Descriptions about both classes appear, with illustrations, in the 2019 Symposium Booklet<\/a> (available at the Symposium and now on our website).<\/p>\n

Reception<\/h4>\n

A Reception followed at Proctor House<\/a>, 53 University Place, Princeton.\u00a0 Participants then adjourned for dinner nearby at The Witherspoon Grill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Verso

Verso of a Leaf from a 35-Line, Double-Column Breviary. Circa 1300. Private Collection, reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday 27 April: Sessions of Papers, Reception, and Curated Display<\/h3>\n

On Saturday 27 April, with coffee breaks and a break for lunch, the Sessions<\/strong> of papers and discussions took place in Room 106, McCormick Hall, the location also for some of our earlier Symposia, including the Anniversary Symposia of 2009 and 2014.<\/p>\n

The Symposium closed with a Reception<\/strong> hosted by the Index of Medieval Art. In its Seminar Room, there was a Display<\/strong> of original manuscript and early-printed materials brought by participants from their individual or institutional collections.\u00a0 Participants then adjourned for dinner nearby at Agricola Eatery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speakers and Moderators (in alphabetical order):<\/h4>\n

Alessia Bellusci<\/strong> (Postdoctoral Associate in Medieval Jewish History, Yale University)<\/p>\n

Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n

Debra Taylor Cashion<\/strong> (Debra Taylor Cashion (President and Executive Director, Digital Scriptorium, and Humanities Librarian and Assistant Librarian, Vatican Film Library, Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University Libraries)<\/p>\n

Celia Chazelle<\/strong> (Department of History, College of New Jersey)<\/p>\n

Raymond Clemens<\/strong> (Curator, Early Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University)<\/p>\n

Michael A. Conrad<\/strong> (Kunsthistorisches Institut, University of Zurich)<\/p>\n

\"Yale

Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 1183. Photograph courtesy Kristen Herdman.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kylie Conrau-Lewis<\/strong> (Department of Classics, Yale University)<\/p>\n

Kristen Herdman<\/strong> (Medieval Studies, Yale University)<\/p>\n

Joshua O’Driscoll<\/strong> (Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York)<\/p>\n

Beatrice E. Kitzinger<\/strong> (Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University)<\/p>\n

Aylin Malcolm<\/strong> (Department of Engish, University of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n

\u00c9ric Palazzo<\/strong> (University of Poitiers and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)<\/p>\n

Ronald D. Patkus<\/strong> (Head of Special Collections, Vassar College)<\/p>\n

Pamela Patton<\/strong> (Director, Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University)<\/p>\n

\"The

David Sorenson’s Title Page<\/p><\/div>\n

Dot Porter<\/strong> (Curator of Digital Research Services, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Barbara A. Shailor<\/strong> (Department of Classics, Yale University, and President, Bibliographical Society of America)<\/p>\n

David W. Sorenson<\/strong> (Independent, Quincy, Massachusetts)<\/p>\n

Judith Weston<\/strong> (Comparative Literatures Program, University of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n

Eric White<\/strong> (Curator of Rare Books, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University)<\/p>\n

Program & Booklet<\/h3>\n

Posted ahead of time, with updates, the Symposium Program and the Posters have been available here<\/a> and here<\/a>.\u00a0 Distributed at the Symposium, and now available on our website, we present the 2019 Anniversary Symposium Booklet<\/a>, which combines the updated Program with Abstracts of the Papers and Illustrations from multiple collections.\u00a0 All these publications, as customary, are set in our copyright multilingual font Bembino<\/a> according with our Style Manifesto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Registration for the Events<\/h3>\n

For the first time, we offered registration online. With generous assistance and back-up support by our Webmaster, Jesse Hurlbut<\/a>, we were able to make the Registration form available not only as a downloadable pdf<\/a> , but also as an online form, in 2 versions:<\/p>\n