{"id":17462,"date":"2023-01-15T19:25:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=17462"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:53:22","slug":"2023-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies:  Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Program<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">58th ICMS (11\u201313 May 2023)<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">To occur in a transitional &#8216;hybrid&#8217; form<br \/>\nwith Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Sessions<br \/>\n\u2014\u00a0 to be held <em>either<\/em> in person <em>or<\/em> online (with some options) \u2014<br \/>\nand with an Open Business Meeting<br \/>\nand Co-Sponsored Reception<\/h3>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 17 January 2023, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17468\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17468\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17468 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Fa\u00e7ade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Sel\u00e7uk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fa\u00e7ade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Sel\u00e7uk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Building upon the successful completion of our activities at the 2022 ICMS (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies Program<\/a>), we announce our Activities for the 2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies, following our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-preparations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparations<\/a> for them, with the completion of the Call for Papers (15 September 2022) and the selection and submission of the Programs for our Sessions (by 15 October 2022).<\/p>\n<p>For information about the Congress, registration for it, and the current version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u385\/2023\/2023CongressProgram.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2023 Congress Program<\/a> (plus the extra <em>Corrigenda<\/em>), see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the turn of the calendar year toward the year of the Congress, we published the selected Programs for our Sessions and announced our other Activities, while we awaited the promulgation of the official Schedule for the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Congress<\/a> as a whole.\u00a0 With the publication of a Sneek Peak for the Congress Program, we can add the times and venues for our Sessions.\u00a0 As the Congress approaches, new information guides additional features of our planning, with Virtual options now possible for some of our In-Person events, through extra arrangements by the RGME.<\/p>\n<p>This year, with some Sessions on line and some in person in a transitional ICMS, we prepare six Sessions, an Open Business Meeting, and a Reception. Our co-sponsors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a>:\u00a0 2 Sessions and the Reception<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/schoenberginstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a> (SIMS): 2 Sessions<\/li>\n<li>Polytheism-Oriented Medievalists of North America (P.-O.M.o.N.A.): 1 Session<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University<\/a>: Reception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year marks Year 19 of our co-sponsorship with the Societas Magica; the second (non-consecutive) year of co-sponsorship with POMONA, the third of co-sponsorship with the Index of Medieval Art, and the first year of co-sponsorship with SIMS.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we thank the host, organizers, co-sponsors, presiders, speakers, respondents, advisers, and participants for our activities at the Congress, along with the Congress staff and support staff.<\/p>\n<p>Here we list our <strong>Sessions<\/strong> (arranged in the order in which they are scheduled for the Congress), with the Links to the <strong>Abstracts<\/strong> for the individual Papers, then turn to our other Activities (<strong>Open Business Meeting<\/strong> and <strong>Reception<\/strong>).\u00a0 A <strong>Note on our Congress Sessions<\/strong> describes the <strong>Indexes of the Abstracts for Papers<\/strong> as published on our website, listed both by <strong>Alphabetical order<\/strong> of Author&#8217;s Surname and by <strong>Year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Logistics<\/h2>\n<p>This year, the partly in-person, virtual, and hybrid modalities to the Congress add to the complexity, tasks, resources, and expenses for preparing for our events there.\u00a0 The complexity encourages us to create more flexible and resourceful our arrangements for some events held in person or virtually, so as to accommodate attendance in these different modalities directed by the Congress, while any fully hybrid event is not permitted for us in the arrangements by this online\/offline Congress.<\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>Optional RGME Zoom Meeting Room<\/strong> in live time for some In-Person events.\u00a0 For <strong>Congress participants<\/strong> unable to travel to the place, but registered for the Congress, we offer an optional Virtual Meeting Room by RGME Zoom subscription.\u00a0 In this way, an <strong>In Person Congress event<\/strong> might be accessed virtually &#8212; with registration for each of them through our<strong> RGME Eventbrite Collection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We provide the <strong>RGME Zoom option<\/strong> (by specific registration, without charge) for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>our <em>In Person<\/em> <strong>Open Business Meeting<\/strong> on Thursday lunchtime and<\/li>\n<li>our pair of co-sponsored <strong>In-Person Sessions on Saturday afternoon<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) Especially <strong>Reserved In-Person Room<\/strong> for In-Person Attendees of the Congress who will log-on to our Virtual Sessions.\u00a0 These reserved rooms are prepared (in different, but adjacent, buildings) for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>our first, <strong>Virtual Session on Thursday morning<\/strong>, with an In-Person option (Session 50 \/ Schneider 1220)<\/li>\n<li>the pair of our co-sponsored <strong>Virtual Sessions on Thursday afternoon<\/strong>, with In-Person option (Sessions 87 + 137 \/ Fetzer 1030)The second dedicated room is located a few steps away, on the same floor, in the same building, from the two In-Person events before and after that pair of Sessions, namely the <strong>Open Business Meeting<\/strong> and the <strong>Reception<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details below, including information about how to register with us for the access by Zoom for the In-Person events.