News
The evening of 6 January, 2021, the migration to the new Fragmentarium server was completed. Some Dynamic Name Servers still point to the old server, but will be updated in the coming hours. Thanks to text&bytes and Nicolas Mermoud for their dedication and professionalism, working without cease to resolve the crisis.
Fragmentology: A Journal for the Study of Medieval Manuscript Fragments, an Open Access journal run by the Fragmentarium Project, has just published their 2020 issue, with a series of articles, a research note, and a book review on medieval manuscript fragments, the fragment trade, and the more.
From noted Fragmentologists Anna Welch and Nicholas Sparks, a Call for Papers for a peer-reviewed volume of essays entitled Piecing together the past: fragments of medieval and early modern books in Australia and New Zealand:
We are seeking proposals for a collected volume focused on medieval and early modern fragments in Australia and New Zealand. Abstracts are welcomed for articles of up to 8000 words (including notes) that present new research on any aspect pertaining to fragments [...].
Send paper proposals including title, abstract (250 words) and short bio by Tuesday 26 January 2021 to: Anna Welch (anna.e.welch@gmail.com) and Nicholas Sparks (nicholas.a.sparks@gmail.com)
The University of Innsbruck published on its homepage a German-language report on the Tyrolean Fragment Project, featuring the work of fragmentologist Claudia Sojer: https://www.uibk.ac.at/newsroom/historische-detektivarbeit.html.de
Fragmentarium published the first results of its project, "Retracing the Past: Writing and History in the Fragments of the Bibliothèque nationale de France", led by Dr. Laura Albiero and in collaboration with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Events
Friday, 15 January 2021, at 16:00 Central European Time, Dr. Laura Alidori Battaglia of the Université de Lausanne will present her research on reconstructing Sienese Choir Book Cycles. Registration is via Zoom.
The next public lecture of Fragmentarium Video Conferences will take place this Friday, 18 December 2020, at 16:00 Central European Time.
Tuomas Heikkilä, Professor of Church History at the University of Helsinki, will give a lecture on the theme:
“Fragments in Finland. Manuscript culture at the edge of the Latinitas.”
The lecture and questions will last approximately one hour.
Places are limited. Register via Zoom
Prof. Dr. Christoph Flüeler, director of Fragmentarium will join Prof Lisa Fagin Davis, executive director of the Medieval Academy of America in hosting "Fragmentology: what, why, and where next?" as part of the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar at the Schoool of Advanced Study, University of London. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 3, from 1730-1930 British Time (1830-20:30 Western Europe, 1130-1330 EST), so be sure to register early (and often)!
Publications
Fragmentology is an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal, dedicated to publishing scholarly articles and reviews concerning medieval manuscript fragments.
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Participation & Recruitment
Scholars interested in an intensive two-day course on manuscript fragments and Fragmentarium may be interested in attending one of our cataloguing courses, where they will undergo intensive training in how to describe and encode manuscript fragments.
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