{"id":12378,"date":"2020-02-15T04:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T04:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=12378"},"modified":"2022-10-06T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:23:11","slug":"2020-spring-symposium-save-the-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-spring-symposium-save-the-date\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Spring Symposium:  Save the Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12462\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12462\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12462 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Grolier2-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"New York, Grolier Club, \\*434.14\\Aug\\1470\\Folio. Flavius Josephus, De antiquitate Judiaca and De bello Judaico, translated by Rufinus Aquileinensis, printed in Augsburg on paper by Johannn Sch\u00fcsseler in 2 Parts, dated respectively 28 June 1470 and 23 August 1470, and bound together with a manuscript copy dated 1462 of Eusebius Caesariensis, Historia ecclesiastica.\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Grolier2-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Grolier2-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Grolier2-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Grolier2-834x1024.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York, Grolier Club, *434.14Aug1470Folio.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;From Cover to Cover&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Activities Devoted to Manuscripts, Early Printed Books &amp; Beyond<br \/>\nFrom Collecting &amp; Cataloguing to Deciphering &amp; Beholding<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2020\u00a0 Spring Symposium<br \/>\nof the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Princeton University<br \/>\nFriday &amp; Saturday 13\u201314 March 2020<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Update 5 April 2020 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Symposium Booklet, with illustrations and Abstracts of Papers, is now published and available for <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/dowwnloads\/download\/12703\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>.<br \/>\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/keeping-up-updates-for-spring-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keeping Up: Updates for Spring 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Abstract of one paper in the<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/download\/12703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a02020 Symposium Booklet<\/a> has been expanded to a Draft Paper, available for Feedback:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;A Quick Introduction to Indian Manuscripts for the Non-Specialist&#8221;, with examples and illustrations,<br \/>\ndownloadable <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/download\/12965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Update 9 March 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>This event is now cancelled, as Princeton University and other institutions respond to current health concerns, and take <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/09\/president-eisgruber-updates-university-next-steps-regarding-covid-19-ensure-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">precautions<\/a> regarding travel and meetings of various kinds in person.<br \/>\nThe Symposium might be rescheduled, conditions permitting. \u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Research Group aims to complete the Symposium Booklet and distribute it to contributors, registrants, and others, as a souvenir of our speakers&#8217; good intentions.\u00a0 Already, as a sign of appreciation, we have adopted the custom of posting on our website the abstracts of contributors who become unable to attend to present in person (as with the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2018-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Congress<\/a>, among others).<\/p>\n<p>This time, under wider \u2014 even global \u2014 circumstances affecting the ensemble as a whole, we wish to show appreciation for the remarkable enthusiasm and dedication for the collaborative event demonstrated by our hosts, sponsors, speakers, moderators, and others.\u00a0 This knowledge is something to remember with satisfaction, gratitude, and praise.<\/p>\n<p>The publication could, perhaps, give a token to show for our shared efforts, and to demonstrate something of the spirit of dedication and focus which prepared to assemble for the event itself.<\/p>\n<p>This aim might help to ease some of the disappointment over cancellation, while the cancellation itself might ease some uncertainties about travel at present.<\/p>\n<p>P. S.\u00a0 Only once before, in more than 30 years of activities in many centers in the United States and elsewhere (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list: target=\">Events<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Activities<\/a>}, has the Research Group had to cancel an event.\u00a0 It, however, was only 1 Session among 7 sponsored and co-sponsored Sessions at the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies in May <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2013-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013<\/a>, when the Session organizer and 2 presenters were unable to travel to the Congress.\u00a0 We honored their intentions to contribute by continuing to record their abstracts and the statement of purpose of the Session on this\u00a0 website.<\/p>\n<p>Similar solidarity pertains to our record of this intended 2020 Spring Symposium.\u00a0 A summary of this Update appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-spring-symposium-cancelled-or-postponed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its own post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here we preserve the description of the event in the updated version just before the decision to cancel this Symposium, among many gatherings at Princeton University and elsewhere at the beginning of the week in which the Symposium was planned to take place.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What We Planned<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9478\" style=\"width: 239px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9478\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9478\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Artus_Wolffort_-_St_Andrew_-_WGA25857-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Andrew. Oil on Canvas. Artus Wollfort (1581\u20131641). Private Collection, Public Domain. Via Wikipedia Commons.\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Artus_Wolffort_-_St_Andrew_-_WGA25857-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Artus_Wolffort_-_St_Andrew_-_WGA25857-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Artus_Wolffort_-_St_Andrew_-_WGA25857.