<\/p>\n<p><em>In brief<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong> of the Congress (<strong>Thursday 11 May<\/strong>) has a full set of events. They open with the Morning Session, lead to the RGME Open Business Meeting (with lunch provided), follow with a pair of Sessions, and round out with the co-hosted Reception.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Session 50 on &#8220;Words as Agents&#8221;<br \/>\nheld Virtually <\/strong>from 10:00-11:30 am EDT (GMT-4)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8212; with In-Person option:\u00a0 By arrangement, Schneider 1220 is reserved for us for that time period for those attending the Congress in person, to be able to gather for accessing the online Sessions with their own computers<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RGME Open Business Meeting<br \/>\nheld In Person <\/strong>in Fetzer 1035 from 12:00-1:00 pm EDT, with catered lunch (donations are welcome)<br \/>\n&#8212; We recommend registering if you plan to attend in person, so that we could know how many to expect.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2023-congress-business-meeting-in-person-reservation-tickets-628285738557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Person Reservation for RGME Open Business Meeting<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212; We also offer the option to attend virtually through the RGME (not via the Congress), for Congress participants unable to travel.\u00a0 With your registration for the event itself, we will send the Zoom link ahead of time.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2023-congress-business-meeting-tickets-618299088217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Registration Option for RGME Open Business Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sessions 87 and 137 on &#8220;The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings&#8221;, Parts 1-2<br \/>\n<\/strong>(&#8220;Bindings from German Lands&#8221; and &#8220;Diverse Regional Techniques&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>held Virtually<\/strong> from 1:30-3:00 pm and 3:30-5:00 pm EDT (GMT-4)<br \/>\n&#8212; with In-Person option:\u00a0 Fetzer 1030 is reserved for us for the afternoon for those attending the Congress in person, to gather for accessing the online Sessions with their own computers<br \/>\n<em>Update on 7 May<\/em>: The order of the three Papers in Session 87 is changed from that advertised in the Congress Program Booklet. The Paper by William H. Campbell, formerly in first position, has moved to third, as indicated below.<\/li>\n<li>Co-hosted <strong>Reception<br \/>\nheld in Person<\/strong> in Fetzer 1035-1045 from 5:30-7:00 pm EDT (GMT-4).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For the RGME Open Business Meeting held In Person, open to to Congress attendees, it would help us to know how many to expect if you would please register for it through the <strong>RGME Eventbrite<\/strong> collection.\u00a0 See below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong> of the Congress (<strong>Saturday 13 May<\/strong>) has a pair of Sessions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Sessions 369 and 419 on&#8221;Moving Parts and Pedagogy&#8221;, Parts I\u2013II <\/strong>(&#8220;Teaching Magic and Other Occult Arts&#8221; and &#8220;Teaching Astrology and Other Liberal Arts&#8221;)<br \/>\n<strong>held In Person<\/strong> in Fetzer 2040 from 1:30-3:00 pm and 3:30-5:00 pm EDT (GMT-4)<br \/>\n(If requested, we will set up an RGME Zoom Room for these Sessions.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 If you have questions about these arrangements, we apologize for the complexity, and ask that you contact <a href=\"https:\/\/mailto:director@manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director@manuscriptevidence.org<\/a>.\u00a0 Safe travels!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>I: Session Co-Sponsored with Polytheism-Oriented Medievalists of North America (P.-O.M.o.N.A.)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This session is the second (non-consecutive) year of co-sponsorship with this organization. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2019-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Report<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12696\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12696\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12696 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pomona-Poster-AZO-2019-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster for 'Classical Deities' Session co-cponsored with Pomona at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo 2019.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pomona-Poster-AZO-2019-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pomona-Poster-AZO-2019-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pomona-Poster-AZO-2019-with-border.png 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pomona Session Kzoo 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>1) <\/strong><strong>&#8220;Words as Agents&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Session 50.\u00a0 Thursday 11 May, 10:00 \u2013 11:30 am EDT (Virtual)<br \/>\n(Congress Program, page 19)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<strong><br \/>\nCo-sponsor<\/strong>: Polytheism-Oriented Medievalists of North America (P-OMoNA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizer:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Phillip Bernhardt-House<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-Organizer:\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Modality<\/strong>:\u00a0 Online<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">With In-Person option.\u00a0 Participants present at the Congress might gather for this Virtual Session, log on to it, and hold the event at <b>Schneider 122o. \u00a0<\/b> This room stands in the NW corner of the building, on the Lower Level (Level 1).\u00a0 It has a podium, a video projector, and speakers.\u00a0 (Floor Plan:\u00a0 See page M\u20132 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/u385\/2023\/2023CongressProgram.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">2023 Congress Program<\/a> Booklet.)<\/div>\n<p><strong>Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea of words as agents of specific actions, changes of status, or as means via which changes occur in the wider world is inherent in many forms of literate and verbal communication, underlying human social phenomena as diverse as legal systems, religious community formation and practices, and the practice of magic, amongst others.\u00a0 Textual amulets, deeds, dedicatory inscriptions, and other written matter (even entire alphabets!) can convey notions of words\u2019 agency.<\/p>\n<p>This session explores a variety of these, reflected in specific examples from pre-modern periods and cultures, from the Iron Age to the Renaissance and across wide geographic ranges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presider<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>Michael Allman Conrad<\/strong> (<em>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17075\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17075\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17075 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_2715-Beinecke-Ege-MS-51-Vol-II-gutter-at-fols-29v-26r-300x225.