Predicting the Past: Dream Symbology in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

Organizer Name

Valerio Cappozzo

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Mississippi

Presider Name

Claire Fanger

Presider Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Paper Title 1

Possessed by Dreams: Dream Interpretation Manuals in Late Medieval England

Presenter 1 Name

Boyda Johnstone

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 2

Seeing Is Believing: Dream Symbols and Their Perception in Medieval Alphabetical Dream Books

Presenter 2 Name

László Sándor Chardonnens

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Radboud Univ. Nijmegen

Paper Title 3

A Dictionary for Dream Interpretation: The Somniale Danielis in Its Manuscript Sources

Presenter 3 Name

Valerio Cappozzo

Start Date

14-5-2015 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1235

Description

Dream manuals circulated in many forms throughout the Middle Ages. This session examines their structure and their "finding aids" in a voyage to "Predicting the Past", as revealed in the study, both then and now, of medieval dream literature.
-- Mildred Budny