{"id":20847,"date":"2025-11-06T03:17:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=20847"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:26:54","slug":"2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-program-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-program-detailed\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium Program Detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Detailed Program<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-on-fragments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium<\/a><br \/>\nof the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cBreak-Up Books and Make-Up Books:<br \/>\nEncountering and Reconstructing<br \/>\nthe Legacy of Otto F. Ege<br \/>\nand Other Biblioclasts\u201d<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday &#8211; Sunday, 21-23 November 2025<br \/>\nIn Person, Hybrid, or Online by Zoom<\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Program: 1) Overview and 2) Detailed View<\/h2>\n<h2>I. Program Overview<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Program Overview itself is available also here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-on-fragments-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments: Program Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong>. <strong>Friday 17 October<\/strong>. 9:00 am \u2013 5:00 pm EST (GMT-5)<br \/>\n\u2014 NOTE TWO DIFFERENT VENUES FOR FRIDAY Morning and Afternoon \u2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Morning Sessions at Green Hall<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessableusa.com\/princeton-university\/access-guides\/green-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accessibility information<\/a>). 9:00 am &#8211; 12:00 pm<br \/>\nWashington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08542<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Lunch Break<\/strong>. 12:00\u20131:00 pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Afternoon Workshops with original materials at Special Collections<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.princeton.edu\/services\/firestone-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firestone Library<\/a><br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/library.princeton.edu\/services\/disability-accessibility-services\">accessibility information<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Choose 1 of 2 (space is limited for in-person attendance)<br \/>\n2 Sittings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><strong>1) Workshop 1<\/strong>. 1:30\u20133:00 pm (arrive at Firestone Library at 1:15 pm)<br \/>\n<strong>2) Workshop 2<\/strong>. 3:30\u20135:00 pm (arrive at Firestone Library at 3:15 pm)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong>. <strong>Saturday 18 October<\/strong>. 9:00 am \u2013 5:00 pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">All-day Sessions at <a href=\"https:\/\/nassauchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nassau Presbyterian Church<\/a><br \/>\n(see also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nassau_Presbyterian_Church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nassau Presbyterian Church<\/a>)<br \/>\n61 Nassau Street, Princeton, 08542<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nassauchurch.org\/access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessibility information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">(<em>Note<\/em>: The original portion of the present building was designed and built by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Steadman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Steadman<\/a> and dedicated in 1836.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong>. <strong>Sunday 19 October<\/strong> at 10:30am \u2013 12:00am<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Morning Sessions online. 10:30 am &#8211; 12:00 pm<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: If accessing the registration link by laptop or computer does not connect through to select your choice of category, please access the link through your phone. For questions, please contact:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:director@manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director@manuscriptevidence.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:rgmesocial@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rgmesocial@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Choices<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1) <strong>ONLINE (Friday to Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-online-break-up-books-make-up-books-tickets-1287377804669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Autumn Colloquium: Online Attendance Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2) <strong>IN PERSON (Friday and Saturday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-rgme-colloquium-in-person-2-days-break-up-books-make-up-books-tickets-1774831110629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 RGME Colloquium IN PERSON: Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3) <strong>IN PERSON WORKSHOPS 1 and 2 at Special Collections (Friday afternoon)<\/strong><br \/>\n(Space IN PERSON is limited; the Workshops are also available ONLINE)<br \/>\n<em>Choose 1. Registration is required.