CONGRESS CANCELED Medieval Manuscripts in the Midwest: New Research from "Hidden" Collections
Description
North America’s largest and most famous medieval manuscript collections might be located on the East and West coasts, but the American Midwest is littered with manuscript materials, much of it so far completely unexplored. Whether complete codices, disjunct fragments of illuminated books, or the isolated documents of legal culture and practice, these Midwestern manuscripts—dispersed through both institutional and private collections—have much to offer the wider world of the international manuscript studies community. This session will feature original research highlighting the stories of some of the many startling manuscript treasures scattered in previously hidden collections in seemingly unexpected places.
This session welcomes proposals for 20-minute papers from across the wide spectrum of manuscript studies, including codicology and paleography, textual studies, musicology, art history, provenance history, and the digital humanities. The aim is to surface little-known or unknown manuscripts held by institutions and collectors outside the "normal" locations more commonly associated with North American manuscript collecting and scholarship. Eric J. Johnson
CONGRESS CANCELED Medieval Manuscripts in the Midwest: New Research from "Hidden" Collections
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North America’s largest and most famous medieval manuscript collections might be located on the East and West coasts, but the American Midwest is littered with manuscript materials, much of it so far completely unexplored. Whether complete codices, disjunct fragments of illuminated books, or the isolated documents of legal culture and practice, these Midwestern manuscripts—dispersed through both institutional and private collections—have much to offer the wider world of the international manuscript studies community. This session will feature original research highlighting the stories of some of the many startling manuscript treasures scattered in previously hidden collections in seemingly unexpected places.
This session welcomes proposals for 20-minute papers from across the wide spectrum of manuscript studies, including codicology and paleography, textual studies, musicology, art history, provenance history, and the digital humanities. The aim is to surface little-known or unknown manuscripts held by institutions and collectors outside the "normal" locations more commonly associated with North American manuscript collecting and scholarship. Eric J. Johnson