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=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"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-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-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: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><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, View toward Gutter with Reused Manuscript Fragments. Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Where Words Collide: Metadata versus Scholarship in Manuscript Studies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Summary<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metadata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metadata<\/a> for manuscripts can sometimes clash with the original materials, for example by misstatements or mistaken assumptions about features and character of the book. Cases abound with fragments dispersed in Portfolios or <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.finebooksmagazine.com\/issue\/0205\/leaf_books.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Leaf-Books<\/a>, issued with generic labels copied in library catalogues and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WorldCat<\/a>. We explore examples among <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_Ege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Otto Ege<\/a> fragments.\u00a0 A test-case of sorts concerns recent widespread attention to the 6th-century Gospels of Saint Augustine of Canterbury (<a href=\"https:\/\/parker.stanford.edu\/parker\/catalog\/mk707wk3350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 286<\/a>) and the transmission of knowledge or opinions about its characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/budny-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip Bernhardt-House <\/strong>(<em>Academic Vagabond<\/em>)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;The <em>Ephesia Grammata<\/em> as Grammatical Beings; Or, &#8216;That Orpheus Is Pretty Good . . . Who&#8217;s His Agent?&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/bernhardt-house-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Respondent<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>Linde M. Brocato<\/strong> (<em>University of Miami<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17468\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17468\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17468 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-1024x794.jpg\" alt=\"Fa\u00e7ade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Sel\u00e7uk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ephesus_Celsus_Library_Facade.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fa\u00e7ade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Sel\u00e7uk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Session<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_17757\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17757\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17757 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Pomona-AZO-2023-Session-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Pomona-AZO-2023-Session-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Pomona-AZO-2023-Session-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Pomona-AZO-2023-Session-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RGME Poster for 2023 Congress Session on &#8220;Words as Agents&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>[On the day, this Session in Virtual modality in the morning will be followed by the lunchtime <strong>RGME Open Business Meeting<\/strong> In Person (see below), which leads to the next Pair of Sessions in Virtual modality, and then the <strong>Reception<\/strong> In Person (see below).]<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>II.\u00a0 Pair of Sessions<br \/>\nCo-Sponsored with the <a href=\"https:\/\/schoenberginstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_17691\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17691\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17691 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-300x72.jpg\" alt=\"PL SIMS Logo with crest and title &quot;The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies&quot; \" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-1024x245.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-150x36.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-768x184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-1536x368.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PL-SIMS-Logo-2048x491.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SIMS Logo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These Sessions represent a new co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"https:\/\/schoenberginstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a> at the Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Responses for the Call for Papers yielded more proposals appropriate for the subject that permission was granted for a pair of Sessions.\u00a0 They are designed to continue the tradition of our series of RGME Sessions at the Congress on &#8220;Medieval Writing Materials&#8221;, which began in 2014.\u00a0 (See <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2022-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies Program<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7255\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7255\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7255 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_0014-Front-Cover-with-Ties-Right-Opened-branded-at-72-dpi-300x277.png\" alt=\"Front cover and ties of French notebook for 'Recettes' reusing a vellum bifolium from a medieval Latin Psalter. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_0014-Front-Cover-with-Ties-Right-Opened-branded-at-72-dpi-300x277.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_0014-Front-Cover-with-Ties-Right-Opened-branded-at-72-dpi-150x139.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_0014-Front-Cover-with-Ties-Right-Opened-branded-at-72-dpi.png 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front cover and ties of French notebook for &#8216;Recettes&#8217; reusing a vellum bifolium from a medieval Latin Psalter. