New Work on Manuscripts in Philadelphia: Coming Out of the Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis Project

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies

Organizer Name

Dorothy Carr Porter

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Presider Name

Dorothy Carr Porter

Paper Title 1

The Roads to Poverty and Riches: Money Management for Newlyweds in Jacques Bruyant's La Voie de Povreté

Presenter 1 Name

Diane B. Wolfthal

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Paper Title 2

Two Graduals Made for the Chartreuse de Champmol in the Time of Charles the Bold

Presenter 2 Name

Katharine C. Chandler

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Library of Congress

Paper Title 3

Scriptor or Aedificator? A New Look at a Twelfth-Century Manuscript (Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 22) and the Monumental Sundial of Santa María de Benevívere

Presenter 3 Name

Matthew J. Westerby

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Start Date

11-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

This session will consist of three papers showcasing recent research on manuscripts from collections in Philadelphia. In 2015, a collaboration led by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) and including 15 institutions was awarded $500K from the Council on Library and Information Resources to digitize and put into the public domain over 400 manuscript codices. Coming after the close of the project, this session will be a celebration of manuscripts from the Philadelphia area, including the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Art Museum, and the Rosenbach Library and Museum. Dot Porter