{"id":17393,"date":"2022-12-05T05:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=17393"},"modified":"2024-05-05T01:32:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T01:32:57","slug":"2023-spring-and-autumn-symposia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-and-autumn-symposia\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia<br \/>\non<br \/>\n&#8220;Materials &amp; Access&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_17434\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17434\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17434 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Centered&quot;. Photograph \u24b8 2014 Mildred Budny. Image of Dew at the center of Sedum.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/P6200115-Centered-Photography-Mildred-Budny-Copyright-2014-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Centered&#8221;. Photograph \u24b8 2014 Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 5 December 2022, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The Research Group prepares a pair of Symposia in 2023, continuing the pattern of paired Spring and Autumn Symposia launched in <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-spring-and-autumn-symposia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Update on 25 October<\/em>: With both the <strong>2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia<\/strong> now accomplished, the illustrated <strong>Symposium Booklets<\/strong> for both are published.\u00a0 You could download both of them or ask for printed copies to be sent to you.\u00a0 See below.]<\/p>\n<h2>The New Tradition<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12958\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12958\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12958 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"2020 Symposium &quot;From Cover to Cover&quot; Poster 2\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Poster-2-with-border-232x300.png 232w, 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.png 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2020 Symposium Poster 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before then, up to 2022, there would be only one Symposium in a given year, although the span could vary from one to three days, and the Symposia occurred only in person.\u00a0 Also, previously, the pattern of Symposia did not always appear each year, except notably for our first Symposia, beginning in 1995 at Barnard College, which occurred for five years as a series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/symposia-on-the-transmission-of-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Transmission of the Bible&#8221;<\/a>: A Series of Annual Symposia (1995\u20122000)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, after an interval, when we focused instead on other activities and tasks, including the incorporation of the RGME as a nonprofit educational corporation (1999), our resumption of Symposia in a <strong>&#8220;New Series&#8221;<\/strong> would examine a wide variety of themes in turn.\u00a0 The New Series not only resumed our Symposia, with a difference, but also adopted other forms of Events, such as Colloquia and Workshops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-new-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The &#8220;New Series&#8221;<\/a> of Symposia, Colloquia, Workshops &amp; Seminars (2001\u2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The variation in the usage of terms for the events depended partly on their characteristics and partly on their host institutions&#8217; preferences or requirements for given genres.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17309\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17309\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17309 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AutumnHQ-1-2022-Autumn-Symposium-Program-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-Border.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2022 Autumn Symposium Program Booklet, Front Cover (Page 1)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic by 2020, RGME events shifted for a while from in-person to online.\u00a0 After the cancellation of events in 2020, the RGME adopted online events in 2021, to resume Symposia in 2022.\u00a0 In both 2022 and 2023, we held a pair of Spring and Autumn Symposia.\u00a0 In this way, our tradition of Symposia comprises several forms or series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-symposia-the-various-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RGME Symposia: The Various Series<\/a> (1995\u2013), in person or online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And so, with paired Symposia for 2023, we affirm the momentum of our series of <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-new-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Symposia<\/a> after the Covid-induced hiatus. Formerly, the Symposia were held at various centers, before the cancellation of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2020-spring-symposium-save-the-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 Spring Symposium<\/a>, &#8220;From Cover to Cover&#8221;, intended for Princeton University. The illustrated Program Booklet for that Symposium reports its intentions.<\/p>\n<h2>The Revived Series<\/h2>\n<p>In resuming the series in 2022, we are able to return to some of its subjects, as the contributors make presentations, as their timetables allow, for one or other Session in the revived Symposia.\u00a0 Some of those contributors propose to participate in our 2023 Symposia.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the pair of Symposia addressed the year&#8217;s Theme of &#8220;Structured Knowledge&#8221;, for which the Spring Symposium considered &#8220;Structures of Knowledge&#8221;, and the Autumn Symposium considered &#8220;Supports for Knowledge&#8221;.\u00a0 The webposts for them describes their scope and coverage.\u00a0 The illustrated Program Booklet for the Autumn Symposium, available freely for download as a booklet of 54 pages in quarto (&#8216;letter-size&#8217;) format.\u00a0 The Symposia for 2023 and for 2024 already have their Year&#8217;s Theme as an overarching guide and a central focus, while other subjects also may be explored, sometimes interconnected.<\/p>\n<h2>2023: &#8220;Materials &amp; Access&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>For 2023, the Year&#8217;s Theme is <strong>&#8220;Materials &amp; Access&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Spring Symposium<\/strong> has this focus: <strong>&#8220;From the Ground Up&#8221;<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe <strong>Autumn Symposium<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>&#8220;Between Earth and Sky&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Themes and Subjects for Sessions include some in our continuing series and others. Those subjects and interests are described, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-spring-and-autumn-symposia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 Symposia<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li>the Episodes for our series <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-research-group-speaks-the-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each Symposium will have the span of one day and take place on a Saturday.\u00a0 The selected time-zone is Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) \/ Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4), depending upon time of year.\u00a0 That is, this year, EDT for the Spring Symposium and EST for the Autumn Symposium.\u00a0 The Symposia would take place online by Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, conditions permitting, the Autumn Symposium might be hybrid, with attendance both in person and online.<\/p>\n<p>The date for the Spring Symposium has been set.\u00a0 It is planned for <strong>Saturday 25 March 2023<\/strong>, to span a full day (like the two Symposia in <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-spring-and-autumn-symposia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a>) on the timezone of EST (GMT-5) and to take place online via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>We gather participants for the <strong>Presentations<\/strong> (of about 20 to 25 minutes each) and <strong>Responses<\/strong> (about 10 to 15 minutes each), for <strong>Sessions<\/strong> of 1 1\/2 hours duration, with scope within them for <strong>Discussion<\/strong> (Q&amp;A) and with <strong>Breaks<\/strong> between Sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Participants, variously as Presenters, Respondents, Presiders, Moderators, and Advisers, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linde M. Brocato, Mildred Budny, Katharine C. Chandler, Justin Hastings, Atria A. Larson, Ann Pascoe-van-Zyl, Ronald Patkus, David W. Sorenson, and others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to your suggestions and participation.