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>2\u20133. &#8220;Bound but not Gagged:<br \/>\nThe Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Sessions 87 and 137 on Thursday 11 May:\u00a0 Virtual<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\n<strong>Co-sponsor<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/schoenberginstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizer<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>William H. Campbell<\/strong> (University of Pittsburgh \u2014 Greensburg) and<br \/>\n<strong>Co-Organizer:\u00a0 Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modality:<\/strong> Online (with In-Person Option)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: <strong>Fetzer Room 1030<\/strong> has been reserved for our use for these two Virtual Sessions (Congress Sessions 87 and 137), so that Congress participants attending the Congress in person might gather to access them from their own computers.<br \/>\nSee the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center Floor Plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This location could be convenient for those wishing to attend both:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>RGME Open Business Meeting<\/strong> in from 12:00-1:00 pm EDT in Fetzer 1035 (see below)<br \/>\nand\/or<\/li>\n<li>our co-hosted <strong>Reception<\/strong> from 5:30-7:00 pm in Fetzer 1035-1045 (see below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Medieval books communicate far more than the words on their pages.\u00a0 They were frequently subjected to damage and repair, to loss and addition, to division and recombination. Their bindings bear witness to the moments in their history that altered and shaped them, or \u2014 in the case of still older books recycled into binding material \u2014 destroyed them. This session is dedicated to everything about the codex that is not its text, to what J. A. Szirmai called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Archaeology-of-Medieval-Bookbinding\/Szirmai\/p\/book\/9781138247321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Note<\/em>:\u00a0 On the image shown here, see our blog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/a-reused-medieval-psalter-bifolium-and-its-french-notebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Reused Medieval Psalter Bifolium and its French Notebook<\/a>.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong> Part 1:\u00a0 The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings from German Lands<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_17536\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17536\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17536 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"University of Pittsburgh, Special Collections, Office of the Dead (1487), front cover. Photograph by William H. Campbell. Latin Manuscript from Cologne with Religious Texts (1487 and 1727), Front Cover. Photography by William H. Campbell.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_20220802_104517811_PORTRAIT-Front-Cover-adjusted-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of Pittsburgh, Special Collections, Office of the Dead (1487), Front Cover. Photography by William H. Campbell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Session 87.\u00a0 Thursday 11 May, 1:30 \u2013 3:00 pm EDT (Virtual)<br \/>\n(Congress Program, page 32)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[<em>Note<\/em>: <strong>Fetzer Room 1030<\/strong> has been reserved for our use for these two Virtual Sessions (Congress Sessions 87 and 137), so that Congress participants attending the Congress in person might gather to access them from their own computers.<br \/>\nSee the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center Floor Plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Note<\/em>: This location could be convenient for those wishing to attend<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>RGME Open Business Meeting<\/strong> in from 12:00-1:00 pm EDT in Fetzer 1035 (see below) and\/or<\/li>\n<li>our co-hosted <strong>Reception<\/strong> from 5:30-7:00 pm in Fetzer 1035-1045 (see below).]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presider<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (<em>Research Group on Manuscript Evidenc<\/em>e)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<em>Update<\/em>:\u00a0 The sequence has changed from the one formerly announced here and as published in the Congress Booklet, moving the Paper by William H. Campbell from first to third position.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael L. Chrisman<\/strong> (<em>Independent Scholar<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Early Bindings of the Gutenberg Bible&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/chrisman-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17679\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17679\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17679 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-1536x1193.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0138-Michael-Chrisman-at-Work-adjusted-2048x1591.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The binder at work. Photography by Michael L. Chrisman, reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Barbara Williams Ellertson <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.basiraproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The BASIRA Project<\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Spines and Fastenings: Binding Archaeology in Works of Art&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/ellertson-2023-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/17729\/?tmstv=1683517204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handout<\/a>. List of References for &#8220;Spines and Furniture: Binding Archaeology in Works of Art<\/p>\n<p><strong>William H. Campbell<\/strong><em> (University of Pittsburgh \u2014 Greensburg)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos<\/em>: Tracing the Life of an Office of the Dead&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/campbell-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17448\" style=\"width: 814px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17448\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17448 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Albrecht D\u00fcrer, Print of copper engraving of &quot;Erasmus of Rotterdam&quot; (1526). Image via Wikimedia and Creative Commons. Books both opened and closed rest on the writing desk and the ledge in the foreground.\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia-1206x1536.jpg 1206w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ErasumsDurer-at-Met-via-Wikipedia.jpg 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Albrecht D\u00fcrer, Print of copper engraving of &#8220;Erasmus of Rotterdam&#8221; (1526). Books both opened and closed rest on the writing desk and the ledge in the foreground. Image via Wikimedia and Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Session<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17756 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Images-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Images-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Images-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Images-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Part 2.