{"id":816,"date":"2014-06-25T01:15:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T01:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=816"},"modified":"2020-10-23T22:32:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T22:32:44","slug":"2014-congress-on-medieval-studies-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-congress-on-medieval-studies-accomplished\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Congress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

49th International Congress on Medieval Studies
\nAn Anniversary Year
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8-11 May 2014
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[Published on 25 June 2014, with updates<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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

Our sessions at the 2014 Congress formed part of the celebrations for our anniversary year.\u00a0\u00a0 2014 marks our 15th anniversary as a nonprofit educational organization and our 25th anniversary as an international scholarly society.\u00a0 At the Congress, we both sponsored sessions and co-sponsored sessions, as before, with the Societas Magica<\/strong><\/a>, in the eighth year of this co-sponsorship,<\/strong> and, for the first time, with the Center for the Study of Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a> at the University of Florida.\u00a0 As is our practice, various of our Trustees, Officers, and Associates participated in these and other sessions at the Congress.<\/p>\n

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We held altogether five sponsored and co-sponsored Sessions, in part to celebrate combined anniversaries.\u00a0 We celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong> as a nonprofit educational corporation<\/strong> based in Princeton, and its 25th anniversary as an international scholarly society<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 We also celebrated the many contributions by individuals and organizations, as well as individuals within organizations, to our mission, activities, and collaborations over the years.\u00a0\u00a0The celebrations included a reception for both the Societas Magica<\/strong> and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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I. Sessions<\/strong> Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/h2>\n

\"Poster<\/a>1. “Medieval Writing Materials:
\nSurfaces, Fixtures, and Enclosures”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This fourth session in our recurring series on “Medieval Writing Materials”<\/strong> at the Congress focused upon subjects and methodologies which call for attention, in turn or in further refinement, in response to new or continuing research.\u00a0 Among topics for consideration were the production, trade, and use of medieval writing materials, and the artful combinations of form and contents in their very surfaces, substances, and enclosures. The case studies considered the evidence for the evolution of Christian manuscript production in Ethiopia from its origins onward, the significance of the materials employed in the records for the Catalan companies of Francesco di Marco Datini da Prato, and the features of specimens of European watermarked paper in Early Ottoman contexts.<\/p>\n

Organizer: Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Presider: Alan M. Stahl<\/strong> (Firestone Library, Princeton University<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Presenters:<\/p>\n