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Woven Together: Women Creating Stories Through Textiles,
2023
Skidmore College
Woven Together: Women Creating Stories Through Textiles, Jamie Eason
Self-Determined Majors Final Projects
A series of textile art pieces exploring the relationship between women, textiles, and storytelling.
The X-Ray Micro-Ct Of A Full Parchment Codex To Recover Hidden Text: Morgan Library M.910, An Early Coptic Acts Of The Apostles Manuscript,
2023
University of Iowa
The X-Ray Micro-Ct Of A Full Parchment Codex To Recover Hidden Text: Morgan Library M.910, An Early Coptic Acts Of The Apostles Manuscript, Paul C. Dilley, Christy Chapman, Clifford S. Parker, W. Brent Seales
Manuscript Studies
This annotation describes the first effort to read inside a damaged codex using X-Ray micro-CT imaging, which has an additional complication beyond most unrolled
scrolls, for which the process has been successful: there is writing on both sides. The project is a collaboration between a humanist, a team of computer scientists and engineers, as well as librarians and conservators, to undertake the x-ray micro-CT imaging of codex M.910, a fifth- or sixth-century parchment codex of Acts of the Apostles which is too damaged to open in its current state. The first round of image processing was conducted in December 2017 …
Penna Volans Discovered: Analysis Of A New Exemplar Of Calligraphic Virtuosity By Baldericus Van Horicke (Brussels, Ca. 1616),
2023
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Penna Volans Discovered: Analysis Of A New Exemplar Of Calligraphic Virtuosity By Baldericus Van Horicke (Brussels, Ca. 1616), Diego N. Bonilla, Sofía A. Peleato
Manuscript Studies
This article analyses an unpublished manuscript (here referred to as the Cuaderno Español) discovered in a private collection in Madrid, which contains eight folios of calligraphy by the hand of Baldericus van Horicke (†1643), a noted writing master active primarily at the court of the Archdukes of Austria in Brussels. A detailed paleographical study of the new manuscript enhances our knowledge of this exceptional virtuoso of the pen, who practiced at the height of the golden age of the writing arts in Europe. Additionally, such an analysis demonstrates how these calligraphic materials were used to teach the art of writing …
Aspiring To Be A Buddha And Life Before Liberation: The Colophons Of The Siamese Questions Of King Milinda,
2023
Mahidol University
Aspiring To Be A Buddha And Life Before Liberation: The Colophons Of The Siamese Questions Of King Milinda, Eng Jin Ooi
Manuscript Studies
This article presents the colophons of a Buddhist text, the Questions of King Milinda, as seen in manuscripts found mainly in Central Thailand. Through a survey of over seventy Pāli palm-leaf manuscripts and a Thai samut khoi (folding book), the colophons reveal information not only related to textual transmission, but also to the social and soteriological ambitions of the communities that created them. Inspired by the ideology of merit, which promises good karmic returns for presenting and preserving the Dharma in this world, donors and scribes produced various kinds of aspirations (Pāli: patthanā). These aspirations are recorded in colophons. In …
“Beautiful Books With Beautiful Covers”: The Bindings Of Hebrew Manuscripts In Late Medieval Ashkenaz,
2023
University of Hamburg
“Beautiful Books With Beautiful Covers”: The Bindings Of Hebrew Manuscripts In Late Medieval Ashkenaz, Ilona Steimann
Manuscript Studies
No abstract provided.
Multiple Hands In The Marginal Annotations Of The Hebrew Bible Codex Madrid M1 (Biblioteca Histórica Marqués De Valdecilla, Bh Mss1),
2023
Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East, CSIC
Multiple Hands In The Marginal Annotations Of The Hebrew Bible Codex Madrid M1 (Biblioteca Histórica Marqués De Valdecilla, Bh Mss1), Elvira Martín-Contreras
Manuscript Studies
This article presents a paleographical analysis of the marginal annotations that appear next to the biblical text in the Hebrew Bible codex known as Madrid M1. In order to do so, a new methodology has been developed. The ensuing analysis has identified a great number of annotations, largely located in the outer and intercolumnar margins, written by multiple hands. These later interventions have different aims and produce diverse results. The systematic additions associated with different Masoretic textual phenomena reveal an interest in organizing the information differently and offering the information on each phenomenon consistently by adding cases that are lacking. …
Ms Bodley Or. 621 As A “Study Psalter” For Christian Hebraists,
2023
University of Oxford
Ms Bodley Or. 621 As A “Study Psalter” For Christian Hebraists, Celeste J. Pan
Manuscript Studies
Because of its diminutive size, unconventional decorative scheme and total lack of built-in translations, MS Bodley Or. 621 is an anomaly among the nine “Hebrew Psalters for Christian Use” listed by Raphael Loewe. It has received scant attention principally because, as a book that appears to have been intended for Jews only to be later appropriated by Christians, it seems to be of lesser relevance to discussions of thirteenth-century English Hebraism than those psalters that were unambiguously custom-made for gentile scholars.
