Category Archives: Announcements

Manuscripts of Medieval France with Vernacular Texts http://www.utm.edu/staff/bobp/vlibrary/mdmss.shtml will now bring users to over 600 whole facsimiles of medieval manuscripts. It will be presented publicly for the first time in Chicago at the July Convention (section 258) http://www.frenchteachers.org/convention/chicago.htm When it … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues: Michael I. Allen would like to draw your attention to Martin Hellmann’s outstanding web-based resource for the verification and deciphering of Early Medieval Shorthand, a.k.a. Tironian Notes.  His “supertextus notarum tironianarum” is a magnificent achievement, and one constantly … Continue reading →

Valencia, Universitat de València, serie de conferencias Europeana Regia : Bibliotecas para Europa. –  2.V.2012 : S. Zamponi, Los manuscritos humanísticos : exquisita materialidad ; 28.V.2012 : M.-L. López-Vidriero Abelló, Las bibliotecas humanísticas : bibliófilos y lectores. – http://www.europeanaregia.eu/en/news/2012/03/series-lectures-europeana-regia-bibliotecas-europa-organized-universitat-valencia

During the XVIIIth Congress of the CIPL (11-14 September 2013, St-Gallen), Apices will host a special session as well as a poster session, both under the title of “Recent Directions and Results in Palaographical and Codicological Research”. The deadline for … Continue reading →

New York, Rubin Museum of Art, 6.IV. – 3.IX.2012 : Illuminated. The art of sacred books. – http://www.rmanyc.org/illuminated

We call the attention of medievalists and of all interested scholars to the following online posts concerning the Central Library Plan for New York Public Library. http://www.thenation.com/article/167454/battle-over-new-york-public-library-continued http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/arts/design/new-york-public-library-counters-critics-of-renovation-plans.html http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/03/28/column-new-york-public-library-research-collection

L’Aquila, Archivio di Stato, 17.IV. – 11.V.2012 : I colori del tempo. L’arte della miniatura nel quattrocento aquilano. – http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1737281185.html

Il 28 aprile 2012, presso il Salone del Palazzo Arcivescovile di Lucca, alle ore 17.30 si terrà la cerimonia celebrativa per l’iscrizione dei documenti altomedievali dell’Archivio Arcivescovile nel Registro ‘Memoria del Mondo’ dell’UNESCO. http://www.diocesilucca.it/pagine/unesco28aprile.pdf

Dear Colleagues and Manuscript Lovers, How the time has passed swiftly, from non-winter to early spring! The next issue of Manuscripts on My Mind is scheduled for May, 2012, so it is time for me to ask you to send … Continue reading →

Université de Namur (FUNDP), 23-25 mai 2012 Colloque international Comment le Livre s’est fait livre. La fabrication des manuscrits bibliques (IVe-XVe siècles): bilan, résultats, perspectives de recherche. http://agenda.fundp.ac.be/upevent.2012-03-26.3367576771 Programme: http://www.fundp.ac.be/lettres/histoire/nouvelles/depliant_colloque_bible_vsm.pdf/view