Academic Sessions: London 1997
The Making of the Illuminated Manuscript Book
Conveners:
John Lowden (Courtauld Institute of Art) and Scot McKendrick (British Library)
This session will focus on the illuminated manuscript book primarily as a physical object, with special emphasis on its manufacture and use. It will examine manuscripts of varied types from many periods and sources, exploring the making of manuscripts from a wide variety of perspectives. Issues relating to the scientific examination of manuscripts, an area which is just beginning to be explored, will also be covered. New technology for such examination will be demonstrated and discussed.
The session will take place in the seminar room of the British Library, and manuscripts relevant to the papers will be on display to participants. There will be considerable time available for the discussion of papers and for the pooling of ideas and expertise.
John Lowden (Courtauld Institute of Art) and Scot McKendrick (British Library)
This session will focus on the illuminated manuscript book primarily as a physical object, with special emphasis on its manufacture and use. It will examine manuscripts of varied types from many periods and sources, exploring the making of manuscripts from a wide variety of perspectives. Issues relating to the scientific examination of manuscripts, an area which is just beginning to be explored, will also be covered. New technology for such examination will be demonstrated and discussed.
The session will take place in the seminar room of the British Library, and manuscripts relevant to the papers will be on display to participants. There will be considerable time available for the discussion of papers and for the pooling of ideas and expertise.
- Tony Parker (Conservation Department, British Library): Equipment for the Technical Examination of Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Library
- Andreas Petzold (Records Section, Victoria & Albert Museum): The Question of Colour in the Study of Illuminated Romanesque Manuscripts
- Patricia Stirnemann (Département des manuscrits, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris): The Recipient of the Copenhagen Psalter
- John Lowden (Courtauld Institute): Making a Pair of Bibles Moralisées in Paris in the Thirteenth Century
- Rowan Watson (National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum): A Mercifully Unfinished Treasure: Harreteau's Book of Hours
- Mark L Evans (National Musuem and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff): Making, Mutilating, Completing, Dismantling, and Reconstructing a Renaissance Illuminated Manuscript: The Sforza Book of Hours