\u00a0 The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings:<br \/>\nDiverse Regional Techniques<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Session 137.\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday 11 May, 3:30 \u2013 5:00 pm EDT (Virtual)<br \/>\n(Congress Program, page 50)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[<em>Note<\/em>: <strong>Fetzer Room 1030<\/strong> has been reserved for our use for these two Virtual Sessions, so that Congress participants attending the Congress in person might gather to access them from their own computers.\u00a0 This location is also close to Room 1035-1045, where the co-hosted <strong>Reception<\/strong> will take place from 5:30-7:00 pm EDT (GMT-4).<br \/>\nSee the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center Floor Plans<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17698\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17698\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17698 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress-768x1102.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2466-Sorenson-Islamic-MS-title-page-2023-Congress.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Collection. Photography by David Sorenson, reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Presider<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>William H. Campbell<\/strong><em> (University of Pittsburgh \u2014 Greensburg)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>David W. Sorenson<\/strong> (<em>Allen Berman Numismatist<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Some Medieval Islamic Bookbindings: A Ghost Story&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/sorenson-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eleanor A. Congdon<\/strong> (<em>Youngstown State University<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Covers of the Account Books in the the <a href=\"http:\/\/datini.archiviodistato.prato.it\/en\/l-archivio\/descrizione\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Datini Collection<\/a>: Binding Information Together&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/congdon-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yukie Baba<\/strong> (<em>Hitotsubashi University<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kahaku.go.jp\/english\/research\/researcher\/researcher.php?d=baba.yukie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Baba Yukie<\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Curious Quire Signatures Discovered in a Fourteenth-Century Legal Manuscript&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/baba-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17512\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Filippo_Lippi_Madonna_del_Ceppo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Prato, Civic Museum, Filippo Lippi (circa 1406-1469), Madonna del Ceppo, with Francesco Datini at lower left. Image Public Domain via Wikipedia.\" width=\"450\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Filippo_Lippi_Madonna_del_Ceppo-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Filippo_Lippi_Madonna_del_Ceppo-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Filippo_Lippi_Madonna_del_Ceppo-1-97x150.jpg 97w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prato, Civic Museum, Filippo Lippi (circa 1406-1469), Madonna del Ceppo, with Francesco Datini at lower left. Image Public Domain via Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Session<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_17755\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17755\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17755 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Images-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for RGME\/SIMS Session 1 of 2 for the 2023 ICMS\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Images-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Images-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-SIMS-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Images-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster for RGME\/SIMS Session 1 of 2 for the 2023 ICMS<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>*****<\/h2>\n<h2>III.\u00a0 Sessions Co-Sponsored with the Societas Magica<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4847\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4847\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead2.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission\" width=\"175\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead2.png 175w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead2-150x86.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Societas Magica logo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Year 19 of our Sessions co-sponsored with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Societas Magica<\/a>, we prepare two Sessions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>4\u20135. &#8220;Moving Parts and Pedagogy, Parts I\u2013II&#8221; <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Sessions 369 and 419.\u00a0 Saturday 11 May (In person) in Fetzer Center 2040<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Societas Magica<br \/>\n<strong>Co-Sponsor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizer<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>David Porreca <\/strong>(University of Waterloo)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Modality:<\/strong>\u00a0 In person (with RGME Virtual option)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_928\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-928\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/poster-2013-Astrology-Magic-7-May-2013-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster for &quot;Astrology and Magic&quot; Congress Session (7 May 2013)\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/poster-2013-Astrology-Magic-7-May-2013-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/poster-2013-Astrology-Magic-7-May-2013-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/poster-2013-Astrology-Magic-7-May-2013-with-border.png 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster for &#8220;Astrology and Magic&#8221; Congress Session (7 May 2013)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Part I: &#8220;Teaching Magic and Other Occult Arts&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Session 369.