Renaissance Society of America Annual meeting, Boston, USA, March
31 - April 2, 2016
The circulation of plant sources: manuscripts, print and dried
herbaria in Modern Europe (XV-XVII c.)
Plants have always been represented in different ways, through
manuscripts, woodcuts, engravings and the actual dried specimens in
herbaria. The circulation of these kinds of sources involved a wide
range of people (physicians, apothecaries, herbalists, charlatans,
botanists, women) as the producers or consumers of these products, and
the actual objects themselves: herbal manuscripts, herbaria (printed or
dried, with actual specimens), notebooks, letters, plants, seeds and so
forth.
The production, consumption and use of these sources and their
circulation can be examined from different points of view and from
different disciplines: botany, history (particularly the history of
science), art history, linguistics and many others. Through a micro
analytical lens we can examine the objects (herbals, archival
documents) in sufficient detail so as to understand where they were
produced, in which context (landscape, archives, people) and with which
purposes.
This panel seeks to put together new and original contributions so as
to better understand the circulation of these botanical sources through
different approaches and studies but with the attention to the detail
and at a micro-scale. However, original contributions discussing wider
developments of circulation of botanical sources are welcome, as well.
Papers on the early periods are particularly encouraged.
Proposals should include the author’s name, professional affiliation,
and contact information, including email address; the paper’s title
(15-word maximum); an abstract (150-word maximum); a brief CV (300-word
maximum); and any applicable keywords. Please submit proposals to
session organizers Dominic Olariu ([log in to unmask]) and
Raffaella Bruzzone ([log in to unmask]) by June 7,
2015.
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