AMARC4B Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 ISSN 1750-9874 Newsletter of the Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections www.amarc.org.uk

THE JOHN MURRAY ARCHIVE: ENGAGEMENT & ENJOYMENT OF A PUBLISHING COLLECTION

Cheque, dated 21 October 1816, for payment of £38 18s 1d (i.e. 37 guineas) to Jane Austen, presumably for her novel Emma, together with a Byron sales subscription list and a business ledger. See report, p. 4.

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AMARC matters 2 Exhibitions 15 Personal 5 New accessions 18 Grants 6 Book reviews 19 Projects 7 Publications 26 Conferences 8, 11 Websites 31 Courses 14 MSS News 33 urer and are also available on the AMARC MEMBERSHIP website. If more members with UK Membership can be personal or in- bank accounts could pay by stand- stitutional. Institutional members ing order it would considerably de- receive two copies of mailings, have crease the amount of time spent on triple voting rights, and may send administration. staff to meetings at the members‘ rate. Details and application forms AMARC GRANTS are available from: and how to apply for them www.amarc.org.uk. The Association can currently offer Enquiries about membership should modest funding to enterprises that be addressed to the Membership both: Secretary: bring AMARC and its activities Ms Rachel Freeman to a wider audience and AMARC Membership Secretary support the stated aim of The Church of England Record AMARC: to promote the acces- Centre, 15 Galleywall Road sibility, preservation and ar- London SE6 3PB chives of all periods in libraries E-mail: rachel.freeman@ chur- and other research collections in chofengland.org Great Britain and Ireland. Please make sure that Rachel AMARC therefore invites applica- Freeman has your correct e-mail tions from fully paid-up individual address. or institutional members for sterling Annual subscription rates (April– grants in areas such as the follow- March) are: ing: Personal Membership: £10 Help in defraying the costs of Institutional Membership: £30 holding conferences and work- (For non-sterling cheques, please shops. add £7 extra to cover bank charges). Support for small projects such Please send your payment to: as the web-publication of unpub- Dr Michael Stansfield lished catalogues of manu- AMARC Treasurer scripts. c/o Durham University Library Assistance to scholars in obtain- Palace Green ing reproductions or undertaking Durham DH1 3RN. essential travel as part of pro- Payment by standing order is wel- jects whose aims are in line with comed. Forms can be obtained from those of AMARC. the Membership Secretary or Treas-

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The provision of equipment, grant was put. Full details appear on such as perhaps book supports, the AMARC website. to facilitate access to manu- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS scripts. Many thanks to all contributors to Assistance with the necessary this issue, including the following purchase of manuscripts and ar- whose help or contributions are un- chives to benefit the AMARC attributed: Nicolas Bell, Mark community. Clarke, Ian Doyle, Kathleen Doyle, Carrying out conservation work Rachel Freeman, Sarah James, on manuscripts and archives. Pamela Robinson, Michael Stans- NB Funds will NOT be made avail- field, Patricia Stirnemann, Jenny able towards the cost of commercial Stratford, Rowan Watson. publication but will be allocated Thanks are also due to the Trustees where they can be expected to pro- of the National Library of Scotland vide the greatest benefit to the and the Trustees of Lambeth Palace greatest number of people. Often Library the use of photographs. this will be achieved by making The views expressed herein are several small awards rather than a those of the Editor and other named few larger awards. Funding levels contributors. In addition to contri- may vary from year to year, but it is butions from individuals, informa- anticipated that the Committee will tion has been taken from a variety make awards of not more than of websites, press releases etc., the £1000 each, and of not more than accuracy of which cannot be guar- £3000 in total each year. anteed. You are advised to confirm Applications should comprise: a details, especially if travelling to brief outline of the project, confer- events or exhibitions. ence or work; its overall cost; the grant being sought; the names and CORRECTION addresses of two referees; details of In Newsletter 57, the caption to the the addressee for the cheque. Appli- illustration on p. 2 should have re- cations should be submitted to Dr ferred not to Genesis but to the Michael Stansfield, AMARC opening of St John‘s Gospel. The Treasurer, c/o Durham University Editor thanks and congratulates ea- Library, Palace Green, Durham gle-eyed Timothy Cutts of the Na- DH1 3RN or tional Library of Wales, who alone [email protected], at reported this embarrassing error. any time during the year. They will usually be considered at the next DEADLINE for publication in Committee meeting (usually held in Issue no. 59 is 1 October2012. April and October) and successful Please send your articles or any applicants will be informed soon news of interest to AMARC mem- thereafter. bers to the editor: Successful applicants will be re- Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan: quired to submit for publication in Rhos Fach, Brynafan, Llanafan, this newsletter a brief report (300- Aberystwyth SY23 4BG, Wales, 500 words) of the use to which the [email protected].

