{"id":3097,"date":"2014-12-12T03:57:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T03:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=3097"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:47:27","slug":"2014-seminar-on-manuscripts-and-their-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-seminar-on-manuscripts-and-their-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Seminar on “Manuscripts & Their Photographs”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n

Close Up & Up Close<\/h2>\n

On Tuesday, 9 December 2014, we held a seminar at the Index of Christian Art<\/strong><\/a> of Princeton University.\u00a0 With examples on hand, Giles Constable and Mildred Budny offered reflections on the processes involved in<\/p>\n

1) assembling over decades an ‘accumulation’ \u2014 not exactly a deliberate ‘collection’ \u2014 of medieval manuscripts (or fragments thereof), documents, and early printed materials, and<\/p>\n

2) photographing them over several years, in stages and under varied conditions, for the record and for research, sometimes along with conservation work (where called for in certain cases).<\/p>\n

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Cases in Focus<\/h3>\n

Photographs representing most of the ‘accumulation’ illustrated its range, from manuscript fragments to documents in full.\u00a0 Among them are individual leaves or bifolia which have come respectively from a Breviary, a Missal, a small-format Bible, a Psalter, a copy of the Homilies<\/em> of Gregory the Great, a copy of Justinian’s Novels<\/em>, and a papal bull.\u00a0 Some of these fragments have found reuse in the medieval or early modern periods, and perhaps thereby their means of preservation, as binding material \u2014 in the forms of covers or wrappers \u2014 for other written or printed materials.\u00a0 In some cases, the photographs reveal more elements of the text and other features than might readily appear directly to the eye.<\/p>\n

\"Charter<\/a>

Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n

The originals brought to the table included:<\/p>\n