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Workshop 1 (1:30 to 3:00 pm EST=GMT-5), First Sitting<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-rgme-autumn-colloquium-in-person-workshop-1-21-november-at-130pm-tickets-1287472838919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workshop 1 IN PERSON: Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Workshop 2 (3:30-5:00 pm EST), Second Sitting<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/rgme-autumn-colloquium-in-person-workshop-2-21-november-at-300-pm-tickets-1774755835479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workshop 2 IN PERSON: Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4) <strong>Optional Dinner<\/strong> (at attendees&#8217; expense) at a local restauraut<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday 21 November<\/strong> (7:00\u20139:30 pm)<br \/>\nand\/or<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday 22 November<\/strong> (7:00\u20139:30 pm)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-rgme-colloquium-optional-dinner-friday-andor-saturday-tickets-1919146451699?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-rgme-colloquium-optional-dinner-friday-andor-saturday-tickets-1919146451699<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Colloquium Booklet<\/h4>\n<p>The 64-page <strong>Colloquium Booklet<\/strong>, with abstracts and illustrations, will be available soon. When ready, it will be downloadable as a pdf in two formats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/20921\/?tmstv=1763519023\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">Colloquium Booklet as consecutive pages<\/a> (quarto-size 8 1\/2&#8243; \u00d7 11&#8243; sheets)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/20922\/?tmstv=1763519097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colloquium Booklet as foldable booklet<\/a> (11&#8243; \u00d7 17&#8243; sheets)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For information and updates see the Colloquium HomePage<\/strong><\/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><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>II. Program in Detail<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 160px;\"><strong>*<\/strong> = Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (Trustees, Associates, Consultants)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note different In-Person Venues \u2014 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Register for ONLINE or IN PERSON<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1) Two Hybrid Sessions Friday Morning (Green Hall)<br \/>\n2) Two Hybrid Workshops Friday Afternoon (Special Collections)<br \/>\n\u2014 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Register Separately for either Workshop for Attendance In Person! Space is limited<\/span><br \/>\n3) Four Hybrid Sessions Saturday (Nassau Presbyterian Church)<br \/>\n4) Optional In-Person Dinner on Friday and\/or Saturday (local restaurant by reservation)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5) One Session Online Sunday (online by Zoom)<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Day 1<\/strong>. <strong>Friday 21 November<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_20853\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20853\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20853 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251021_143933-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princeton University, Approach to Green Hall from the southwest (October 2025). Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Morning Session 1 (Green Hall Room 1-N-5)<br \/>\n<\/strong>9:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm EST (GMT-5)<\/h3>\n<p>Morning Sessions \u2013 Green Hall, Room 1-N-5<\/p>\n<h4>Welcome and Coffee. 9:00\u20139:15<\/h4>\n<h4>Session 1. 9:15<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201310:00 am. Registration, Welcome, and Introduction<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 1<br \/>\n&#8220;Tracing the Background for Otto F. Ege&#8217;s Oeuvre:<br \/>\nThe Making of Biblioclasts<br \/>\nand the Unmaking of Books&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>. <strong>* Mildred Budny <\/strong>(RGME Director)<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Welcome and Introduction: Books, Breakers, and Re-Makers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Scott Gwara<\/strong> (University of South Carolina, College of Arts and Sciences)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhat Did He Know, and When Did He Know it?<br \/>\nOtto F. Ege, Philip C. Duschnes, and the Invention of Middle-Class Manuscript Scholarship\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>John P. Chalmers<\/strong> (Caxton Club, Retired Librarian)<br \/>\n(a report by representation)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cMedieval Fragments in the Context of Leaf Books:<br \/>\nHistory, Present, and Future Activity\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Break<\/strong>. 10:00\u201310:15 am<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presenter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Jessica L. Savage<\/strong> (Art History Specialist, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cIntroducing Two Manuscript Fragments from the Personal Collection of Jessica L. Savage (Princeton, N\u200aJ\u200a)\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Session 2. 10:15 am \u2013 12:00 pm<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 2<br \/>\n&#8220;Illuminating Otto F. Ege&#8217;s Fragments:<br \/>\nCase-Studies in Manuscript and Print&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_14746\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14746\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14746 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Private Collection, Ege's FBNC Portfolio, Dante Leaf, Verso, Detail. Reproduced by Permission.\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_0562-Ege-FBNC-Dante-Verso-Detail-Canto-XVIII-Inferno.