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Images submitted should be at least with a visit to the Dulwich Gallery, 300 dpi and delivered via e-mail or which is 400 yards from the Col- on CD. lege. Full details will be circulated NEXT AMARC MEETING nearer the time. London, Dulwich College The second AMARC meeting of School Archives and Manuscript 2012, focusing on conservation, is Holdings scheduled to take place in Oxford in 13 July 2012 the autumn. Please note the date in your diary! WINTER MEETING 2011 Preparations are well under way for Edinburgh, National Library of our summer meeting, kindly organ- Scotland ised by Robert Weaver, Keeper of The John Murray Archive: En- the Fellows‘ Library at Dulwich. gagement and Enjoyment of a The programme will include presen- Publishing Collection tations on the Archives of Eton Col- 9 December 2011 lege, Treasures of Winchester Col- See illustration on front cover. lege Archives and Fellows‘ Library, As the date of the meeting ap- Westminster School Archives, Digi- proached severe weather conditions tising the Henslowe Papers at Dul- hit Scotland, causing disruption to wich College (the pre eminent sur- travel, but the intrepid delegates viving source of Jacobean theatre who braved the storms were re- history), and a case study of pupil warded with a warm welcome from access to and present studies of our NLS colleagues and a series of MSS collections at Dulwich Col- excellent papers, chaired as usual on lege. Registration and coffee will be behalf of AMARC by Christopher at 11am for coffee with presenta- de Hamel. David McClay set the tions in the Old Library from 11.30 scene with a fascinating ‗Overview till 4pm, followed by tea. During of the John Murray Archive, its us- the lunch hour there will be tours of ers and use‘. He was followed by Dr Dulwich archives and Treasures of William Zachs whose evocative ti- Fellows‘ Library. Exhibited during tle, in the style of the age of the first the day will be the Henslowe Pa- John Murray, was ‗On the Origin of pers, the college‘s medieval MSS the John Murray Archive by Means holdings (including some in Middle of Natural Selection, or the Preser- English), and examples of a private vation of a Favoured Archive in the teaching collection of medieval Struggle for Life‘. This turned out MSS, used for humanities teaching to be a most engaging talk on the throughout the school curriculum; history of the archive and some of together with examples of modern its dramatis personae, drawing on literary and polar exploration ar- the speaker‘s own, perhaps unparal- chives including such famous Old leled experience, as a researcher Alleynian authors as Chandler, over many years, of using the Ar- Wodehouse and Shackleton. . The chive both at the publishers‘ famous programme will also include the London premises at 50 Albemarle AMARC AGM. Members might Street and more recently at the also wish to combine the meeting

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NLS. Charles Withers, Professor of reported in the next AMARC News- Historical Geography at the Univer- letter. sity of Edinburgh, analysed the background to a number of pioneer- OBITUARY ing travel books in his talk on ‗The Alan Piper (1946-2012) Publication of books of exploration (Information drawn, with kind per- and travel by John Murray, 1773- mission, from a longer obituary by 1859‘, introducing us to a colourful Sheila Hingley, Head of Heritage cast of authors for whom travel Collections, Durham University Li- writing might be combined with, or brary and published in the Li- used as a cover for, other purposes, brary’s Staff Bulletin). such as spying. Kirsten Banks, a We record with deep regret the sud- postgraduate at the University of den death in February of Alan Piper Edinburgh and her supervisor, Dr of Durham University following an Jonathan Wild discussed her PhD accident at his home. He began his research based on the Archive‘s re- career as Assistant Keeper in the sources. Playwright Peter Arnott Department of Palaeography and completed the programme with a Diplomatic at Durham in 1968 and lively account of his task as the from then on he devoted himself to John Murray Archive Writer-in- the study of the medieval Priory of Residence at the NLS. He stressed Durham and its monks, especially the effective public outreach, in- their cultural and intellectual inter- volvement and sheer enjoyment that ests. Among his publications were can be realised through such volume 4 of Neil Ker‘s Medieval schemes. Manuscripts in British Libraries The animated discussion after each (1992) and contributions to David session continued over the excellent and Lynda Rollason‘s edition of refreshments, and during the lunch The Durham Liber Vitae (2007). hour delegates were able to visit the From 1990 until his retirement in Library‘s wide-ranging John 2008 he was Tutor in medieval pa- Murray exhibition. laeography and diplomatic. He col- Our warmest thanks are due to laborated with Dr Ian Doyle in cata- Kenneth Dunn and his colleagues at loguing the university‘s medieval NLS for so efficiently organising manuscripts as well as drafting a such a successful and memorable catalogue of the Cathedral‘s much meeting. larger collection. He was Secretary PERSONAL NEWS of the Surtees Society 1974-99 and The British Library has announced its editor from 1980-99. that Lynne Brindley will shortly be The Editor adds: leaving her post as Chief Executive Longstanding AMARC members after some twelve years at the helm. will remember Alan at meetings of She was the first woman to have our predecessor association, the held the post. We understand that SCONUL Manuscripts group, espe- her successor‘s name will be for- cially his invaluable session on li- mally announced within the next turgical manuscripts: the accompa- few months; this will, of course, be nying booklet became a vade me-

