Category Archives: Announcements

Chicago (IL), University of Chicago, Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery, 19.V. – 10.VIII.2012 : On the edge : Medieval margins and the margins of academic life. –http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/exhibits/

Three medievalists, all prominent members of the Medieval Academy of America, were recently announced as  Guggenheim Fellowship winners. They include Olivia Remie Constable (Notre Dame University), Margot E. Fassler (Notre Dame University), and Thomas F. Madden (St. Louis University). They were among a … Continue reading →

The History of Science Society’s Nathan Reingold Prize for an original graduate student essay on the history of science and its cultural influences. Deadline for Submission: 1 June 2012 The deadline for the History of Science Society’s 2012 Reingold Prize … Continue reading →

London, University of London, Dr Seng T Lee Centre for Manuscript and Book Studies, 18.V.2012 : Insular Manuscripts Master Class (M. Brown, C. Farr, M. Stansbury). –  The Institute of English Studies will be holding a one-day master class on Insular Manuscripts on behalf of … Continue reading →

Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 28.I. – 3.VI.2012 : Painted to printed : the book in transition. – http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=2&exh_id=4401

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