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Private Collection, Ege&#8217;s FBNC Portfolio, Dante Leaf, Verso, Detail. Reproduced by Permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>*<\/strong> <strong>Justin Hastings <\/strong>(RGME)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">* <strong>Lisa Fagin Davis <\/strong>(Director, Medieval Academy of America \/ Simmons University School of Library and Information Science)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cEge, Biblioclasm, and Fragmentology in the Library Science Classroom\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong> Juilee Decker\u00a0<\/strong>(Professor of Museum Studies &amp; Co-Director of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Lab<br \/>\nat the Rochester Institute of Technology)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cMore than the Sum of Its Parts:<br \/>\n<em>Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts<\/em> as Example, Exemplar, and Assemblage\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>* Mildred Budny<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and<\/em><br \/>\n* <strong>Michael Allman Conrad <\/strong>(Department of Literature, Art, and Media Studies, University of Konstanz)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>Part I<\/em>. &#8220;Dismembered but Remembered:<br \/>\nOtto F. Ege&#8217;s Copy of Dante&#8217;s <em>Commedia<\/em> with Illustrations plus Landino&#8217;s <em>Commento <\/em>(Venice, November 1491)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lunch Break<\/strong>. 12:00\u20131:30 pm<\/h3>\n<h3>Afternoon Sessions<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_20792\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20792\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20792 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-768x1124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-1050x1536.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-1400x2048.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Firestone_Library_Princeton_front-scaled.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Andreas Praefcke (June 2007), CC BY 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>= Workshops 1&amp;2 (Choice of 1)<br \/>\nSpecial Collections, Firestone Library<br \/>\nPrinceton University<\/h3>\n<h3>Sessions 3\u20134. 1:30\u20135:00 pm (hybrid):<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Workshops 1 &amp; 2<br \/>\n&#8220;Fragments at Princeton&#8221;<br \/>\nin Special Collections,<br \/>\nwith Choice of 1 of 2 Sittings<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Note<\/em>: Registration for Attendance IN PERSON is necessary (space is limited)<br \/>\nFor registration see below<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Workshop Leader.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Eric M. White <\/strong>(Scheide Librarian and Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Princeton University Library)<\/p>\n<p><em>Workshop Intern<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Hannah Goeselt<\/strong> (RGME Intern Executive Associate \/ Massachusetts Historical Society Library, Boston)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20784 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TestPage11-300x289.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TestPage11-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TestPage11-150x145.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TestPage11.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princeton University Library, Special Collections, 7927 recto. Artist&#8217;s test sheet with patterns, sketches, and pen-trials. Northern Italy, circa 1400.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Sitting 1 = Session 3. 1:30 \u2013 3:00 pm \u2014 Workshop 1 (hybrid)<\/h3>\n<p>\u2014 In-Person Attendance: arrive at Front Lobby of Firestone Library for check-in at 1:15 pm<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Break. 3:00\u20133:30 pm\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Sitting 2 = Session 4. 3:30 \u2013 5:00 pm<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Workshop 2 (hybrid)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014 In-Person Attendance: arrive at Front Lobby of Firestone Library for check-in at 3:15 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dinner (Optional)<\/strong> 7:00\u20139:30 pm at local restaurant at attendees&#8217; expense<\/p>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Day 2<\/strong>. Saturday 22 November at 9:00 am &#8211; 5:00 pm EST (GMT -5)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_20685\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20685\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20685 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-1536x954.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-2048x1272.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768-598x372.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presbyterian church in Princeton, New Jersey from a pre-1923 postcard From RG 428, Postcard Collection, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Image Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons via https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Princeton_NJ_Presby_PHS768.jpg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Venue: Nassau Presbyterian Church, Assembly Room (ground floor)<br \/>\n61 Nassau Street, Princeton<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Session 5<\/strong>. 