Reading in Medieval England I: Spaces, Communities, and Media
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Mary C. Flannery, Carrie Griffin
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. de Lausanne, Univ. College Cork
Presider Name
Mary C. Flannery
Paper Title 1
Readers in 1501: A Micro-Study
Presenter 1 Name
Julia Boffey
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Queen Mary, Univ. of London
Paper Title 2
Pictures and Literacy: Reading Images in Twelfth-Century English Psalters
Presenter 2 Name
Kristen Collins
Presenter 2 Affiliation
J. Paul Getty Museum
Paper Title 3
Reading and Guiding: Navigation in Some Copies of The Prick of Conscience
Presenter 3 Name
Daniel Sawyer
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Oxford
Paper Title 4
Reading, Space, and Movement in the “Nine Pageauntes” of Thomas More
Presenter 4 Name
Heather Blatt
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Florida International Univ.
Start Date
9-5-2013 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2345
Description
The papers in this session will situate the act of reading in relation to the media surrounding and/or generated by texts and in relation to the spaces and communities in which texts are encountered. Drawing on London chronicle accounts of events taking place in 1501, Professor Julia Boffey will conduct a micro-study of reading in a particular place at a particular time (‘Readers in 1501: A Micro-Study’). Our second presenter, Dr Heather Blatt, will present on multimediality in her discussion of Sir Thomas More’s short poems devised for wall hangings (‘Reading, Space, and the Body in the “Nine Pageantes” of Thomas More’). Presenting from an art historical perspective, Dr Kristen Collins will explore ways of reading picture cycles in twelfth-century English manuscripts (‘Pictures and Literacy: Reading Images in Twelfth-century English Psalters’). Finally, Daniel Sawyer will consider Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 486, focusing in particular on how the addition of navigational aids to this and other manuscripts of The Prick of Conscience illuminates both anticipated and actual information exchanges between readers (‘Reading and Guiding: Navigation in Some Copies of The Prick of Conscience’).
Mary C. Flannery and Carrie Griffin
Reading in Medieval England I: Spaces, Communities, and Media
Schneider 2345
The papers in this session will situate the act of reading in relation to the media surrounding and/or generated by texts and in relation to the spaces and communities in which texts are encountered. Drawing on London chronicle accounts of events taking place in 1501, Professor Julia Boffey will conduct a micro-study of reading in a particular place at a particular time (‘Readers in 1501: A Micro-Study’). Our second presenter, Dr Heather Blatt, will present on multimediality in her discussion of Sir Thomas More’s short poems devised for wall hangings (‘Reading, Space, and the Body in the “Nine Pageantes” of Thomas More’). Presenting from an art historical perspective, Dr Kristen Collins will explore ways of reading picture cycles in twelfth-century English manuscripts (‘Pictures and Literacy: Reading Images in Twelfth-century English Psalters’). Finally, Daniel Sawyer will consider Bodleian Library MS Laud Misc. 486, focusing in particular on how the addition of navigational aids to this and other manuscripts of The Prick of Conscience illuminates both anticipated and actual information exchanges between readers (‘Reading and Guiding: Navigation in Some Copies of The Prick of Conscience’).
Mary C. Flannery and Carrie Griffin