{"id":2072,"date":"2014-01-01T03:34:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2017-09-18T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T20:02:43","slug":"2005-international-congress-on-medieval-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2005-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"2005 Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Wonders of the East&#8221;<br \/>\nat the<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>40th International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">5\u20128 May 2005<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg\"><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\" \/><\/a>[<em>First published on our first website on *19 April 2006, with updates here<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>At the 2005 Congress, the <strong>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong> sponsored one session.\u00a0 This occasion marked the continuation of our return to the Congress.\u00a0 As customary, various Trustees and Associates participated in diverse ways at the Congress.\u00a0 <!--more--><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Session sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Under-Appreciated Masterpieces:<br \/>\nIlluminating <em>The Wonders of the East<\/em> in the <em>Beowulf<\/em> Manuscript&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_5918\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cotton-Vitellius-A-XV-folio-102v-cropped-to-frame.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5918\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5918 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cotton-Vitellius-A-XV-folio-102v-cropped-to-frame.png\" alt=\"Some of 'The Marvels of the East' in the 'Beowulf Manuscript'. \u00a9The British Library Board, Cotton MS Vitellius A. XIV, folio 102v. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"444\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cotton-Vitellius-A-XV-folio-102v-cropped-to-frame.png 444w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cotton-Vitellius-A-XV-folio-102v-cropped-to-frame-109x150.png 109w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cotton-Vitellius-A-XV-folio-102v-cropped-to-frame-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9The British Library Board, Cotton MS Vitellius A. XIV, folio 102v. Reproduced by permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Organizers:\u00a0 <strong>Asa Simon Mittman<\/strong> (Bucknell University) and <strong>Susan M. Kim<\/strong> (Illinois State University)<\/p>\n<p>Presider: <strong>Kathryn Powell<\/strong> (University of Manchester)<\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asa Simon Mittman<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8220;Art-Historian-Eating Monsters?\u00a0 Why We Shouldn&#8217;t Fear the Vitellius <em>Wonders of the East<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<br \/>\n&#8220;Beauty or Beast?\u00a0 Discerning Neglected Marvels through Manuscript Studies&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carol Lind<\/strong> (Illinois University) and <strong>D. Edwin Lind<\/strong> (Illinois University)<br \/>\n&#8220;Step Right Up:\u00a0 The Cultural Construction of the Freak in <em>The Wonders of the East<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Susan Kim<\/strong> (Illinois State University)<br \/>\n&#8220;Unworthy Bodies:\u00a0 the Female Wonders of Cotton Vitelliius A.xv&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7740 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-116x150.png\" alt=\"Front Cover of ShelfLife, The Bulletin of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Number 1 (Winter 2006), including a photograph of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 197B, folio 1 recto. Photograph joint copyright of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College and Mildred Budny.\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ShelfLife-1-Cover-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Abstracts<\/strong> of the Papers in this Session by <strong>Mittman<\/strong>, <strong>Lind &amp; Lind<\/strong>, and <strong>Kim<\/strong> are published,<br \/>\nand now available on line, in the <em><strong>Old English Newsletter<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oenewsletter.org\/OEN\/archive\/OEN38_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2005, Reports of Papers<\/a>, page 122.<\/p>\n<p>A report of this Session and its place in the progress towards a book of essays on the subject appears in the <strong>Bulletin<\/strong> of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/shelflife\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ShelfLife<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, 1 (Winter 2006), page 22.\u00a0 Further fruits of the work appear, for example, in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2419382\/Inconceivable_Beasts_The_Wonders_of_the_East_in_the_Beowulf_Manuscript\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Mittman Essay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The manuscript as a whole is now viewable online in full digital facsimile:\u00a0 London, British Library, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/manuscripts\/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv\" target=\"_blank\">Cotton MS Vitellius A XV<\/a>. \u00a0The <em>Marvels of the East<\/em> occupy its folios 98v-106v.\u00a0 Packing an impact in a few pages.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>The full <strong>2005 Congress<\/strong> program is archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/medieval_cong_archive\/6\">40th International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The full set of Research Group Activities at the Congress is reported in our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\" target=\"_blank\">Congress Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wonders of the East&#8221; at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies 5\u20128 May 2005 [First published on our first website on *19 April 2006, with updates here] At the 2005 Congress, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence sponsored one session.\u00a0 This occasion marked the continuation of our return to the Congress.\u00a0 As customary, various [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5918,"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":[51,50,4,130,3],"tags":[258,256,168,262,260,257,259,254,6,53,307,308,255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8813,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2072\/revisions\/8813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}