{"id":2098,"date":"2014-01-01T03:41:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T03:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2017-10-18T00:26:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T00:26:35","slug":"2009-threshold-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2009-threshold-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Anniversary Symposium &#8220;Gathering at the Threshold&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gathering at the Threshold<\/strong>:<br \/>\nA Celebratory Symposium<\/h1>\n<p>In 2009 and 2010 the Research Group celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its formation as an entity in England and the tenth anniversary of its formation as a nonprofit educational corporation based in Princeton, New Jersey.\u00a0\u00a0The stages of our history and the variety of our activities are reported in the pages of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/\"><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/profile\/history\/\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The date of our <strong>&#8220;official birthday&#8221;<\/strong> as a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation occurs in November.\u00a0\u00a0We celebrated our <strong>Tenth\/Twentieth Anniversary of 2009<\/strong> with a gathering of Trustees, Honorary Trustees, Honorary Associates, Volunteers, and newcomers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10203\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0015-Ray-Cormier-and-Audience-at-RGME-2009-Symp-cropped.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10203\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10203 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0015-Ray-Cormier-and-Audience-at-RGME-2009-Symp-cropped-1024x405.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Cormier Speaks at our 2009 Symposium.  Photography by James P. Heidere.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0015-Ray-Cormier-and-Audience-at-RGME-2009-Symp-cropped-1024x405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0015-Ray-Cormier-and-Audience-at-RGME-2009-Symp-cropped-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0015-Ray-Cormier-and-Audience-at-RGME-2009-Symp-cropped-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Cormier Speaks at our 2009 Symposium. Photography by James P. Heidere.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n[<em>First published on our first website on *1 October 2009, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gathering at the Threshold<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A Celebratory Symposium<\/p>\n<p><em>Saturday, 21 November 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>106 McCormick Hall, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Session 1<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nModerator:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Giles Constable<\/strong> (<em>School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giles Constable<\/strong>, \u201cIntroductory Remarks&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James H. Marrow<\/strong> (<em>Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University <\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cWords of Welcome\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colum P. Hourihane<\/strong> (<em>Index of Christian Art, Princeton University<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cPontius Pilate and the Crucifixion\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raymond J. Cormier<\/strong> (<em>Department of English and Foreign Languages, Longwood University<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cGlossing the Empire:\u00a0\u00a0High Medieval Adaptations of Vergil\u2019s <em>Aeneid<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phillip N. Haberkern<\/strong> (<em>Religion Department, Princeton University<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cThe Manuscript as Relic:\u00a0\u00a0Narrative, Image, and Memory in Mid-Fifteenth-Century Bohemia\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matthew J. Milliner<\/strong> (<em>Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cRuskin\u2019s Rift:\u00a0\u00a0The Space between Theology and Art History\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Session 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Moderator:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Richard K. Emmerson<\/strong> (<em>School of Arts, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York<\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Ganz<\/strong> (<em>Departments of Classics and History, King\u2019s College, University of London, and<br \/>\nSchool of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cRisk and Fluidity in Script:\u00a0\u00a0An Insular Instance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Erik Thun\u00f8<\/strong> (<em>Department of Art History, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201c<em>Deus Spectator:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0God\u2019s Eye in Medieval Art\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karl F. Morrison<\/strong> (<em>Department of History, Rutgers University<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cOrigin\u2019s Self-Knowing through Scripture:<br \/>\nWho can Express in Words the Difference between the Quality of the Sweetness of a Date and a Dried Fig?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (<em>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u201cAt the Threshold:\u00a0\u00a0Women\u2019s Wills in Old and New England\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Discussion and Concluding Remarks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Celebratory-Symposium-Program-20091121.pdf\"><strong>2009 Celebratory Symposium Program<\/strong><\/a> as pdf.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>Photographic Exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>An exhibition of photographs of medieval manuscript fragments undergoing conservation and research was displayed at the Reception following the day&#8217;s events.\u00a0 The photographs were printed for the purpose by <strong>David Immerman<\/strong>, our Associate, as a donation to the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5869 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web-300x194.png\" alt=\"RGME Photography Exhibition label 2 for Web\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RGME-Photography-Exhibition-label-2-for-Web.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The photographs themselves, by Mildred Budny, demonstrated results of experimentation with different forms of lighting, backgrounds, and approaches, as a first view of the Research Group photographic project devoted to materials in private hands, which began in August 2008.\u00a0 This work is described among our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/photographic-exhibitions-&amp;-masterclasses\"><strong>Photographic Exhibitions and Masterclasses<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Updates<\/h2>\n<p>Some cumulative results of the long-term research devoted to some of the manuscript fragments selected for the 2009 Symposium Exhibition were reported at our 2013 Symposium at Princeton University on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2013-symposium-on-identity-and-authenticity\/\"><strong>Identity &amp; Authenticity<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Its downloadable Program Booklet includes the Abstract of the paper by Mildred Budny on &#8220;A New Fragment of the <em>Vitas Patrum<\/em> from the Covers of an Early Printed <em>Postille<\/em>:\u00a0 An Early Case of Western Paper?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Our Anniversary Celebrations in 2014 included these events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Symposium at Princeton University on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-symposium-recollections-of-the-past\/\"><strong>Recollections of the Past<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Colloquium at Princeton University on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-colloquium-on-when-the-dust-has-settled\/\">When The Dust Has Settled<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Seminar at Princeton University on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-seminar-on-manuscripts-and-their-photographs\/\"><strong>Manuscripts &amp; Their Photographs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-congress-on-medieval-studies-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Sessions<\/a> at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Co-Sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anniversary Reception<\/a> at the Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those activities and more are reported in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reflections\"><strong>2014 Anniversary Reflections<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/news\/\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Our Activities and Sessions in 2014 and 2015 are reported in our First Annual Report for the CARA Newsletter (June 2015), reproduced with active links <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/rgme-report-for-the-june-2015-cara-newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Symposium considered <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2009-threshold-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\">Words &amp; 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