Networks of Transmission: Histories and Practices of Collecting Medieval Manuscripts and Documents
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Project, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
Organizer Name
Lynn Ransom
Organizer Affiliation
Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
Presider Name
Lynn Ransom
Paper Title 1
The Migrations of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty's Western Manuscripts
Presenter 1 Name
Laura Cleaver
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin
Paper Title 2
Selling Medieval Books in America before 1870
Presenter 2 Name
Scott J. Gwara
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of South Carolina-Columbia
Paper Title 3
The Glossa Ordinaria Manuscripts of Monza Cathedral
Presenter 3 Name
E. Ann Matter
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Start Date
12-5-2016 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1325
Description
This session will focus on the mapping of those networks of sale and purchase through which medieval manuscripts have been pursued and on the collectors and collecting that have catalyzed this transmission across the centuries. This session – like the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts itself – is rooted in the belief that studying manuscripts’ provenance can have dynamic and profound effects not only on our understanding of these medieval materials as objects to be bought and sold but also on their texts through mapping their circulation and reception. We particularly welcome proposals that explore diverse topics from the role of digital technologies such as the SDBM in conducting provenance research, the relationship between institutional and private ownership of manuscripts, specific case studies of collecting practices, the transatlantic travels of medieval materials, collectors’ roles in the dispersal of libraries and the fragmentation of manuscripts, collectors and manuscript preservation, and how a manuscript’s provenance history can effect its value and collectability on the rare books market, to how collectors and the act of collecting can shape and influence interpretations of manuscript evidence.
Lynn Ransom
Networks of Transmission: Histories and Practices of Collecting Medieval Manuscripts and Documents
Schneider 1325
This session will focus on the mapping of those networks of sale and purchase through which medieval manuscripts have been pursued and on the collectors and collecting that have catalyzed this transmission across the centuries. This session – like the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts itself – is rooted in the belief that studying manuscripts’ provenance can have dynamic and profound effects not only on our understanding of these medieval materials as objects to be bought and sold but also on their texts through mapping their circulation and reception. We particularly welcome proposals that explore diverse topics from the role of digital technologies such as the SDBM in conducting provenance research, the relationship between institutional and private ownership of manuscripts, specific case studies of collecting practices, the transatlantic travels of medieval materials, collectors’ roles in the dispersal of libraries and the fragmentation of manuscripts, collectors and manuscript preservation, and how a manuscript’s provenance history can effect its value and collectability on the rare books market, to how collectors and the act of collecting can shape and influence interpretations of manuscript evidence.
Lynn Ransom