Manuscript Culture and Devotion in Germany and the Low Countries
Oxford, Somerville College / Taylor Institution, 12 October 2012
Poster (pdf)
On 12 October, Somerville College and the Taylor Institution will host a one-day conference on manuscript culture in medieval Germany and the Low Countries, in honour of Nigel F. Palmer, whose research on late medieval writing culture has built a bridge between Anglo-Saxon and continental manuscript scholarship. The conference brings together an international group of literary scholars and art historians; please see the attached poster and programme for details. Colleagues and graduate students are welcome - if you would like to attend the conference or the public lecture by Barbara Newman, please email almut.suerbaum@some.ox.ac.uk
Programme
| Somerville College | ||
| 9.00–9.30 | Almut Suerbaum (Oxford) | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9.30–11.00 | Ruth Wiederkehr (Zurich) | Collecting Everyday Knowledge Quire by Quire – The Hermetschwil Prayer Book |
| Susan Marti (Berne) | Nuns as Book Illuminators – Liturgical Manuscripts from Mendicant Convents in Northwestern Germany | |
| 11.15–12.45 | Racha Kirakosian (Oxford) | The Book as Embodiment of Divine Truth – The Mystical Account of Christina of Hane |
| Elizabeth Andersen (Newcastle) | Birgitta of Sweden and the Printing Houses of Lübeck – From the Revelationes Sanctae Birgittae to the Sunte Birgitten Openbaringe | |
| 14.30–16.00 | Joni de Mol (Leiden) | ‘Nothing but the open heart of Christ’ –How Alijt Bake Dealt with Books |
| Ed van der Vlist (The Hague) | Books used by Late Medieval Monastic Women in Holland | |
| Taylor Institution | ||
| 17.00–18.00 | Barbara Newman (Chicago) | ‘Iam cor meum non sit suum’ – Exchanging Hearts, from Heloise to Helfta |
Contact: almut.suerbaum@some.ox.ac.uk