The First WebMaster of the RGME<\/h2>\n
An accomplished medievalist, manuscript historian, photographer, blogger, and scholar of French language and literature, Jesse Hurlbut<\/a> generously served as the first WebMaster of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (2005\u20132023). Following Jesse\u2019s retirement on 30 June 2023, we wish to offer this event in thanks, to examine subjects related to his interests, work, and teaching in the world of manuscript studies. The Symposium brings together former students, colleagues, and friends to share their work and work-in-progress in various subjects or projects which his work, teaching, and example may have helped to inspire or refine.<\/p>\n Jesse Hurlbut and the Ch\u00e2teau de Chambord in 2023. Photograph by Patricia Stevenson.<\/p><\/div>\n Our Save-the-Date Poster expresses the plan in word and image for an Anniversary Symposium full of \u201cMANUSCRIPT (HE)ART\u201d.\u00a0 (You may download it here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Save-the-Date Poster for 2024 Anniversary Symposium in Thanks to Jesse Hurlbut. Poster set in RGME Bembino.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Both the name for the Symposium and the representative image or \u2018emblem\u2019 (seen on the Poster) were chosen by the Symposium co-organizers, Katharine C. Chandler and Jessica L. Savage, from Jesse\u2019s own website dedicated to Manuscript Art: Taking a Closer Look<\/a>.<\/p>\n The morning session, \u201cLe monde en fleurs: <\/i>Visualizing the Natural World of Late Medieval France<\/p>\n ,\u201d will focus on the art and manuscripts of medieval France \u201cin flower\u201d and especially over the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Contributions include papers on French literature, women\u2019s books, symbolism of the floral, animal, and monstrous, and highlights in the codicology and patronage of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.<\/p>\n An afternoon of five presentations will dive into the topic \u201cMedieval Manuscripts in the Social Media Public Sphere,\u201d focused on connections, crowdsourcing, and community-building through social media with medieval manuscripts, including the digitization and imaging of manuscripts. The contributions close with a special response paper on Jesse Hurlbut\u2019s websites and a Roundtable for the afternoon presenters, including our invited guest Jesse Hurlbut, to engage in scholarly dialogue.<\/p>\n 10:00\u201310:10 am EST (GMT-5)<\/p>\n Opening Remarks<\/b><\/p>\n Mildred Budny <\/b>(Director, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) Morning Session<\/b> Presider<\/i>: 10:10\u201310:30 am 10:30\u201310:50 am 10:50 am \u2013 11:00 am. Questions & Discussion<\/p>\n 11:00\u201311:20am 11:20\u201311:40 am 11:40\u201311:50 am. Questions and Discussion<\/p>\n 11:50 am \u2013 12:10 pm 12:10\u201312:20 pm 12:20\u201312:30 pm. Questions & Discussion (10 minutes for questions)<\/i><\/p>\n Presider<\/em>: Laura Morreale <\/b>(Independent Researcher, Middle Ages for Educators) Anna Siebach-Larsen <\/b>(Director, Russell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center, University of Rochester) Johan Oosterman <\/b>(Professor of Medieval Literature, Radboud University) Katharine C. Chandler <\/b>(Special Collections and Serials Cataloger, University of Arkansas Libraries) 2:30\u20132:45 pm<\/p>\n Response<\/i>: Thomas E. Hill<\/b> (Art Librarian, Vassar College Library) 2:45\u20133:30 pm<\/p>\n Response<\/i>: All Speakers and Open Floor for Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n 3:30\u20133:45 pm<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n For more information on the planning of this event and its aims, please see our supplementary post for this Symposium:<\/p>\n We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n You can register for the event by the RGME Eventbrite Portal<\/b>. See:<\/p>\n Registration is required.\u00a0 There is no registration fee.<\/p>\n Registration with Optional Donation<\/b><\/p>\n Voluntary donations for the RGME are welcome.\u00a0 The Eventbrite registration offers this option among the admission “tickets”.\u00a0 Donations are important to help to support our work for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization powered principally by volunteers and few resources.