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Dear Colleagues,
below I copy a Call for papers for a workshop I organise in Prague, which,
I hope, might be of interest for some of you. Feel free to further
advertise it. Apologies for cross-posting. With my best regards,
Lucie Dolezalova
Call for Papers
Medieval Manuscript Miscellanies: Composition, Authorship, Use
Workshop at the Department of Greek and Latin Studies,
Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague
August 24-26, 2009
The term miscellany is a wide one and can refer to a number of concepts.
On the one hand, medieval catalogues of manuscripts often use the term
miscellanea for the ‘leftovers’ impossible to classify in a
simple way. Many of the miscellaneous codices might have originated in
this way – by binding together various ‘remaining’
texts. On the other hand, a miscellany can be a very carefully designed
codex with a clear idea behind and serving a particular purpose. Clearly,
the most frequent cases are those inbetween, that is, miscellanies which
may be interpreted as designed but whose origin might have also included
the aspect of the random. Thus, analysing miscellanies, one encounters
also the problems of interpretability.
Case studies on particular medieval manuscript miscellanies are welcome
at the workshop concentrating especially on three aspects: Composition:
How do the contents fit together in specific cases? Is there a plan or a
reason behind? If so, what does the selection tells about the
compiler’s interests? Authorship: To what degree are the miscellany
compilers and gatherers authors? Is there a personal touch discernable
and interpretable? Use: How were these manuscripts actually used? Can a
specific use of a particular miscellany be detected?
Keynote lectures will be given by Kimberly Rivers (Univ. of Wiskonsin,
Oshkosh, U.S.A.) and Greti Dinkova-Bruun (Pontifical Institute of
Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada). Workshop languages are English,
French, and German. There will be no conference fee. Limited funds are
available to support the travel and accommodation expenses of selected
participants (priority will be given to scholars from Eastern Europe).
Please, send a brief (300-400 words) abstract of the proposed 20-minute
paper together with information on your affiliation and research interests
to Lucie Doleľalová at [log in to unmask] by December 31, 2008.
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