Palaeography, Humanism and Manuscript Illumination in Renaissance Italy: A Conference in Memory of A. C. de la Mare
17–19 November 2011
Organised by Robert Black, Jill Kraye and Laura Nuvoloni
The conference will be held at King’s College London on Thursday 17 November 2011, and at The Warburg Institute on Friday and Saturday 18–19 November. Click here to download the poster.
Registration fee (including morning coffee and afternoon tea): £5.00 per day; £2.50 per day for AMARC members.
Registration for 17 and 18 November is now full; a few places are still available for 19 November, but registration in advance is strongly recommended.
Please contact Jill.Kraye(at)sas.ac.uk
A limited number of student bursaries, sponsored by the Bibliographical Society, are available. Please contact Jill.Kraye(at)sas.ac.uk.
Albinia de la Mare (1932–2001), OBE, FBA, received her doctorate from the Warburg Institute (1965), worked as an assistant librarian in the Bodleian Library (1964–1988) and was Professor of Palaeography at King’s College London (1989-1997). She was one of the twentieth century’s outstanding palaeographers and the world's leading authority on Italian Renaissance manuscripts. Among her greatest achievements was tracing the careers of hundreds of scribes writing the new humanist script in Italy during the fifteenth century. The purpose of this conference is to honour her contribution to research and to illustrate how the main areas of her scholarly interests – the palaeography, humanism and manuscript illumination of the Italian Renaissance – have developed in the ten years since her death.
The speakers will be Jonathan Alexander (Institute of Fine Art, New York University), Giliola Barbero (Catholic University, Milan), Concetta Bianca (University of Florence), Xavier van Binnebeke (University of Messina and Bodleian Library, Oxford), Lorenz Böninger (Lorenzo de’ Medici Letters), Irene Ceccherini (University of Florence), David Chambers (Warburg Institute), Martin Davies (I Tatti Renaissance Library), Teresa De Robertis (University of Florence), Angela Dillon Bussi (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana), Vincenzo Fera (University of Messina), Mirella Ferrari (Catholic University, Milan), Sebastiano Gentile (University of Cassino), James Hankins (Harvard University), Giordana Mariani Canova (University of Padua), Laura Nuvoloni (Cambridge University Library), Stephen Oakley (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), Gabriella Pomaro (Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino), Silvia Rizzo (University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’), Stefano Zamponi (University of Florence).
The conference has received generous financial support from AMARC (The Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections), APICES (Association Paléographique Internationale: Culture, Écriture, Société) and The Bibliographical Society.
Illustration above from Sallust, Bellum Catilinae and Bellum Iugurthinum, in the hand of Bartolomeo Sanvito and with the arms of Bernardo Bembo (Cambridge Mass., Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 17)
Programme
Thursday 17 November 2011,
King's College, Council Room,
The Strand, London WC2R 2LS
9.30. Registration and coffee
10.00. Professor Sir Richard Trainor, Principal, King's College
10.15. Session 1: The Contribution of A. C. de la Mare
Chair: Robert Black, University of Leeds
10:25: Laura Nuvoloni, Cambridge University Library: Genius at Work: Bartolomeo Sanvito and Tilly de la Mare
10:55: Coffee / tea
11:30 Xavier van Binnebeke, University of Messina and Bodleian Library, Oxford: Albinia’s House of Treasures, a ‘Mare magnum manuscriptorum’
12:00 Vincenzo Fera, University of Messina: L'umanesimo di Albinia C. de la Mare
13.00-14.00. Lunch
14.00. Session 2: Palaeography
Chair: Nicolas Barker
14:10 Mirella Ferrari, Catholic University, Milan: Italian Manuscripts in the Burney Collection at the British Library
14: 40 Stefano Zamponi, University of Florence: Strutture grafiche gotiche nella prima scrittura umanistica
15:10 Coffee/tea
15:40 Irene Ceccherini, University of Florence: Manuscripts in the Early Humanist Period: Production, Models, Script
16:10 Teresa De Robertis, University of Florence: I primi dieci anni della riforma grafica umanistica
Friday 18 November,
The Warburg Institute,
Woburn Square, WC1H OAB
9.30. Registration
10.00. Professor Jill Kraye, Librarian, The Warburg Institute
10.15: Session 3: Palaeography
Chair: Mirella Ferrari
10:25 Giliola Barbero, Catholic University, Milan: Manuscripts and Script in Lombardy during the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
10:55 Coffee/tea
11:30 David Chambers, Warburg Institute: Matteo Contugi of Volterra (d. 1493): Scribe and Secret Agent
12:00 Gabriella Pomaro, Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino: Copisti stranieri in Italia nel Quattrocento in Codex - Inventario dei Manoscritti Medievali della Toscana
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00. Session 4: Manuscript Illumination
Chair: Christopher de Hamel, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
14:10 Jonathan Alexander, Institute of Fine Art, New York University: Script and Ornament in Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts
14:40 Giordana Mariani Canova, University of Padua: La dimensione universitaria della miniatura a Padova nel Rinascimento
15:10 Coffee/tea
15:40 Martin Davies, I Tatti Renaissance Library: Further Adventures of the Master of the Barbo Missal
16:10 Angela Dillon Bussi, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: Vespasiano e la miniatura
Saturday, 19 November,
The Warburg Institute
9.30. Registration
10.00. Session 5: Humanism
Chair: Jill Kraye, Warburg Institute
10:05 Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge: Tilly de la Mare and the Manuscripts of Saint Cyprian
10:35 Sebastiano Gentile, University of Cassino: Nuove considerazioni sullo 'scrittoio' di Marsilio Ficino: tra paleografia e filologia
11:05 Coffee/tea
11:35 Lorenz Böninger, The Letters of Lorenzo de' Medici: The Ricordanze of Lorenzo di Francesco Guidetti: Manuscript Production and Circulation
12.30-13:30: Lunch
13.30. Session 6: Humanism
Chair: Cristina Dondi, Oxford University and CERL
13:40 Silvia Rizzo, University of Rome 'La Sapienza': Il copista del nuovo codice petrarchesco delle Tusculanae: filologia vs paleografia
14:10 James Hankins, Harvard University: Leonardo Bruni: Humanistic Manuscripts
14:40 Coffee/tea
15:10 Concetta Bianca, University of Florence: Biblioteche senza inventario