\u00a0 Saturday 13 May, 1:30 \u2013 3:00 pm EDT (Fetzer Center 2040)<br \/>\n(Congress Program, page 136)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center Floor Plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Magic, alchemy, geomancy, and other occult arts were never part of the official curriculum in any medieval university faculty. Moreover, magical treatises abound in claims of legitimacy in terms of belonging alongside other more overtly recognized sciences. Nevertheless, the abundance of surviving treatises, manuals, and commentaries suggests that there must have been some means outside the bounds of officially recognized institutions for these bodies of knowledge and practices to have been taught, learned, and transmitted, despite the negative light often cast upon them in \u2018mainstream\u2019 circles. This session aims to investigate the pedagogy of such arts and practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presider<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>David Porreca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel M. Harms<\/strong> (<em>SUNY Cortland<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8221; &#8216;To give myself to be carried immediatly into Hell&#8217;:<br \/>\nWeather, Witchcraft, and Two Late Seventeenth-Century Contracts<br \/>\nbetween a Magician and a Student&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/harms-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel P. Gillis Hogan<\/strong> (<em>University of Exeter<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Philosophy is the Child of Contention:<br \/>\nThe Accretion of Theory in Instructional Chiromantic and Fairy-Summoning Texts<br \/>\nas a Response to Hostile Criticism&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/gillis-hogan-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Session<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17752 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Image-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Image-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Image-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-I-with-Image-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Part II:\u00a0 &#8220;Teaching Astrology and Other Liberal Arts&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Session 419.\u00a0 Saturday 11 May, 3:30 \u2013 5:00 pm EDT (Fetzer Center 2040)<br \/>\n(Congress Program, page 154)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center Floor Plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the later Middle Ages, astrology began to play an ever more prominent role in university curricula. It was frequently merged with astronomy as one of the Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liberal_arts_education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberal Arts<\/a>, and it became required knowledge for the practice of medicine. These developments created a need for new masters capable of rendering its intricacies intelligible to the next generation of doctors and other practitioners.\u00a0 This session aims to examine how the pedagogy of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astrology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">astrology<\/a> functioned, and how the teaching of that discipline fits alongside the rest of the Liberal Arts curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presider<\/strong>:\u00a0 <strong>Marla Segol<\/strong> (<em>SUNY University of Buffalo<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17713\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17713 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Rhythmomachy Simulation (Player 1's turn). Image \u00a9 2023 Michael A. Conrad.\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped-598x372.jpg 598w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rhythmomachie_mit_capturables-cropped.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhythmomachy Simulation (Player 1&#8217;s turn). Image \u00a9 2023 Michael A. Conrad.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Michael Allman Conrad<\/strong> <em>(Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Gamified Numbers:<br \/>\nBoard Games as Educational Instruments for Teaching Astrology and Other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quadrivium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quadrivial Arts<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/conrad-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arina Zaytseva<\/strong> (<em>Rice University<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-biographie.de\/sfz63371.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ludwig Milich<\/a>&#8216;s Lutheran Astrology: The Art of the Wise, the Art of the Foolish&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/zaytseva-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Porreca<\/strong> (<em>University of Waterloo<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Games and Pedagogy: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Fulke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Fulke<\/a> (1538\u20131589), Astrology, and Geometry&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/porreca-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Vanderkwaak<\/strong> (<em>University College Dublin<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;Divine Instruments: The Role of the Heavens in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albertus_Magnus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albert the Great<\/a>&#8216;s Astrological Cosmos&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/vanderkwaak-2023-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17505\" style=\"width: 833px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17505\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17505 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Philosophy and the Seven Liberal Arts personified, as illustrated in a reconstruction of the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (circa 1130 \u2013 1195). Image Public Domain, via Wikipedia.\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-1235x1536.jpg 1235w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hortus_Deliciarum_Die_Philosophie_mit_den_sieben_freien_Kunsten-1647x2048.jpg 1647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philosophy and the Seven Liberal Arts personified, as illustrated in a reconstruction of the Hortus deliciarum (&#8220;Garden of Delights&#8221;) of Herrad of Landsberg (circa 1130 \u2013 1195). Image Public Domain, via Wikipedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Session<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Names-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Names-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Names-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Societas-Magica-Sessions-AZO-2023-Part-II-with-Names-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Note on Our 2023 Congress Sessions<\/h3>\n<p>The strong responses to the Call for Papers, in a suite of sessions co-sponsored by the Research Group, accord with our many years of participation in the Congress, both in person and online.