9:00\u201310:30 am<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 5<br \/>\n&#8220;Traveling<br \/>\nWith and Through the World of Fragments&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>. <strong>*<\/strong> <strong>N. Kivilcim Yavuz<\/strong> (Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Digital Humanities, University of Leeds)<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Michael Ian Hensley <\/strong>(Asien\u2013Afrika\u2013Institut f\u00fcr Afrikanistik und \u00c4thiopistik, University of Hamburg)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;The Afterlives of Texts and Manuscripts: Users and Uses of Fragments in Ethiopia and Eritrea&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Respondent<\/em>.<br \/>\n* <strong>Augustine Dickinson <\/strong>(University of M\u00fcnster)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Living Manuscripts: Complex Composite Manuscripts in Ethiopia and Eritrea&#8221; \u2014 A Response<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Ellwood<\/strong> (Assistant Librarian, The Grolier Club of the City of New York)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cFacing the Unknown: Islamic Manuscript Fragments in the Grolier Club Library\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irina Savetskaya<\/strong> (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries Syracuse University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cReconstructing a Medieval Medical Text from Manuscript-Waste Fragments<br \/>\nin the Bindings at the Strahov Library (Prague) and Syracuse University Libraries\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Break<\/strong>. 10:30\u201311:00 am<\/h3>\n<h3>Session 6. 11:00 am \u2013 12:30 pm<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 6<br \/>\n&#8220;Picking Up Pieces,<br \/>\nBringing Them to Light, and Bringing Them Home&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>. * <strong>David Porreca<\/strong> (Department of Classics, University of Waterloo)<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Anna Siebach\u2013Larsen<\/strong> (The Rossell Hope Robbins Library &amp; Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, University of Rochester)<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Eleanor Price<\/strong> (University of Rochester)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cFragmentary Notes: Creating the Idea of Medieval Music through Fragment Collections\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Josephine Koster<\/strong> (Winthrop University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Continuing the Hunt for Ege Manuscript 6: An English Cambridge Bible of the Early Thirteenth Century&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17204\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17204\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17204 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-1637x2048.jpg 1637w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3-Richard-Weber-Collection-Famous-Books-in-Eight-Centuries-Portfolio-93-Front-of-Portfolio-cropped-scaled.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Weber Collection, Famous Books in Eight Centuries, Portfolio 93, Front Cover. Reproduced by Permission.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Respondent.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>* Hannah Goeselt<\/strong> (Massachusetts Historical Society Library, Boston)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cUsing Auction Records and Tracking an Art-Historical Reconstruction:<br \/>\nEge\u2019s \u2018Cambridge Bible\u2019 as Case-Study\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Richard Weber<\/strong> (Collector, Tennessee)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cFrom Pavement to Parchment: An Engineer\u2019s Foray into Manuscript Collecting&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lunch Break<\/strong>. 12:30\u20131:30 pm<\/h3>\n<h3>Session 7. 1:30 \u2013 3:00 pm<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 7<br \/>\n&#8220;Collecting, Curating, Cataloguing:<br \/>\nReclaiming the Lost as Found&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>. <strong>*<\/strong> <strong>Barbara A. Shailor<\/strong> (Department of Classics, Yale University)<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Agnieszka Rec<\/strong> (Curator, Beinecke Rare Books &amp; Manuscript Library, Yale University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe Otto F. Ege Collection (GEN MSS 1498) at the Beinecke Library: An Introduction\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19773\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19773\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19773 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/F-rnci_Lilly_verso-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/F-rnci_Lilly_verso-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/F-rnci_Lilly_verso-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/F-rnci_Lilly_verso.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beauvais Missal (Fragment), Bloomington, IN, Indiana University, Lilly Library (Image via https:\/\/fragmentarium.ms\/overview\/F-rnci)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>* <strong>Altstatt, Alison<\/strong> (University of Northern Iowa),<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 Anna de Bakker<\/strong> (McGill University),<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0and<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Debra Lacoste<\/strong> (Dalhousie University)<br \/>\n\u2014 Sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dact-chant.