{"id":7102,"date":"2016-05-19T03:15:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=7102"},"modified":"2021-06-08T23:08:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:08:16","slug":"2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Congress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7110\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0741-Jesse-Meyer-Demonstrates.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7110\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7110 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0741-Jesse-Meyer-Demonstrates-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Meyer demonstrates the squirrel parchment prepared for the Research Group's Session, at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies. 13 May 2016. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0741-Jesse-Meyer-Demonstrates-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0741-Jesse-Meyer-Demonstrates-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0741-Jesse-Meyer-Demonstrates-717x1024.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Show &amp; Tell. Photography by Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">51st International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">12\u201315 May 2016<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Report<\/h3>\n<p>[<em>Published on 18 May 2016, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence reports its activities accomplished at the 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a>, held at Kalamazoo, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>After the completion of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Planning<\/a>, which reported the Sessions selected by the Congress Committee,<\/li>\n<li>our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>, which described the aims of the Sessions, and<\/li>\n<li>our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress Program<\/a>, which set forth the schedule for our Sessions and other Activities<br \/>\n(together with the Abstracts of some Papers),<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>we now Report its achievements.\u00a0 They include the notice of a couple of late changes to the Program of individual Sessions, the unveiling \u2014 with the publication here \u2014 of both the <strong>Posters<\/strong> for our multiple activities at the Congress and an illustrated <strong>Program Booklet<\/strong> for a pair of co-sponsored Sessions, and other developments.\u00a0 These publications, as is our practice, are set in our copyright multilingual font <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a> and laid out in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/style-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Style Manifesto<\/a>. You may view them below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This Congress marks the eleventh year of our co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Societas Magica<\/strong><\/a>, the third year of co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/mems.center.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a> at the University of Florida, and the second year of co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index of Christian Art<\/a> at Princeton University. The overall <a href=\"http:\/\/scholarworks.wmich.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&amp;context=medieval_cong_archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Congress Schedule with Corrigenda<\/a> is now archived; the few changes to our Programs came to attention on the eve of the Congress, too late to reach the pre-Congress <em>Corrigenda<\/em>.\u00a0 This Report provides the most up-to-date and authoritative account of the activities as accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Our 2014 and 2015 sessions and receptions with these organizations are illustrated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-congress-accomplished\"><strong>2014 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Congress Report<\/a>. The history of our sponsorships and co-sponsorships at the Congress is recorded for our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sponsored Sessions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Co-Sponsored Congress Sessions<\/a>, and in our <strong>Congress Activities<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/category\/international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Sessions<\/h3>\n<p>The aims of these sessions are described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the Congress, 2 of the intended Speakers were unable to travel to attend and to present their papers, as noted below.\u00a0 We continue to post the Abstracts of their Papers, noting this change, with respect for the authors&#8217; intentions for the subjects and with thanks for their proposed contributions.\u00a0 The scheduling of the Congress placed first our pair of co-sponsored Sessions with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.\u00a0 Travel delays prevented Florin Curta from arriving in time for its first Session, for which Mildred Budny presided in his stead.\u00a0 He arrived in time for the second Session and its spirited discussion.<\/p>\n<h3><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>I. Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h3>\n<p>1. &#8216;<strong>Parchment or Paper? Choosing the Writing Medium in the Era Before the Printing Press&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong>= Congress Session 212<\/p>\n<p>Organizers: <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<br \/>\nand <strong>Eleanor Congdon<\/strong> (Department of History, Youngstown State University)<\/p>\n<p>Presider: <strong>David Porreca<\/strong> (Department of Classics, University of Waterloo)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poster1-for-Med-Writing-Materials-2016-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7036 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poster1-for-Med-Writing-Materials-2016-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for the Sponsored Session on 'Paper or Parchment' at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. Poster laid out in RGME Bembino, with images supplied by David W. Sorenson. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poster1-for-Med-Writing-Materials-2016-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poster1-for-Med-Writing-Materials-2016-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poster1-for-Med-Writing-Materials-2016-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Presenters:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<br \/>\n\u2018Double Act: Manuscripts Combining Paper and Parchment\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/budny-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a>, illustrated<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Sorenson<\/strong> (Allan G. Berman, Numismatist)<br \/>\n\u2018Four Cartulary Fragments in Parchment and Paper\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/sorenson-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a>, illustrated<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eleanor Congdon<\/strong> (Department of History, Youngstown State University)<br \/>\n\u2018The Rise of Merchant Use of Paper in the Later Middle Ages\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/congdon-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesse Meyer<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pergamena.