\u00a0 That tradition is described in our &#8216;archive&#8217; of Events and Congress Sessions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sponsored Sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-Sponsored Sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our tradition includes the publication of Abstracts, as their authors allow, for the Papers and Responses of Sessions sponsored and co-sponsored by the RGME.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstracts of Congress Papers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may find individual Abstracts by <strong>Name<\/strong> and\/or by <strong>Year of Presentation<\/strong> in our Lists of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/abstracts-of-conference-papers-listed-by-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Abstracts arranged alphabetically by Author<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/abstracts-of-conference-papers-listed-by-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>By Year<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-784 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Open Business Meeting<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Modality<\/strong>:\u00a0 <em>In Person<\/em> (with extra RGME Zoom option for <em>Virtual<\/em> attendance by people registered for the Congress)<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 11 May 2023 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm EDT (GMT-4).\u00a0 Fetzer Center 1035<br \/>\n(<em>Congress Program<\/em>, page 19)<\/p>\n<p>See the Fetzer Center <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">First Floor Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16118\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16118\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16118 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close-300x300.png\" alt=\"Notebook of &quot;Recettes&quot; in French, open at the front with inserted slips. Photography from Private Collection by Mildred Budny. Handlist Number 5.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close-1020x1024.png 1020w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_0006-GC-Recettes-open-at-front-with-misc-cards-up-close.png 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recettes. Photography by Mildred Budny from a Private Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We resume our tradition of in-person <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/business-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Meetings<\/a> at the Congress, with an Open Business Meeting at lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome. Lunch will be served. We welcome donations to help to cover the costs.<\/p>\n<h3>Optional Registration for the Business Meeting, In Person or (through the RGME) Virtual<\/h3>\n<p><b>Registration<\/b> (optional but helpful) through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/o\/research-group-on-manuscript-evidence-54727558903#collections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RGME Eventbrite Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We suggest that, if you plan to attend in person, you register to let us know how many to expect.\u00a0 We offer an optional RGME Zoom meeting room for Congress participants unable to travel.<\/p>\n<p>Both forms of registration have no charge, but donations are welcome for our nonprofit organization and costs.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2023-congress-business-meeting-in-person-reservation-tickets-628285738557Registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Person Registration for Business Meeting<\/a>. Not required for admission, but helpful for our information.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2023-congress-business-meeting-tickets-618299088217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Registration for Business Meeting<\/a>. We will send the Zoom link after registration by Congress participants wishing to attend virtually.<\/p>\n<h3>Business Meeting Agenda and Report<\/h3>\n<p>Information (&#8220;Handouts&#8221; for the Meeting, in 1 page each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/17659\/?tmstv=1682898265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agenda for 2023 RGME Congress Business Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/17651\/?tmstv=1682898270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report for 2023 Business Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To indicate progress with our plans and activities, you might compare these pages with with last year&#8217;s <strong>Agenda<\/strong> and <strong>Report<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/16738\">2022 RGME Congress Business Meeting Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/16741\">2022 RGME Congress Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As in 2021 and 2022, the RGME also held an online <strong>Pre-Congress Business Meeting<\/strong> within the weeks leading up to the Congress, as a way to prepare for the planning onsite at the Congress.\u00a0 It also gives the opportunity to gather the voices of participants who do not attend the Congress (for example, with interests in other areas) as well as those who do.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/business-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Meetings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>RGME Poster for this Business Meeting<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_17758\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17758\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17758 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Business-Meeting-AZO-2023-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Congress Business Meeting Poster\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Business-Meeting-AZO-2023-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Business-Meeting-AZO-2023-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Business-Meeting-AZO-2023-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2023 Congress Business Meeting Poster<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Reception<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMA-logo-v1-Pantone-or-RGB.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of The Index of Medieval Art. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"241\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMA-logo-v1-Pantone-or-RGB.jpg 241w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMA-logo-v1-Pantone-or-RGB-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMA-logo-v1-Pantone-or-RGB-80x50.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/>Co-Sponsored by<br \/>\nResearch Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nIndex of Medieval Art at Princeton University<br \/>\nSocietas Magica<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Modality<\/strong>:\u00a0 In Person<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 11 May 2023 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm EDT (GMT-4).