This article challenges this premise and this conclusion. By re-examining and synthesising the paleographical and codicological evidence presented by …
A Poor Third? A Reexamination Of Manuscript And Print Markets In Fifteenth And Sixteenth-Century Rouen,
2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
A Poor Third? A Reexamination Of Manuscript And Print Markets In Fifteenth And Sixteenth-Century Rouen, Kate Hodgson
School of Art Undergraduate Honors Theses
Manuscript and print scholars of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries have deemed Rouen a ‘poor third’ to the workshops in Paris and Lyon. Lacking the cultural status and political influence of these two major centers of book production, Rouen’s manuscript tradition has been coined an “eclectic” group of illuminators who were limited to a local, discontinuous demand for books and whose regional role hardly even bears examination. However, Between 1419 and 1449, Rouen was an epicenter of political and economic exchange between Normandy and England. The city’s manuscript ateliers experienced a period of unparalleled patronage from an international, elite clientele, …
Foundation Of Empire In The Tudor Era: Further Explorations Of The Northeast And Northwest Passages,
2023
East Tennessee State University
Foundation Of Empire In The Tudor Era: Further Explorations Of The Northeast And Northwest Passages, Richard H. Lloyd Iii
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The British Empire is often traced back to the late sixteenth century and Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation, but Tudor monarchs had been eyeing expansion beyond Britain long before Drake. John Cabot, commissioned by Henry VII in the late fifteenth century, became the first European to step foot in the Americas in five centuries. Half a century later, adventurers like Richard Chancellor and Sir Hugh Willoughby sought a possible Northeast Passage to Asia, interacting with the Sami and Russians along the way. These expeditions and others like them, funded by the English monarchy and merchants, aimed to expand the kingdom’s economic …
The Acts Of John Steinbeck: Medievalist – A Dive Into John Steinbeck’S Adaptation Of Thomas Malory’S Le Morte D’Arthur.,
2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Acts Of John Steinbeck: Medievalist – A Dive Into John Steinbeck’S Adaptation Of Thomas Malory’S Le Morte D’Arthur., Timothy Luft Jr.
English Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis explores The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights John Steinbeck’s adaptation of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. In this thesis, I argue that Steinbeck’s work is a qualified work of a talented medievalist with sustained close-readings of Acts and Morte along with biographical supplements from Steinbeck’s writings and his biographer Jackson Benson. This thesis seeks to bring light to the qualified, impressive work in Arthurian studies conducted by John Steinbeck over the course of his life that ultimately resulted in the posthumous publication of Acts.
Of Word And Stone: The History Of Medieval Spain Through The Lens Of Architecture And Language,
2023
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Of Word And Stone: The History Of Medieval Spain Through The Lens Of Architecture And Language, Samantha Hernandez
Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses
Medieval Spain is a unique summation of religious and cultural communities. Through the built forms of Al-Andalus, there is unique preservation of societal imprints that parallel the formation of the Castilian language. These two mediums—architecture and language—are a telling of the culture and history of the region. By first observing the historical formation of Spanish, and in turn the various communities which inhabited the Iberian Peninsula, one may find many correlations with architecture created at the same time. After understanding the historical making of the Spanish language, it is important to analyze the language itself and how it differs from …
To Have Sex Or Not To Have Sex: An Exploration Of Medieval Christian And Jewish Sexual Values,
2023
William & Mary
To Have Sex Or Not To Have Sex: An Exploration Of Medieval Christian And Jewish Sexual Values, Rachel Zaslavsky
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis is an exploration of Medieval Jewish and Christian conceptions of sex and aims to challenge the notion of Judeo-Christian values. Medieval Judaism and Christianity are at odds with each other in their understandings of sexuality. By considering Judaism, the belief that medieval religion was averse to sexuality and sexual pleasure is disproven. An analysis of religious works, such as those produced by Christian theologians and Jewish rabbis, yields the following conclusion: medieval Christianity restricted sex on the basis of abstinence, while medieval Judaism restricted sex on the basis of ritual impurity but mandated sex for procreation and female …
Final Master's Portfolio,
2023
Bowling Green State University
Final Master's Portfolio, Tooba Amin
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
Tooba Amin covers the following topics in her Final Master's Portfolio: Capitalism, Medievalism, Women's Studies, and Indigenous Studies.
