{"id":20837,"date":"2025-11-05T05:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=20837"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:51","slug":"workshop-9-on-books-as-thresholds-and-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/workshop-9-on-books-as-thresholds-and-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop 9 on &#8220;Books as Thresholds and Communities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Workshop 9<br \/>\n&#8220;Books as Thresholds and Communities&#8221;<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday 21 December 2025<br \/>\nOnline by Zoom<\/h2>\n<p>[<em>Posted on 4 November 2025, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>For our series, see<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-workshops-on-the-evidence-of-manuscripts-etc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RGME Workshops on &#8220;The Evidence of Manuscripts, Etc.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We propose hold the next Workshop on <strong>21 December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Thresholds and Communities&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_20812\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20812\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20812 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florence, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Domenico di Michelino, Dante Alighieri with Florence and the Realms of the Divine Comedy (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise). Oil on canvas, 1465. Image Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons via https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dante_Domenico_di_Michelino.jpg.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the year 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on our Theme for the Year, &#8220;Thresholds and Communities&#8221; particularly as it applies to our explorations of books and their makers, users, collectors, readers, and others &#8212; through our series of workshops and other events &#8212; and as we prepare for next year and its new theme.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/thresholds-and-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thresholds and Communities<\/a>: <strong>RGME Theme for the Year 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_20616\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20616\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Poster-Autumn-Coll-v2-2-Poster-2-5-Sept-2025-with-border.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Poster-Autumn-Coll-v2-2-Poster-2-5-Sept-2025-with-border.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Poster-Autumn-Coll-v2-2-Poster-2-5-Sept-2025-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Poster-Autumn-Coll-v2-2-Poster-2-5-Sept-2025-with-border-116x150.png 116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster 2. 2025 Autumn Colloquium. Poster set in RGME Bembino.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Also, because the <strong>2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium<\/strong> in late November will consider the subject of Fragments (manuscript and printed) from many perspectives, we may discuss some discoveries from that event and follow up with more materials which it helped to bring to light.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-on-fragments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hint. See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/a-little-latin-vulgate-bible-manuscript-leaf-in-princeton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Little Latin Vulgate Manuscript Leaf in Princeton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/a-sister-leaf-from-a-miniature-latin-vulgate-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Sister Leaf from a Miniature Latin Vulgate Bible<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, do you have any manuscript or printed fragments that you would like to share or learn about? Bring them along, please, to our Zoom Meeting. Let&#8217;s see what we might learn together, and share the delights of discovery.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/workshop-9-books-as-thresholds-and-communities-tickets-1849695953389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workshop 9. Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20779\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20779\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20779 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-700x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-768x1123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen-1050x1536.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illumination from Hildegard&#8217;s Scivias (1151) showing her receiving a vision and dictating to teacher Volmar. Image Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>******<\/p>\n<h2>Questions? 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