\u00a0 Fetzer Center 1035\u20131045<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13230\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13230\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13230 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"Our Reception at the 2019 Congress.\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20190510_215230-Our-Reception-kzoo-2019-cropped-80x50.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our co-sponsored Reception at the 2019 Congress. Photography by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(<em>Congress Program<\/em>, page 56)<br \/>\nSee the <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/fetzer\/facilities\/floor-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Fetzer Center First Floor Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the resumption of in-person activities at the ICMS, after the cancelled Congress in 2020 and the fully virtual Congresses in 2021 and 2022, we return to our tradition of a <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\/receptions-and-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reception<\/a>.\u00a0 All are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>This year, as before, we co-sponsor the event with the <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong> and the <strong>Index of Medieval Art <\/strong>(formerly the <strong>Index of Christian Art<\/strong>).\u00a0 These co-sponsorships for our <strong>Receptions<\/strong> sometimes occur with one of these organizations (as in 2014), the other (as in 2016), or both of them (as in 2015).<\/p>\n<h4>Poster for this Reception<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_17759\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17759\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Index-Societas-Magica-Reception-AZO-2023-with-border.jpg\" alt=\"Invitation to the Reception at the 2023 Congress\" width=\"616\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Index-Societas-Magica-Reception-AZO-2023-with-border.jpg 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Index-Societas-Magica-Reception-AZO-2023-with-border-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/poster-RGME-Index-Societas-Magica-Reception-AZO-2023-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invitation to the Reception at the 2023 Congress<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Memory Lane<\/h3>\n<h4>2015 Reception<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_4535\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4535\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RGME-Soc-Mag-Reception-2015-Full-Page-with-Fri-date-corrected-done1.png\" alt=\"Invitation for Reception at the 2015 International Congress on Medieval Studies co-sponsored by the Societas Magica, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University\" width=\"617\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RGME-Soc-Mag-Reception-2015-Full-Page-with-Fri-date-corrected-done1.png 617w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RGME-Soc-Mag-Reception-2015-Full-Page-with-Fri-date-corrected-done1-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RGME-Soc-Mag-Reception-2015-Full-Page-with-Fri-date-corrected-done1-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invitation, set in RGME Bembino, for Reception at the 2015 International Congress on Medieval Studies co-sponsored by the Societas Magica, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>2016 Reception<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_7206\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7206\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7206 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN0845-Selfing-at-the-2016-Reception-at-200-dpi-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"A group gathers spontaneously to enjoy a Selfie at the Co-Sponsored Reception of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and the Index of Christian Art at the 2016 International Congress on Manuscript Studies. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN0845-Selfing-at-the-2016-Reception-at-200-dpi-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN0845-Selfing-at-the-2016-Reception-at-200-dpi-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN0845-Selfing-at-the-2016-Reception-at-200-dpi-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At our co-sponsored Reception at the 2016 Congress. Photograph Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space for developments for the 2024 Congress \u2014 one of the subjects to consider, for example, at our Open Business Meeting (see above).<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Post Script:<br \/>\nThe Stories that Bindings Can Tell<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9269\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9269\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9269 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_1646-Greg-Dial-wrapper-verso-at-180-dpi3-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Verso of Leaf from the Dialogues of Gregory the Great, Book III, chapter 7. Photography by Mildred Budny\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_1646-Greg-Dial-wrapper-verso-at-180-dpi3-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_1646-Greg-Dial-wrapper-verso-at-180-dpi3-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_1646-Greg-Dial-wrapper-verso-at-180-dpi3-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSC_1646-Greg-Dial-wrapper-verso-at-180-dpi3.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reused Bifolium, Verso, turned Sideways, as the Cover for a missing volume of Euthymius on the Psalms. Photography Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[Note:\u00a0 For information about this image, see our blog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/a-leaf-from-gregorys-dialogues-reused-to-bind-euthymius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Leaf from Gregory&#8217;s Dialogues reused to bind Euthymius<\/a>.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More stories to tell. Watch this space!<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Program 58th ICMS (11\u201313 May 2023) To occur in a transitional &#8216;hybrid&#8217; form with Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Sessions \u2014\u00a0 to be held either in person or online (with some options) \u2014 and with an Open Business Meeting and Co-Sponsored Reception [Posted on 17 January 2023, with updates] Building upon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17468,"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":[423,50,130],"tags":[2219,2204,16,2213,2135,2215,2206,1927,2220,2216,812,1668,2109,71,1831,2205,2212,2217,7,668,2221,2208,1573,2211,2207,740,2209,685,2210,2218,2214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462"}],"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=17462"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18735,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462\/revisions\/18735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}