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Andrew. Oil on Canvas. Artus Wollfort (1581\u20131641). Private Collection, Public Domain. Via Wikipedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We announce the next Symposium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, to be held at Princeton University on Friday afternoon and Saturday, 13\u201314 March 2020. This event follows from, and builds upon, our earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">events<\/a>, including our <a href=\"2019-anniversary-symposium-report-the-roads-taken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Anniversary Symposium,<\/a> also held at Princeton University.<\/p>\n<p>Our subject this time: &#8220;From Cover to Cover&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 Some say, &#8220;That Covers It&#8221;.\u00a0 (We might well agree.)<\/p>\n<p>Such activities include Collecting, Curating, Conserving, Cataloguing, Deciphering, Editing, Reading, Teaching, Translating, Displaying, Accessing, Beholding, Reconsidering, and More.\u00a0 Cover to Cover.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, these activities need not necessarily occur in that order, and often they appear in combination.<\/p>\n<p>In addition we consider activities dedicated to manuscripts, early printed books, and beyond, in terms (as is our custom) of both media and chronology.\u00a0 As often, we consider medieval manuscripts and early printed books from Western Europe, but also\u2014 as usual\u00a0\u2014 we examine materials from other cultures, languages, and time-frames.<\/p>\n<p>This recognition of the processes (necessarily integrated) infuses the collection of presentations and conversations which our Symposium aims to gather.\u00a0 In a nutshell:\u00a0 Food for Thought, Refreshments included.<\/p>\n<p>For which ability, we have Sponsors, Hosts, Trustees, Associates, Contributors, and Volunteers heartily to thank.<\/p>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artandarchaeology.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Art &amp; Archaeology, Princeton University<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medievalstudies.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Program in Medieval Studies<\/a>, Princeton University<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">James Marrow and Emily Rose<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Barbara A. Shailor<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Celia Chazelle<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenberginstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bibsocamer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bibliographical Society of America<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vassar.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vassar College<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>On the Road<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_11874\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11874\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Poster-1-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-April-2019-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster 1 for 2019 Anniversary Symposium, with symposium information with images of manuscript and early printed pages..\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Poster-1-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-April-2019-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Poster-1-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-April-2019-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Poster-1-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-April-2019-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster 1 for 2019 Symposium<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11871\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11871\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11871 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-231x300.png\" alt=\"Poster 2 for 219 Anniversary Symposium, with symposium information and 2 images of cropped initials, from 12th-century Latin manuscripts, from the Princeton University Art Museum.\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Poster2-for-2019-Symposium-done-15-Apri-with-borderl.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster 2 for 2019 Symposium<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following upon, and building upon, the success of our Anniversary Symposium last year, we prepare the 2020 Spring Symposium.\u00a0 Its date is now set, as is the Schedule.\u00a0 (See below.)<\/p>\n<p>For our 2019 Anniversary Symposium, see its <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-anniversary-symposium-report-the-roads-taken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> and its freely downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/11900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Anniversary Symposium Booklet<\/a>.\u00a0 Like the Booklet, the 2 Posters (seen here) illustrate examples of manuscripts (Western and non-Western) showcased in the Symposium, its papers, and its workshops.<\/p>\n<p>All these publications, as customary, are set in our very own copyright multilingual font <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a> , and designed and laid out according with our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/style-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Style Manifesto<\/a>.\u00a0 This font is freely available through our website, for your use \u2013 whether individual, nonprofit, or commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Both the font, and its descriptive Booklet, are downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> .\u00a0 We have also prepared a booklet showing its abilities in setting multiple languages, both Western and non-Western.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/multi-lingual-bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi-Lingual Bembino<\/a>\u00a0. Plus our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/style-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Style Manifesto<\/a> .<\/p>\n<h3>Cover Story<\/h3>\n<p>Now we turn to our 2020 Spring Symposium.\u00a0 Please register (details below).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12957\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12957\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12957 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-Symposium-Poster1-with-border.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-Symposium-Poster1-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-Symposium-Poster1-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-Symposium-Poster1-with-border-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster 1 for the 2022 Spring Symposium.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gladly we list the Sponsors, Speakers, and Moderators.<\/p>\n<h4>Speakers and Moderators (in alphabetical order)<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_12453\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12453\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12453 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LJS-101-1v-Perimenias-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, MS LJS 101, folio 1v. Opening of Boethius's translation of Aristotle's &quot;Peri erimenias&quot; within a collection of secular and\u00a0classical texts, France, possibly at\u00a0the\u00a0Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Beno\u00eet-sur-Loire), 9th\u201311th centuries. Photograph courtesy OPenn.