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 cum for many a young cataloguer to the light sheet–A4 size and only struggling to identify mystifying 2.8mm thick–which can easily be fragments. slipped between pages or under a flat paper object. The illumination is GRANTS intensive, adjustable, and infra-red is filtered out, so will not cause Oxford Conservation Consortium harm through colour change or heat. Report by Jane Eagan ACR FIIC, With the aid of this new equipment, Head Conservator, OCC. OCC hopes to contribute further to The Oxford Conservation Consor- the study of manuscripts and ar- tium (OCC), a co-operative conser- chives by building a searchable da- vation studio offering programmes tabase of images to be shared with of collection care to twelve colleges its members and researchers. Infor- of the University of Oxford and the mation revealed during conserva- National Trust, reports success in tion is often covered afterwards, and raising £35,000 of grant funding for through this project OCC will en- photographic equipment to be used sure that an important record of in the examination and documenta- physical structure and construction tion of manuscripts and archives materials of library and archive ob- undergoing conservation treatment jects is preserved for the future. or study. OCC is particularly grate- ful to AMARC for awarding a grant Finally, as is so often the case, an to purchase a flexible fibre-optic improvement in one area has an im- light sheet and light source, a piece pact on another, and these im- of equipment which will make it provements in the area of photo- possible to view and record water- graphic documentation have us marks and other paper characteris- looking carefully at levels/format of tics, erasures, corrections, old re- written documentation, so there is pairs, etc. with transmitted light. more work to do! The light sheet is also invaluable The National Manuscripts when repairing a text leaf in situ, as Conservation Trust it allows the conservator to align The Trust was founded in 1990 to torn edges or damaged areas more help preserve manuscripts of histor- accurately and achieve a better re- ical or educational value by award- pair. This equipment will be used ing grants for their conservation. by the conservation team and OCC Since its creation, the Trust has librarians, archivists, and research- awarded grants totalling £1.7m. ers who often wish to examine and These grants have enabled the con- record watermarks with transmitted servation of hundreds of musical, light, in a safe and controlled way. literary, architectural and other vital AMARC members will have the historical documents that would opportunity to see this new equip- otherwise have been lost or faced an ment at the AMARC meeting in uncertain future. The grants help to Oxford in autumn 2012 which will make previously inaccessible manu- focus on conservation. scripts available for study and re- The variable-intensity light source search. feeds light down fibre-optic fibres

