Finding the Medieval Library: Lambach Manuscripts at the Beinecke Library, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, and Elsewhere
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale Univ.; Hill Museum&Manuscript Library (HMML)
Organizer Name
Matthew Z. Heintzelman
Organizer Affiliation
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Presider Name
Daniel Gullo
Presider Affiliation
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Paper Title 1
The Institution Gathering Fragments: Yale and the Beinecke Expanding Collections
Presenter 1 Name
Raymond Clemens
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Yale Univ.
Paper Title 2
Lambach and Yale: A Case Study in Fragmentology
Presenter 2 Name
Lisa Fagin Davis
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Medieval Academy of America
Start Date
14-5-2016 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1245
Description
This session is a co-operative effort to re-discover a medieval library that was dispersed in the 20th century. Combining collections at the Beinecke Library and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), the co-organizers will provide a forum for the study of the ancient library at the Benedictine monastery of Lambach (Austria). In the early 20th century, the monastery was forced to sell off many of its most precious medieval manuscripts. Also at that time, scores of binding fragments were removed from these and put on the market separately from the codices. A very large number of these fragments eventually came to the Beinecke Library at Yale University. In 1965, HMML microfilmed the remaining manuscripts at Lambach. This session seeks to create a discourse that brings these disparate collections back together.
Matthew Z. Heintzelman
Finding the Medieval Library: Lambach Manuscripts at the Beinecke Library, the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, and Elsewhere
Schneider 1245
This session is a co-operative effort to re-discover a medieval library that was dispersed in the 20th century. Combining collections at the Beinecke Library and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), the co-organizers will provide a forum for the study of the ancient library at the Benedictine monastery of Lambach (Austria). In the early 20th century, the monastery was forced to sell off many of its most precious medieval manuscripts. Also at that time, scores of binding fragments were removed from these and put on the market separately from the codices. A very large number of these fragments eventually came to the Beinecke Library at Yale University. In 1965, HMML microfilmed the remaining manuscripts at Lambach. This session seeks to create a discourse that brings these disparate collections back together.
Matthew Z. Heintzelman