Manuscripts and Marginalia: Traversing Textual Boundaries
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval Studies Workshop, Univ. of Chicago
Organizer Name
Mark Lambert, Elizabeth Tavella
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Chicago
Presider Name
Mark Lambert, Elizabeth Tavella
Paper Title 1
Dangerous Doodles? Icelandic Scribes and Their Marginalia
Presenter 1 Name
Christine Schott
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Erskine College
Paper Title 2
Editing from the London Thornton: Middle English Charlemagne Romances and Graphic Tail-Rhyme
Presenter 2 Name
Elizabeth Melick
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Kent State Univ.
Start Date
12-5-2016 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1280
Description
Our panel proposes further participation in the study of the periphery by grounding our investigations of the marginal in materiality, and in particular, manuscripts. How are borders traversed and transcended through, by and in medieval manuscripts? We are interested in the existence and purpose of both visual and textual marginalia. How do they encounter, entertain, and enlighten the reader, whether medieval or modern? How do they interact with or alter their parent text or image? We also host papers that play upon the theme of material marginality. What of manuscripts that are themselves marginalized as a consequence of censorship or obscurity? What can we know of the transmission, reception, and history of material texts/images on marginal topics, by marginal authors/artists, or to marginal audiences? We hope that a focus on the material record will enrich the ongoing discussion of marginality in medieval society and medieval studies.
Manuscripts and Marginalia: Traversing Textual Boundaries
Schneider 1280
Our panel proposes further participation in the study of the periphery by grounding our investigations of the marginal in materiality, and in particular, manuscripts. How are borders traversed and transcended through, by and in medieval manuscripts? We are interested in the existence and purpose of both visual and textual marginalia. How do they encounter, entertain, and enlighten the reader, whether medieval or modern? How do they interact with or alter their parent text or image? We also host papers that play upon the theme of material marginality. What of manuscripts that are themselves marginalized as a consequence of censorship or obscurity? What can we know of the transmission, reception, and history of material texts/images on marginal topics, by marginal authors/artists, or to marginal audiences? We hope that a focus on the material record will enrich the ongoing discussion of marginality in medieval society and medieval studies.