\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LJS-101-1v-Perimenias-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LJS-101-1v-Perimenias-134x150.jpg 134w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/LJS-101-1v-Perimenias.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, MS LJS 101, folio 1v. Photograph courtesy OPenn.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12459\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12459\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12459 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paris, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, MS latin 190, folio 1r. Opening page of the Commentarii notarum tironiarum, with an enlarged initial decorated with interlace and foliate ornament. Image via gallica.bnf.fr.\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tiro15v.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paris, Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, MS latin 190, folio 1r. Photograph via gallica.bnf.fr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Christine E. Bachman<\/strong> (Art History Department, University of Delaware <em>and<\/em> Graduate Student Fellow 2019\u20132020, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Director, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Raymond Clemens<\/strong> (Curator, Early Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Meghan Constantinou<\/strong> (Librarian, The Grolier Club, New York, New York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Barbara Williams Ellertson<\/strong> (Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art <em>and<\/em> Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Lynley Anne Herbert<\/strong> (Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Carson Koepke<\/strong> (Program in Medieval Studies, Yale University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Laura Light<\/strong> (Director and Senior Specialist, Text Manuscripts, Les Enluminures)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>John T. McQuillen<\/strong> (Associate Curator, Printed Books &amp; Bindings, The Morgan Library &amp; Museum, New York, New York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Bernard Maisner<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlmag.com\/events\/bernard-maisner-the-hourglass-and-the-spiral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Bernard Maisner<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernardmaisner.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernard Maisner, Master Calligrapher<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12463\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12463\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12463 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"New York, Morgan Library &amp; Museum, PML 7, folio P2r. Blockbook of Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, printed in Germany circa 1468. Revelation 15:1, with hand-colored illustration.\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v-768x791.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v-995x1024.jpg 995w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PML-8-leaf-Q1v.jpg 1398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York, Morgan Library &amp; Museum, PML 7, folio P2r. Blockbook of Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, printed in Germany circa 1468. Revelation 15:1, with hand-colored illustration.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Sabrina Minuzzi <\/strong>(Researcher in Early Modern History, Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Fellow, Ca&#8217; Foscari University of Venice)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Ronald D. Patkus<\/strong> (Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections and Vassar Head of Special Collections, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Pamela Patton<\/strong> (Director, Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Lynn Ransom<\/strong> (Curator<span class=\"a\"><span class=\"l7\"><span class=\"l6\"> of P<span class=\"l9\">rograms, The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, U<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>niversity of Pennsylvania Libraries)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Helmut Reimitz<\/strong> (Professor of History and Director, Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Jessica L. Savage<\/strong> (Art History Specialist, Index of Medieval Art)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Barbara A. Shailor<\/strong> (Department of Classics, Yale University, and President, Bibliographical Society of America)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 David W. Sorenson<\/strong> (Independent, Quincy, Massachusetts)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Kelly Tuttle<\/strong> (Project Cataloger, Manuscripts of the Muslim World, University of Pennsylvania Libraries)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Eric White<\/strong> (Curator of Rare Books and Acting Curator of Manuscripts, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12454\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12454\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12454 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Booklet.Mentelin.Bible_-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, William H. Scheide Library, 53.8. Latin Bible in\u00a0double\u00a0columns of 49 lines, printed in Strasbourg by Johann Mentelin, not after 1460 CE. \" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Booklet.Mentelin.Bible_-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Booklet.Mentelin.Bible_-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Booklet.Mentelin.Bible_-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Booklet.Mentelin.Bible_-768x1033.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, William H. Scheide Library, 53.8. Latin Bible (printed in Strasbourg by Johann Mentelin, not after 1460 CE.) Photograph courtesy Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>The Aim<\/h3>\n<p>In a nutshell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12502\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12502\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Announcement-1-Page-23-Feb-LJF-Redownloaded-with-border.png\" alt=\"2020 Spring Symposium Announcement, describing the scope of the event, listing the Sponsors, and citing the link to the registration form.\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Announcement-1-Page-23-Feb-LJF-Redownloaded-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Announcement-1-Page-23-Feb-LJF-Redownloaded-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Announcement-1-Page-23-Feb-LJF-Redownloaded-with-border-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2020 Spring Symposium Announcement, describing the scope of the event, listing the Sponsors, and citing the link to the registration form.