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission<\/a> (DACT) Project<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cCompiling, Cleaning, and Completing Data:<br \/>\nUsing the Cantus Database to Catalogue Ege\u2019s <em>Fifty Original Leaves<\/em><br \/>\nand Other Chant Manuscript Fragments\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kate Steiner<\/strong> (Department of Music, Conrad Grebel University College)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;The DACT Project: A Brief Report on Work-in-Progress&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Break<\/strong>. 3:00\u20133:30 pm<\/h3>\n<h3>Session 8. 3:30 \u2013 5:00 pm<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 8<br \/>\n&#8220;Confronting and Reconstituting<br \/>\nthe Legacies of Biblioclasts:<br \/>\nA Roundtable Discussion&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presiders\/Moderators<\/em>. <strong>* Justin Hastings and Hannah Goeselt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Panelists (Alphabetical Order)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>* Mildred Budny<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 William Claspy<\/strong> (Director Emeritus, University Archives and Special Collections,<br \/>\nKelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University)<br \/>\n* <strong>Michael Allman Conrad<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>* David Porreca<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>* Agnieszka Rec<br \/>\n<\/strong>* <strong>Eric M. White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Optional Dinner 7:00\u20139:30 pm at local restaurant (at attendees&#8217; expense)<\/h3>\n<p>*****************<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Day 3<\/strong>. Sunday 23 November at 10:30 am \u2013 12:00 pm EST (GMT -5)<br \/>\n\u2014 Online only<\/h2>\n<h4>Session 9. 10:30 \u2013 12:00 pm<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 9<br \/>\n&#8220;Picking Up the Pieces:<br \/>\nExamining Fragments of Books<br \/>\nin Their Find-Places&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><em>Presider<\/em>. <strong>* <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jennifer Larson <\/span><\/strong>(Department of Classics, Kent State University)<\/p>\n<p><em>Speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>* David Porreca<\/strong> (Department of Classics, University of Waterloo)<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0and<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Jordan Tardif<\/strong> (Department of History, University of Waterloo)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cSingle Leaves of Manuscript and Early-Printed Books at the University of Waterloo:\u00a0 An Overview\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong> (to 10:50 am)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* <strong>Katharine C. Chandler <\/strong>(Special Collections and Serials Cataloguer, University of Arkansas Libraries; Adjunct Faculty, San Jos\u00e9 University)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cDispersed Manuscripts, Disrupted Histories: The Case of the Graduals of the Chartreuse de Champmol\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* David W. Sore<\/span>nson <\/strong>(Allen G. Berman, Numismatist)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Not Just Parchment: Paper \u201cBinder\u2019s Waste\u201d Manuscript Fragments in Europe and the Near East\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Mildred Budny<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0and<\/em><br \/>\n* <strong>Michael Allman Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Part II<\/em>: &#8220;A Summing Up: On the Essence of Fragments and Recovery, with Ege&#8217;s Dante as Guide&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Mildred Budny<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8220;Closing Remarks&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*************<\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading and Viewing<\/h2>\n<p>See the Handlist of Bibliographical References to accompany the Colloquium<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/handlist-of-bibliographical-references-about-fragments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preliminary Handlist of Bibliographical References about Fragments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please add suggestions for this list!<\/p>\n<p>*************<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12568\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12568\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6523-1-Beinecke-Ege-FOL-41-and-42-in-mats-plus-box-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Otto Ege Collection. The Ege Family Portfolio, Leaves 41 and 42 in their mats, side-by-side, outside the opened box. Photograph by Mildred Budny.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6523-1-Beinecke-Ege-FOL-41-and-42-in-mats-plus-box-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6523-1-Beinecke-Ege-FOL-41-and-42-in-mats-plus-box-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6523-1-Beinecke-Ege-FOL-41-and-42-in-mats-plus-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6523-1-Beinecke-Ege-FOL-41-and-42-in-mats-plus-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Otto F. Ege Collection GEN MSS 1498, Series 2. \u201cEge Family FOL Portfolio\u201d, Leaves 41 and 42 in their Ege mats with labels, in front of the opened clamshell box in the readers&#8217; room. Photograph by Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detailed Program 2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence \u201cBreak-Up Books and Make-Up Books: Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts\u201d Friday &#8211; Sunday, 21-23 November 2025 In Person, Hybrid, or Online by Zoom Program: 1) Overview and 2) Detailed View I. 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