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pergamena Parchment and Leathers<\/a>, Montgomery, NY)<br \/>\n\u2018Parchment: The Worst Writing Medium Except For All Others\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/meyer-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7103\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0781-Group-Portrait-Paper-Parchment-Session-AZO-2016-cropped.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7103\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7103 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0781-Group-Portrait-Paper-Parchment-Session-AZO-2016-cropped-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"Pausing after the Session and its extended discussions, the cast for the Sponsored Session on 'Paper or Parchment' considers its accomplishment.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0781-Group-Portrait-Paper-Parchment-Session-AZO-2016-cropped-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0781-Group-Portrait-Paper-Parchment-Session-AZO-2016-cropped-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0781-Group-Portrait-Paper-Parchment-Session-AZO-2016-cropped-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lining Up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Session is the fifth in our series on <strong>\u2018Medieval Writing Materials\u2019<\/strong> at the Congress (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2011\u20132014<\/a> and 2016).<br \/>\nSpecimens of materials, manuscripts, and documents were on view, as in earlier years.<\/p>\n<p>A surprise bonus was the specimen of squirrel parchment, still stretched upon the frame, which Jesse Meyer prepared especially for this Session and the Congress.\u00a0 His sample packets of parchment from various types and grades of skins, designed to aid teaching purposes, were available for purchase after the session.\u00a0 All of them found recipients among teachers and students of manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0727-Jesse-demonstrates-materials-and-tools-in-the-2016-Session-on-Paper-or-Parchment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7335 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0727-Jesse-demonstrates-materials-and-tools-in-the-2016-Session-on-Paper-or-Parchment-1024x883.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Meyer demonstrates different types of prepared parchment and tools for the 'Paper or Parchment' Session at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny\" width=\"1024\" height=\"883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0727-Jesse-demonstrates-materials-and-tools-in-the-2016-Session-on-Paper-or-Parchment-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0727-Jesse-demonstrates-materials-and-tools-in-the-2016-Session-on-Paper-or-Parchment-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_0727-Jesse-demonstrates-materials-and-tools-in-the-2016-Session-on-Paper-or-Parchment-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*****<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>II. Co-Sponsored with the Societas Magica<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead22.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission\" width=\"175\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead22.png 175w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead22-150x86.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>2. <strong>&#8216;Magic on the Page: Transmission and Representation of Magic&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong>= Congress Session 304<\/p>\n<p>Organizer: <strong>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens<\/strong> (Radboud University Nijmigen, The Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p>Presider: <strong>Mildred Budn<\/strong>y (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Soc-Mag-Session-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7035 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Soc-Mag-Session-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for the co-sponsored Session on 'Magic on the Page', laid out in RGME Bembino.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Soc-Mag-Session-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Soc-Mag-Session-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Soc-Mag-Session-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:\u00a0 Just before the Congress, we learned that Jan Veenstra was unable to travel to the Congress to present his paper.\u00a0 His Abstract reports the intentions for its scope.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samuel Gillis\u2013Hogan<\/strong> (University of Saskatchewan)<br \/>\n\u2018Stars in the Hand: The Infusion of Astrology in Chiromancy\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/gillis-hogan-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>[Jan R. Veenstra<\/strong> (Independent Scholar: Drachten, The Netherlands)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \u2018Magical Reconfigurations in Ganell\u2019s <em>Summa Sacre Magice<\/em> in the Kassel Manuscript\u2019<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/veenstra-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Intended Paper<\/a><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lazlo Sandor Chardonnens<\/strong> (Radboud University, Nijmigen)<br \/>\n\u2018Retrofitting Early Modern Magical Manuscripts\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/chardonnens-2016-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7150\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/425-Sandor-and-Samuel-at-Their-Session-on-Fri-13-May-2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7150\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7150 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/425-Sandor-and-Samuel-at-Their-Session-on-Fri-13-May-2016-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"The Speakers Respond at the 'Magic on the Page' Session at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Poster set in RGME Bembino. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny \" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/425-Sandor-and-Samuel-at-Their-Session-on-Fri-13-May-2016-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/425-Sandor-and-Samuel-at-Their-Session-on-Fri-13-May-2016-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/425-Sandor-and-Samuel-at-Their-Session-on-Fri-13-May-2016-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listening Up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3><strong>III. Co-Sponsored with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<br \/>\nat the University of Florida<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Program Booklet for Both Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, we prepared a Program Booklet for these co-sponsored Sessions at the Congress, with the Abstracts for the Papers and some illustrations. It continues the tradition of Program Booklets for our Symposia and Colloquia, published by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, set in RGME <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bembino<\/a>, and compliant with the RGME <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/style-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Style Manifesto<\/a>. (Examples of those Booklets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-colloquium-on-when-the-dust-has-settled-program-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-symposium-recollections-of-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Last year, inspired by the Session organized by our Associate Valerio Cappozzo on &#8216;Predicting the Past&#8217; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Congress<\/a>, we produced the first Program Booklet ever for one of our Sessions at the Congress. Compiled and edited by Valerio Cappozzo and Mildred Budny, and set in RGME Bembino, it is available freely for <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And now, we do so for this interlinked pair of sessions. Compiled and edited by Mildred Budny and Florin Curta, the Booklet is set in RGME Bembino and freely available.\u00a0 As customary, the Booklet \u2014 like the Posters at the Congress itself \u2014 made a debut in printed form on the day of the Sessions.\u00a0 We publish its form in PDF for download on this site, as customary.\u00a0 With thanks to the contributors, to the donors of images, and to Ovidiu Cristea for help with permission for reproducing manuscript photography, we offer it <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We thank the contributors for their long journeys to the Congress to present the fruits of their expertise for this program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4629 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-300x121.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, reproduced here by permission\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3.png 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>3<strong>. &#8216;Crusading and the Byzantine Legacy in the Northwestern Black Sea Region&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong>= Congress Session 13<\/p>\n<p>Organizers:<strong> Florin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<br \/>\nand <strong>Mildred Budny <\/strong>(Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n<p>Presider: <strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Florin Curta &gt;<\/span> Mildred Budny<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGME-MEMS-Poster1-Crusading-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7148 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGME-MEMS-Poster1-Crusading-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for 'Crusading and the Byzantine Legacy&quot; Session 1 of the RGME MEMS Sessions. Poster set in RGME Bembino.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGME-MEMS-Poster1-Crusading-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGME-MEMS-Poster1-Crusading-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/RGME-MEMS-Poster1-Crusading-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauren\u0163iu R\u0103dvan<\/strong> (\u2018Alexandru Ioan Cuza\u2019 University, Ia\u015fi, Romania)<br \/>\n\u2018Between Byzantium, the Mongol Empire, Genoa, and Moldavia:<br \/>\nTrade Centers in the Northwestern Black Sea Area\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ovidiu Cristea<\/strong> (\u2018Nicolae Iorga\u2019 Institute of History, Bucharest, Romania)<br \/>\n\u2018The Crusade in the Black Sea Region:<br \/>\nDiscourses, Projects, and Actions from the 13<sup>th<\/sup> to the 15<sup>th<\/sup> Centuries\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liviu Pilat<\/strong> (Faculty of History, \u2018Alexandru Ioan Cuza\u2019 University, Ia\u015fi)<br \/>\n\u2018A Plan for the Annihilation of Mehmed II in Moldavia (1475\u20121476)\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bogdan-Petru Maleon<\/strong> (\u2018Alexandru Ioan Cuza\u2019 University, Ia\u015fi)<br \/>\n\u2018Warriors\u2019 Corpses in the Moldavian Anti-Ottoman Wars of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> and 16<sup>th<\/sup> Centuries\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7241\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN1340-Session-1-of-RGMEMEMS-at-AZO-16-with-landscape.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7241\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7241 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN1340-Session-1-of-RGMEMEMS-at-AZO-16-with-landscape-1024x828.jpg\" alt=\"Reading the Paper in Session 1 of the pair of Sessions Co-Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida. Photography by Mildred Budny\" width=\"1024\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN1340-Session-1-of-RGMEMEMS-at-AZO-16-with-landscape-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN1340-Session-1-of-RGMEMEMS-at-AZO-16-with-landscape-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSCN1340-Session-1-of-RGMEMEMS-at-AZO-16-with-landscape-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;In the Light&#8217;. Photograph by Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>4. <strong>&#8216;The Medieval Balkans as Mirror:<br \/>\nByzantine Perceptions of the Balkans and the World Beyond&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/strong>= Congress Session 79<\/p>\n<p>Organizers: <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<br \/>\nand <strong>Florin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<\/p>\n<p>Presider: <strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-MEMS-Poster-2-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7146 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-MEMS-Poster-2-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for 'The Medieval Balkans as Mirror&quot; Session 2 of the RGME MEMS Sessions. Poster set in RGME Bembino.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-MEMS-Poster-2-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-MEMS-Poster-2-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-MEMS-Poster-2-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:\u00a0 We learned just before the Congress that Aleksander Paro\u0144 was unable to travel to the Congress to present his paper.\u00a0 The Program Booklet contains his Abstract, which represents the intentions for a paper not delivered.\u00a0 The other Abstracts represent their Speakers&#8217; papers.\u00a0 In preparing the archive for the Abstracts, we will include this information, as in earlier Congresses.