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>The Plan<\/h3>\n<h3>Day 1<\/h3>\n<h3>Friday 13 March: Classes, Workshops, Discussion, and a Reception<\/h3>\n<h4>1) 12:00\u20131:00, 12:00\u20131:30, or 12:00\u20132:00pm (By Invitation)<br \/>\n<b>Seminar Room of the Index of Medieval Art<\/b><\/h4>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><em>&#8220;Comparing Notes about Databases:\u00a0 Past, Present &amp; Futures&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">An Informal Discussion<\/div>\n<h4>2\u20133) 1:00\u20132:45 pm or 3:00\u20134:45 pm<br \/>\nClasses on Site at Firestone Library (Registration Required and Space Limited)<\/h4>\n<p>For <strong>registration<\/strong> for these classes and the symposium, see below.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMaterial Evidence: A Workshop with 15th-Century Manuscripts and Incunabules\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Classes given (twice) by Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, Princeton University Library, in the Large Classroom of Floor C (<a href=\"https:\/\/rbsc.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rare Books and Special Collections<\/a>) at <a href=\"https:\/\/library.princeton.edu\/about\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firestone Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Please gather in the Lobby at the entrance to Firestone Library, for special escorted access to Floor C, where there are lockable lockers (free) for your coats and cases, before entry to Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>2) Class 1:\u00a0 Meet at 1:00 for 1:15\u20132:45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>3) Class 2 (repeated):\u00a0 Meet at 3:00 for 3:15\u20134:45 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>or<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>4) Session <strong>3:00\u20135:00 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong>106 <a href=\"https:\/\/m.princeton.edu\/default\/map\/index?filter=McCormick%20Hall&amp;_recenter=true&quot;\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">McCormick Hall<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Materials, Processes &amp; Products:\u00a0 A Workshop&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This workshop offers presentations by Bernard Maisner on &#8220;The Materials and Methods of Medieval &amp; Renaissance Manuscript Gold-Illumination Techniques&#8221; and by David W. Sorenson on &#8220;An Introduction to Indian Manuscripts for the Non-Specialist&#8221;, along with curated displays of original materials in private collections and demonstrations of results from their close study.<\/p>\n<h4>5) <strong>Reception<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>5:00\u20137:00 pm<br \/>\nLobby outside 106 McCormick Hall<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12464\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12464\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ellertson-still-life-lightened-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Anonymous, Still Life, German school of the XVI century, circa 1510, oil on wood, 70.2 \u00d7 65 cm. Opened book with fanned leaves showing pages of text and music set out in double columns and adorned with decorated initials and illustrations. Image via Wikimedia, public domain.\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ellertson-still-life-lightened-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ellertson-still-life-lightened-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ellertson-still-life-lightened.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Anonymous, Still Life of an Illuminated Book, German school of the XVI century, circa 1510. Opened book with fanned leaves. Image via Wikimedia, public domain.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Day 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Saturday 14 March:\u00a0 Sessions, Refreshments, and Reception <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>106 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/m.princeton.edu\/default\/map\/index?filter=McCormick%20Hall&amp;_recenter=true&quot;\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">McCormick Hall<\/a><strong>\u00a0and its Lobby<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>6) 10:00 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Sessions, Coffee Breaks, Lunch, and Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>7) <strong>Reception (5:30\u20137:00 pm)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_12958\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12958\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border.png\" alt=\"2020 Symposium &quot;From Cover to Cover&quot; Poster 2\" width=\"617\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border.png 617w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2020 Symposium Poster 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>The Schedule<\/h3>\n<p>The Schedule is available <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/12508\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Registration<\/h3>\n<p>Please register for the Symposium.\u00a0 We offer the Registration form as a <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/12450\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloadable pdf<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Maps and Directions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transportation.princeton.edu\/guests_visitors\/maps-and-directions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> with questions and suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space and visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Research-Group-on-Manuscript-Evidence-259443617456668\/notifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">FaceBook Page<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6730\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6730\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bk-of-Hours-verso-bottom-foliage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bk-of-Hours-verso-bottom-foliage.png 518w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bk-of-Hours-verso-bottom-foliage-150x47.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bk-of-Hours-verso-bottom-foliage-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floral Motif as Lower Border in a Book of Hours. 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We welcome donations in funds and in kind: <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contributions and Donations<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Please join us at the symposium, open to all.\u00a0 You can register <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/12450\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From Cover to Cover&#8221; Activities Devoted to Manuscripts, Early Printed Books &amp; Beyond From Collecting &amp; Cataloguing to Deciphering &amp; Beholding 2020\u00a0 Spring Symposium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Princeton University Friday &amp; Saturday 13\u201314 March 2020 &nbsp; Update 5 April 2020 The Symposium Booklet, with illustrations and Abstracts of Papers, is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1383,423,50,116,1540,118,125,1],"tags":[781,462,11,7,251,53,668,1699],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12378"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17270,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12378\/revisions\/17270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}