Methods of making: palaeographical problems, codicological challenges
Invited participants met at the British Library in London on 24-25 April 2017 for the first of three workshops organised by the Insular Manuscripts Network. Summaries of discussions and further outputs are available here.
Workshop Programme
Monday 24 April 2017 |
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10:30 |
ARRIVAL, COFFEE & BUNS |
11:00 |
Welcome: Claire Breay (British Library) |
11:15 |
Theme I: Script – origins and evolution 11:15 I.1 Jo Story: Insular MSS – project overview and key questions |
13:00–14:00 |
LUNCH |
14:00–15:30 |
Theme II: Methods of Making 14:00 II.1 Chris Scheirer: Retrorsum Respicere: reconstructing an older relative of Kells |
15:30–16:00 |
TEA & CAKE |
16:00–17:00 |
Theme III: English & Irish books – provenance, movement 16:00 III.1 Rosamond McKitterick: Insular interventions in Frankish MSS in Leiden |
19:00 |
WORKSHOP DINNER |
Tuesday 25 April 2017 |
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9.30–12:30 |
Manuscript Session |
12:30–14:00 |
LUNCH |
14:00–16:00 |
Session IV: Discussion 14:00 Theme I: Script – Rosamond McKitterick (discussant) |
16:00–17:00 |
TEA, CAKE & CLOSE |
Participants in Workshop 1
- Jo Story Leicester
- Claire Breay British Library
- Bernard Meehan Trinity College Dublin
- Dáibhí Ó Cróinín National University of Ireland, Galway
- Charlotte Denoel Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Bernhard Zeller Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Vienna
- Rosamond McKitterick Cambridge
- David Ganz Independent, MGH corresponding member
- Michael Gullick Independent
10. Tim O’Neill Independent
11. Richard Gameson Durham
12. Jiri Vnoucek Royal Library, Copenhagen / York
13. Julia Crick King’s College London
14. Coleen Curran Oxford
15. Tessa Webber Cambridge
16. Cornel Dora St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek
17. Franziska Schnoor St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek
18. Chris Scheirer Notre Dame University
19. Rebecca Lawton Leicester / British Library
20. Pragya Vohra Leicester
21. Alison Hudson British Library