\u00a0 An example is the Session for which our first Speaker this year was unable to attend in <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/marinow-2014-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2014<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kiri\u0142 Marinow<\/strong> (Department of Byzantine History, University of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland)<br \/>\n\u2018&#8221;Wild Sprout Grafted into the Excellent Olive Tree of the New Israel&#8221;:<br \/>\nByzantine Views of the Bulgarians after Their Conversion\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>[Aleksander Paro\u0144<\/strong> (Center for Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroc\u0142aw, Poland)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> \u2018 &#8220;More Savage than Nature Itself\u201d:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The Image of the Nomads in 10th\u201212<sup>th<\/sup> Century Byzantine Sources<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> and the Political Practice of the Constantinopolitan Court\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Intended Paper<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan Miko\u0142aj Wolski<\/strong> (Department of Byzantine History, University of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a)<br \/>\n\u2018The Image of Peter I in Bulgarian Historiography: Pet\u0103r Mutaf\u010diev\u2019s Views\u2019<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elisaveta Todorova<\/strong> (Department of History, University of Cincinnati)<br \/>\n\u2018Byzantine Perceptions of the Bulgarian Economy as a Distorted Mirror&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http=\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7198\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7198\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7198 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"Group Portrait for the 2 Co-Sponsored Sessions of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida. Photograph by Andrzej Kompa, reproduced by permission.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03105-2-Group-Portrait-1.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Good Gathering. Photograph by Andrzej Kompa.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>IV. Other Events<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Business-Meeting-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7033 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Business-Meeting-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016 RGME Business Meeting with border\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Business-Meeting-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Business-Meeting-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-RGME-Business-Meeting-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-Reception-Invitation-full-page-with-border.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7034\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-Reception-Invitation-full-page-with-border-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016 Reception Invitation full page with border\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-Reception-Invitation-full-page-with-border-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-Reception-Invitation-full-page-with-border-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-Reception-Invitation-full-page-with-border-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><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>5. Open Business Meeting<br \/>\nof the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thursday, 12 May, 12:00\u20131:00 pm (Fetzer 1055)<br \/>\nRefreshments provided<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Open Business Meeting is the second such meeting<br \/>\nscheduled within the Congress Program (2015 Agenda <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/5641\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<br \/>\nThe goals were to consider our activities, plans for future activities,<br \/>\nand the suggestions emerging from these discussions.<br \/>\nPlans include programs, research, publications (various forms), promotion, and recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Agenda for this Meeting is now downloadable <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7112\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Its concise report offers a useful guide to our current activities, needs, and intentions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>6. Reception<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6253 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"New logo (2015) for the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University. The logo presents a medieval-style ornamental intial 'I' decorated with panels and extensions of interlace patterns, plus a rosette in a roundel at its bulbous waist. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-625x1024.jpg 625w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>co-sponsored with the <a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index of Christian Art<\/a> at Princeton University<\/h3>\n<p>Friday, 13 May, 5:15\u20137:30 pm (Bernhard 208)<br \/>\nOpen Bar<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Reception takes inspiration from our Receptions at recent Congresses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2014 Anniversary Reception<\/strong><\/a>, co-sponsored by the <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 Reception<\/a>, co-sponsored by the <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong> and the <strong>Index of Christian Art<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>We thank the <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong>, the <strong>Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong>, and the <strong>Index of Christian Art<\/strong> for permission to include their logos as Co-Sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>We thank the photographers of images for permission to include them here.\u00a0 Special thanks to Mildred Budny, Sean Winslow, and <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170102132235\/http:\/\/www.historia.uni.lodz.pl:80\/instytut\/pracownicy\/kompa_andrzej.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrzej Kompa<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We thank the participants of the pair of Sessions on Balkan Studies for their kindness in bringing copies of publications from their institutions for presentation to the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and its Director:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Medieval and Early Modern Studies for Central and Eastern Europe,<\/em> VI\u2013VII (2014\u20132015)<\/li>\n<li><em>Studia Ceranea.\u00a0 Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe,<\/em> Volume 5 (2015)<\/li>\n<li><em>Byzantium and the Arabs:\u00a0 The Encounter of Civilizations from Sixth to Mid-Eighth Century<\/em>, edited by Teresa Woli<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>\u0144<\/strong><\/span>ska and Pawe<strong>\u0142<\/strong> Filipczak.\u00a0 Byzantina Lodziensia, XXII (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We happily note that these publications include contributions by several of the speakers and the co-organizer for the pair of co-sponsored sessions.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Our Co-Sponsors held other Sessions at the Congress, sometimes in co-sponsorship with another organization.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong> (Sessions 119, 245, 408, and 463)<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong> at the University of Florida (Sessions 507 and 535),<br \/>\nalso with the <strong>Centrum Ceraneum<\/strong> of the Uniwersytet \u0141\u00f3dzki (Session 355)<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Index of Christian Art<\/strong> (Sessions 508 and 536)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_7234\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7234\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7234 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"Group Portrait following the successful accomplishment of the Co-Sponsored Session of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida and the Centrum Cerenaum. Photrograph courtesy of Andrzej Kompa.