<\/p>\n<h2>The Program<\/h2>\n<p>As the <strong>Program<\/strong> for each Symposium gathers, we can post more information both here and on the individual webposts for the two Symposia.\u00a0 Their webposts appear as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-symposium-from-the-ground-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-autumn-symposium-between-earth-and-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Autumn Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have questions or comments, please <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a> or leave your Comments Here.<\/p>\n<p>Now see the developed Program for the <strong>2023 Spring Symposium<\/strong> &#8220;From the Ground Up&#8221; on Saturday 25 March 2023.\u00a0 It also has a half-day <strong>Pre-Symposium <\/strong>of Lightning Talks on &#8220;Intrepid Borders&#8221;, organized by Katharine C. Chandler, Jennifer Larson, and Jessica L. Savage, on Friday 24 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>See the webposts for these companion events, with their Programs and registration information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-pre-symposium-on-intrepid-borders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring Pre-Symposium on &#8220;Intrepid Borders&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17442\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17442\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/W148_000070_sap-Walters-MS-148-fol-33v-bottom-right-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/W148_000070_sap-Walters-MS-148-fol-33v-bottom-right-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/W148_000070_sap-Walters-MS-148-fol-33v-bottom-right-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/W148_000070_sap-Walters-MS-148-fol-33v-bottom-right-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/W148_000070_sap-Walters-MS-148-fol-33v-bottom-right.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, MS. W.148, folio 33v, bottom right, with fighting creatures. Image via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-symposium-from-the-ground-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring Symposium &#8220;From the Ground Up&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17456\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17456\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17456 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Snowdrops-From-the-Ground-Up-Photograph-\u24b8-Mildred-Budny-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the stems and white blooms of Snowdrops emerging from a patch of bare ground in the sunlight. Photograph \u24b8 Mildred Budny.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Snowdrops-From-the-Ground-Up-Photograph-\u24b8-Mildred-Budny-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Snowdrops-From-the-Ground-Up-Photograph-\u24b8-Mildred-Budny-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Snowdrops-From-the-Ground-Up-Photograph-\u24b8-Mildred-Budny.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The blooms of Snowdrops emerging &#8220;From the Ground Up&#8221;. Photograph \u24b8 Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2023 Spring Pre-Symposium\/Symposium Program Booklet<\/h2>\n<p>The 64-page illustrated Program Booklet is published &#8216;on the day&#8217; or first day of the event (24 March 2023).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17620\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17620\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border.png\" alt=\"2023 Spring Pre-Symposium\/Symposium Booklet Front Cover with photograph of snowdrops flowers rising from the earth.\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-Spring-Symposium-Booklet-Front-Cover-with-border-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023 Spring Pre-Symposium\/Symposium Booklet Front Cover.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-spring-symposium-from-the-ground-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Spring Symposium &#8220;From the Ground Up&#8221;<\/a> for information about how you could receive, order, or download a copy of this Booklet free of charge.<\/p>\n<h2>2023 Autumn Symposium<\/h2>\n<p>Plans advance for the 2023 Autumn Symposium &#8220;Between Earth and Sky&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-autumn-symposium-between-earth-and-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Autumn Symposium &#8220;Between Earth and Sky&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Update<\/em>: This event has been successfully accomplished.\u00a0 See its post, with information for downloading its illustrated booklet of 54 pages.]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18325\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18325\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-Autumn-Symposium-Book-Cover-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-Autumn-Symposium-Book-Cover-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-Autumn-Symposium-Book-Cover-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-Autumn-Symposium-Book-Cover-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023 Autumn Symposium Booklet Cover.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>2023 RGME Events<\/h2>\n<p>Other Events are planned for the Year.\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2>2024 RGME Events<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_17927\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17927\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Study_on_a_medieval_bridge_X-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Study on a Medieval Bridge&#8221; at Amares, Braga District, Portugal. Image by Pedro Nuno Caetano (2019) via Wikimedia Commons via Creative Commons 2.0 Generic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For activities planned for next year, an Anniversary Year for the RGME, with the year&#8217;s theme of &#8220;Bridges&#8221;, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-and-2024-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RGME 2023 and 2024 Activities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bridges-for-our-2024-anniversary-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Bridges&#8221; for our 2024 Anniversary Year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They include episodes for &#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;, conference sessions at two international congresses for medieval studies (at Kalamazoo and Leeds), anniversary celebrations, and two symposia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-anniversary-symposium-in-thanks-to-jesse-hurlbut-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Symposium in Thanks to Jesse Hurlbut<\/a>, RGME WebMaster Emeritus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-spring-symposium-at-vassar-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Suggestion Box<\/h2>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Us<\/a> or visit<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Research-Group-on-Manuscript-Evidence-259443617456668\/notifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">FaceBook Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgme_mss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Feed<\/a> (@rgme_mss)<\/li>\n<li>our Blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/manuscript-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manuscript Studies<\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/manuscript-studies-contents-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contents List<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Donations and contributions, in funds or in kind, are welcome and easy to give.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contributions and Donations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17075\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17075\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17075 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Otto Ege Collection, Volume II of Ege MS 51, View toward Gutter with Reused Manuscript Fragments. Photograph by Mildred Budny.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Otto Ege Collection, Volume II of Ege MS 51, Displaced Folios 29v-26r. 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