Medieval History
Call for papers: Colloquium Inaugurating the Network for the Study of
Caroline Minuscule
23 May 2014, Cambridge University Library, UK
Welcome: Professor Rosamond McKitterick, University of Cambridge
Confirmed speakers: David Ganz, Mary Garrison, Erik Kwakkel, Susan
Rankin, Mariken Teeuwen
As publication approaches for the final volume of Bernhard Bischoff?s
?Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts?,
early medieval historians and palaeographers must consider the
significance of this work as well as the research that it enables on the
origins, development, and varieties of Caroline minuscule. In
recognition of this landmark publication and in hopes of building upon
it, we are co-ordinating a project on the study of Caroline minuscule
that aims to add to the great advances of the past generation of
scholarship.
Our first major event is a colloquium to be held on 23 May in Cambridge.
It will address the current state of research on Caroline minuscule from
the late eighth to the tenth centuries and explore questions related to
studying the script today, including but not limited to:
-the emergence and development of Caroline minuscule and its varieties
-peculiar features of script or style in certain manuscripts or groups
of manuscripts
-comparisons between different codices, regions, scriptoria or scribes
-proposals for new palaeographical tools, methods or terminology
-the means and challenges of dating and localising manuscripts written
in Caroline minuscule
-opportunities for the palaeography of Caroline minuscule in the digital
age
-useful but neglected aspects of Bischoff?s research
Paper proposals should be sent to Anna Dorofeeva ([email protected]) or
Zachary Guiliano ([email protected]) as pdfs of c. 500 words, together
with a brief CV (one A4 page). The deadline is 31 March but early
submission is strongly encouraged. Small bursaries may be available for
travel and accommodation expenses, and responses from postgraduates and
in languages other than English are especially welcome. For further
information, and to join the Network, please visit
carolinenetwork.weebly.com.
With best wishes,
Anna Dorofeeva and Zachary Guiliano
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Medieval History
Colloquium Inaugurating the Network for the Study of Caroline Minuscule
Call for papers: Colloquium Inaugurating the Network for the Study of
Caroline Minuscule
23 May 2014, Cambridge University Library, UK
Welcome: Professor Rosamond McKitterick, University of Cambridge
Confirmed speakers: David Ganz, Mary Garrison, Erik Kwakkel, Susan
Rankin, Mariken Teeuwen
As publication approaches for the final volume of Bernhard Bischoff?s
?Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts?,
early medieval historians and palaeographers must consider the
significance of this work as well as the research that it enables on the
origins, development, and varieties of Caroline minuscule. In
recognition of this landmark publication and in hopes of building upon
it, we are co-ordinating a project on the study of Caroline minuscule
that aims to add to the great advances of the past generation of
scholarship.
Our first major event is a colloquium to be held on 23 May in Cambridge.
It will address the current state of research on Caroline minuscule from
the late eighth to the tenth centuries and explore questions related to
studying the script today, including but not limited to:
-the emergence and development of Caroline minuscule and its varieties
-peculiar features of script or style in certain manuscripts or groups
of manuscripts
-comparisons between different codices, regions, scriptoria or scribes
-proposals for new palaeographical tools, methods or terminology
-the means and challenges of dating and localising manuscripts written
in Caroline minuscule
-opportunities for the palaeography of Caroline minuscule in the digital
age
-useful but neglected aspects of Bischoff?s research
Paper proposals should be sent to Anna Dorofeeva ([email protected]) or
Zachary Guiliano ([email protected]) as pdfs of c. 500 words, together
with a brief CV (one A4 page). The deadline is 31 March but early
submission is strongly encouraged. Small bursaries may be available for
travel and accommodation expenses, and responses from postgraduates and
in languages other than English are especially welcome. For further
information, and to join the Network, please visit
carolinenetwork.weebly.com.
With best wishes,
Anna Dorofeeva and Zachary Guiliano
- Exhibition: The Great Lost Library Of Alcuin?s York
Eighth-century York owed its reputation as one of the most intellectually influential cities in Europe to the library and school headed by the scholar Alcuin. But while rich and vivid evidence exists about the school, all trace of the library has disappeared....
- Manuscript Context For Early Anglo-saxon, Caroline, And Germanic Verse
Kalamazoo 2016 #Kzoo2016 Manuscript Context for Early Anglo-Saxon, Caroline, and Germanic Verse While there are exemplary surveys of the early insular manuscripttradition by J.J.G. Alexander, Michelle Brown and Richard Gameson, forexample, such works...
- The Carolingian Frontier And Its Neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative discussion....
- Greetings From Rare Book School In Charlottesville, Virginia.
This summer Rare Book School is excited to offer four courses designed specifically to advance the research of scholars in medieval and renaissance studies. Introduction to Paleography, 800?1500 introduces students to the book-based scripts...
- 34th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium
10, 11 and 12 October 2014 The Thompson Room (Room 110) Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street ~ Call For Papers The organizers of the 34th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium acknowledge with thanks the support of The Provostial Funds Committee for the Arts and...