<\/p>\n If you have questions about the Symposium, please contact<\/p>\n Stay in Touch<\/b><\/p>\n Please reach out to us, if you wish, in these ways:<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Please remember to register for the Anniversary Symposium<\/strong>, and check back here for updates.<\/p>\n For our next events, see, for example:<\/p>\n Join us!<\/p>\n Also, please don’t forget!<\/p>\n We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Published for the event, the 64-page illustrated 2024 Anniversary Symposium Booklet<\/strong> is available freely as a pdf on our website. See 2024 Anniversary Symposium: The Booklet<\/a>.<\/p>\n You may download it in two versions, depending upon your printer, paper stock, and preferences.<\/p>\n 1) as consecutive pages<\/a> for 8 1\/2 in. x 11 in. sheets (quarto or letter)<\/p>\n 2) as a foldable booklet<\/a> for 11 in. x 17 in. sheets (tabloid, ledger, or B size) to fold in half<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JDH-Chambord-photo-Patricia-Stevenson-768x1024.jpg\")
The Purpose<\/h2>\n
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The Symposium Program<\/h2>\n
1. Morning Session<\/h4>\n
2. Afternoon Roundtable<\/h4>\n
Program<\/b><\/h2>\n
Saturday 24 February 2024 online by Zoom<\/b>
\n<\/b>10:00 am \u2013 3:30 pm EST (GMT-5)<\/b><\/h3>\n Morning Session:\u00a0 10:00 am \u2013 12:30 pm EST (GMT-5)<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n<\/b>\u201cWelcome and Introduction:
\nAn RGME Anniversary Symposium with Thanks and Manuscript ‘(HE)ART\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>\u201c<\/b>Le monde en fleurs:<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i><\/b>Visualizing the Natural World of Late Medieval France\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
\nRenate Blumenfeld-Kosinski<\/b>
\n(Professor Emerita, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh)<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>S.C. Kaplan<\/b>
\n<\/b>(Acting French Language Program Coordinator and Lecturer of French, University of California, Santa Barbara)
\n<\/b>\u201cThe Flowering of Bourbonnais Women\u2019s Manuscripts\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHaleigh Burgon<\/b>
\n(PhD Candidate in French, Department of Romance Studies, Boston University)
\n<\/b>\u201cMary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?<\/i>:
\nA Reflection on Symbolic Marian Floral Images in Late Medieval French Manuscripts\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Tina-Marie Ranalli<\/b>
\n<\/b>(Independent Scholar)
\n<\/b>\u201cThe Medieval Sphinx\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSamantha Pious<\/b>
\n<\/b>(Independent Scholar and Translator)
\n<\/b>\u201cNatural Punctuation: Reading Verse in the Queen\u2019s Manuscript of Christine de Pizan\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Joyce Coleman<\/b>
\n(Rudolph C. Bambas Professor of Medieval English Literature & Culture, Emerita, University of Oklahoma)
\n<\/b>\u201cThe Flowers of Literature: From Feuilles<\/i> to Folios.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nResponse<\/i>:\u00a0 Jessica L. Savage<\/b>
\n(Art History Specialist, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University)
\n<\/b>\u201cP\u00e8lerinage<\/i> and Pr\u00e9sentation:<\/i>
\nA Promenade through the Po\u00e8me sur la Passion<\/i> made for Fran\u00e7ois I (Pierpont Morgan Library, MS. M.147<\/a>)\u201d<\/p>\nBreak<\/b>
\n<\/b>12:30\u20131:00 pm: 30-minute Break (on your own)<\/b><\/h3>\n2. <\/b>Afternoon Roundtable:<\/b> 1:00\u20133:45 pm EST (GMT-5)
\n<\/b>\u201cMedieval Manuscripts in the Social Media Public Sphere\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n
\nDr N. K\u0131v\u0131lc\u0131m Yavuz<\/b> (Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Digital Humanities, University of Leeds)<\/p>\n
\n“When the Crowd Goes Home: Transcribed Texts Revived and Reused”<\/p>\n
\n“Discovering Labor: Social Media, Digitization, and the Ecosystem of Manuscript Access”<\/p>\n
\n“Crowdfunding for the Book of Mary: The Crowd as an Engaged Audience and Dedicated Supporter”<\/p>\n
\n“From Fragments to Codices:
\nA Brief Survey of How Philadelphia contributed to the Digitization of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts”<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>\u201cThe Websites of Jesse Hurlbut\u201d<\/p>\nClosing Roundtable<\/b><\/h3>\n
\nJesse D. Hurlbut<\/b> (RGME WebMaster Emeritus)
\n<\/b>“Beatus Vir<\/em>“
\n<\/b><\/p>\nClosing Remarks<\/b><\/h3>\n
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The Symposium Booklet<\/h2>\n