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC03140-After-a-successful-Session.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph courtesy of Andrzej Kompa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-II-logo-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6529 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-II-logo-cropped-132x150.png\" alt=\"Gold stamp on blue cloth of the logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. Detail from the front cover of Volume II of 'The Illustrated Catalogue'\" width=\"132\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-II-logo-cropped-132x150.png 132w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-II-logo-cropped.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-I-logo-cropped-for-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6537 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-I-logo-cropped-for-feature-143x150.png\" alt=\"Gold-stamped logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence on Red fabric ground on the Front Cover of Volume I (Text) of 'Insular, Anglo-Saxon, and Early Anglo-Norman Manuscript Art at CorpusChristi College, Cambridge' by Mildred Budny\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-I-logo-cropped-for-feature-143x150.png 143w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MB-Catalogue-Cover-I-logo-cropped-for-feature.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a>Special Note:<\/strong> At the Congress, some copies were available of our principal publication so far, the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180901230721\/https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/publications\/insular-anglo-saxon-and-early-anglo-norman-manuscript-art-at-corpus-christi-college-cambridge-1997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Illustrated Catalogue<\/strong><\/a> in 2 volumes (Text and Plates), whose distribution has been transferred to the Research Group. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promotional Offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Various collectors, both individual and institutional, collected their copies at the Congress, or sent delegates to collect them, and thus saved on the shipping costs.<br \/>\nFurther copies are available, at the special Promotional Price.\u00a0 Shipping and Gift-Wrapping are available.<br \/>\nContact our Director through <a href=\"mailto:director@manuscriptevidence.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director@manuscriptevidence.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7107\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0827-Flowers-at-Valley-II-AZO-2016-Photography-\u00a9-Mildred-Budny.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7107\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7107 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0827-Flowers-at-Valley-II-AZO-2016-Photography-\u00a9-Mildred-Budny-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Flowering Attendants. Flowers at Valley II at Western Michigan University during the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies. Pansies and Others. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny, reproduced by permission.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0827-Flowers-at-Valley-II-AZO-2016-Photography-\u00a9-Mildred-Budny-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0827-Flowers-at-Valley-II-AZO-2016-Photography-\u00a9-Mildred-Budny-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0827-Flowers-at-Valley-II-AZO-2016-Photography-\u00a9-Mildred-Budny-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowering Attendants, Shadow Included. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please watch this space. In stages in the approach to the Congress and its follow-up, we posted the Abstracts for some papers and the Posters for the sessions. This approach resembles our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2015 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a>, illustrations included.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the Program Booklet for the pair of Sessions co-sponsored with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, with the Abstracts for those Sessions.\u00a0 Available <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TARDIS2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TARDIS2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tardis2 via Wikipedia Commons\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TARDIS2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TARDIS2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TARDIS2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Update: And now we offer an unprecedented Report of our Activities Behind the Scenes at the Congress. We call it <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/doctor-who-done-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctor Who Done It<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Events planned for 2016 began with the Symposium on &#8220;Words &amp; Deeds&#8221; at Princeton University on Friday, 25 March 2016, hosted by the Department of Art &amp; Archaeology and the Index of Christian Art. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-symposium-on-words-and-deeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later this year, for the first time, the Research Group will sponsor 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/marginalia-in-manuscripts-and-books-for-2016-m-mla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Panels<\/a>, organized by Justin Hastings, at the Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association in November at Saint Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>We begin to plan for the 52nd <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a> in 2017 and other events.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to post reports of discoveries in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/manuscript-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manuscript Studies<\/a> blog (with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contents List<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Information about these events and other activities appear <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/news\/news-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Join us!<\/p>\n<p>Also, please subscribe to our Newsletter and sign up for notices of our activities <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/6JMcD\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51st International Congress on Medieval Studies 12\u201315 May 2016 Report [Published on 18 May 2016, with updates] The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence reports its activities accomplished at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies, held at Kalamazoo, Michigan. 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