Understanding Authoritarianism, Fascism, Far-Right Politics, And Anti-Democratic Processes,
2023
Bowling Green State University
Understanding Authoritarianism, Fascism, Far-Right Politics, And Anti-Democratic Processes, Paul Viafranco
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
In this portfolio, Paul Viafranco seeks to understand the rise of Authoritarianism, Fascism, Far-Right Politics, and Anti-Democratic Processes, by delving into Executive Order 9066, Marine Le Pen’s use of medievalism, Donald Trump’s discourse, and the various factors that contribute to the need for seeking asylum or refugee status.
From Pedagogical To The Practical: A Study Linked By Japanese Themes,
2023
Bowling Green State University
From Pedagogical To The Practical: A Study Linked By Japanese Themes, Kennedy Lomont
Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects
This portfolio consists of three essays linked by Japanese themes and also includes a practical project. These papers delve into the subjects of Japenese incarceration, magical girl anime, and Noh theater. My practical portion contains the materials that I have created and refined for job search purposes.
Remember The Hand: Manuscription In Early Medieval Iberia,
2023
Fordham University
Remember The Hand: Manuscription In Early Medieval Iberia, Catherine Brown
Medieval Studies
Remember the Hand studies a body of articulate manuscript books from the Christian monasteries of northern Iberia in the tenth and eleventh centuries. These exceptional, richly illuminated codices have in common an urgent sense of scribal presence—scribes name themselves, describe themselves, even paint their own portraits. While marginal notes, even biographical ones, are a common feature of medieval manuscripts, rarely do scribes make themselves so fully known. These writers address the reader directly, asking for prayers of intercession and sharing of themselves. They ask the reader to join them in not only acknowledging the labor of writing but also in …
Figures Du Père Et Parenté Littéraire Dans La Vie De Saint Alexis Et Le Livre De La Cité Des Dames,
2023
University of Pennsylvania
Figures Du Père Et Parenté Littéraire Dans La Vie De Saint Alexis Et Le Livre De La Cité Des Dames, Marie Bellec
Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature, & Culture
Cet article examine la figure paternelle dans trois récits de la vie des saints, La Vie de Saint Alexis, « Sainte Marine » et « Sainte Euphrosine » dans Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, de Christine de Pizan. Les pères respectifs des saints incarnent certaines attentes sociales et familiales, ils exercent notamment sur leurs enfants une pression pour qu’ils se marient. Les contraintes ne sont pas les mêmes selon le genre des saints : alors que la piété d’Alexis l’empêche de convoler, l’oppression sociale se déplace vers celle du genre pour nos hagiographies au féminin. Par …
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1020: Lectiones Ex[I]Mi Philosophi...,
2023
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1020: Lectiones Ex[I]Mi Philosophi..., Dot Porter
Collation Models
Lectures on the first, second, and fifth books of Aristotle's Physics.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1080: [Theological Miscellany].,
2023
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1080: [Theological Miscellany]., Dot Porter
Collation Models
Writings of Nilus the Elder on the principles of asceticism and religious life; a sermon by John of Damascus about vices and virtues in religious life; three books from Ambrose's De officiis, an ecclesiastical handbook about the ministers of the Church, with marginal annotations and Biblical cross-references; sermons expounding the beliefs of the Carthusian order about regulations, solitary living, and abstinence; and excerpts from the Distichs of Dionysius Cato, a collection of proverbial maxims about wisdom and morality, with marginal annotations.
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1070: Genelogies Of The Erles Of Lecestre And Chester [Manuscript].,
2023
University of Pennsylvania
Collation Model For Ms. Codex 1070: Genelogies Of The Erles Of Lecestre And Chester [Manuscript]., Dot Porter
Collation Models
Genealogy of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, tracing his descent from the earls of Leicester and Chester, beginning with individuals of the 11th and 12th centuries, and providing the heraldic devices of the principal members of these families. Although the genealogy may have been compiled in association with Robert Dudley's appointment as lieutenant of the Order of the Garter in 1572 or the birth of his illegitimate son in 1574, Robert Dudley is mentioned in the introduction and is represented by the final coat of arms (f. 17v), although the lack of his name among those of his siblings is …