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Applications are invited from record By examining all extant manu- offices, libraries and other similar scripts of the text in English, Anglo- publicly funded institutions includ- Norman and continental French we ing local authority, university and hope to identify centres of textual specialist record repositories, and production and avenues of transmis- also from private repositories which sion, as well as address questions of provide reasonable access to the patronage and readership over time. public. Deadlines for applications It may be that particular instances of are April 1st and October 1st. textual translation, adaptation or For further details, see the Trust‘s transmission can be linked to cul- website: www.nmct.co.uk. turally specific historical moments, and that patterns will emerge which PROJECTS reveal textual differences across languages that can be mapped on to Spreading the Light: Mapping different cultural and religious con- the Vernacular Elucidarium in cerns for their respective reader- Medieval England ships. The Elucidarium was written in The project team, Sarah James (PI) Latin c. 1100, probably in Canter- and Huw Grange (RA), will focus bury, England, by Honorius of Au- on English and French materials re- tun. It is a text of basic practical spectively. In the first year we will theology, apparently initially in- examine all extant manuscripts and tended for priests but rapidly be- gather metadata for an online de- coming a manual of introductory scriptive catalogue; the second year Christianity used by the laity. The will focus more closely on interpre- text achieved swift, widespread and tation of the information yielded by lasting popularity not only in its the manuscript study. For further original Latin but also in translation information please contact Sarah and adaptation in numerous Euro- James ([email protected]) or pean vernaculars. This two-year Huw Grange AHRC-funded project explores the ([email protected]), or visit the production and transmission of the project website at: vernacular Elucidarium in England, www.kent.ac.uk/mems/research/Elu focusing on texts in English, Anglo- cidarium-1.html. Norman and continental French, and sets out to answer two major CENDARI: Collaborative Euro- research questions: pean Digital Archive Infrastruc- 1. How was the vernacular Eluci- ture darium produced and disseminated This four-year, EU-funded project in England between the 12th and will be launched formally in 2013. 15th centuries? With partners throughout Europe 2. What was the place of the text in and is led by Trinity College, Dub- the broader context of late medieval lin, Ireland, CENDARI will provide concerns for pastoral care and the and facilitate access to existing ar- consequent production of vernacu- chives and resources in Europe for lar theology? the study of medieval and modern European history (specifically the

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First World War period) through the sponsive to current research needs, development of an ‗enquiry envi- and to select manuscripts for digiti- ronment‘. This will increase access sation that will have the biggest im- to records of historical importance pact in these areas. To that end, the across the European Research Area, BL invites suggestions about which creating a powerful new platform manuscripts should be included in for accessing and investigating his- the final list. torical data transnationally, bringing So far 41 manuscripts have been together the expertise of technical selected from those displayed in the experts with leading historians and Royal exhibition to be included on existing research infrastructures (ar- Digitised Manuscripts; these are chives, libraries and individual digi- listed at tal projects). For further information http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/di please contact Jennifer Edmond at gitisedmanuscripts/2012/02/which- TCD ([email protected]). royal-manuscripts-should-we- British Library, Royal MSS digitise.html, where further infor- Digitisation Project mation is given. It will be possible The British Library has been to select another 6–10 manuscripts awarded a research grant by the to be digitised in full (depending, of Arts and Humanities Research course, on their length). Please send Council to facilitate on-going re- your suggestions for other candi- search for the Royal project. Part of dates, from among those included in the AHRC‘s Digital Transforma- the Royal Manuscripts exhibition, tions in Arts and Humanities theme, by e-mail to royal-manuscripts- this contributes to a package of [email protected], or by visiting measures aimed at developing inno- the website noted above. vative approaches to archiving, ac- cessing and using data in the arts CONFERENCE REPORTS and humanities and is supported as XXIIIrd Congress of the Interna- part of the additional investment to tional Arthurian Society enhance the national e- University of Bristol, July 2011 infrastructure for research, an- Report by Ad Putter of the English nounced by the Government in Department, Bristol University, one October 2011. of the conference organisers. An important part of this new re- As part of this week-long confer- search grant will enable the BL to ence, AMARC sponsored a master- digitise fully a number of the manu- class, held on 28 July, on Arthurian scripts that are currently featured in manuscripts and neglected texts. the recent exhibition Royal Manu- Since Arthurian manuscripts and scripts: The Genius of Illumination; early printed editions was one of the these manuscripts will soon be conference themes, this topic was freely available to all on the BL‘s especially appropriate, and the mas- Digitised Manuscripts site. ter-class proved extremely popular. One of the principal goals of the Forty postgraduate students and follow-on Royal project is to be re- early-career researchers partici- pated. The master-class, held in the

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Council Room of the Wills Memo- UK, USA, Italy and Japan. Both rial Building, was given by distin- King‘s College and the Warburg guished editors and medievalists Institute kindly provided the venues Keith Busby (Madison-Wisconsin) without charge and also paid for and Norris Lacy (Penn State). The wine receptions. aim was to encourage postgraduates Albinia C. de la Mare, ‗Tilly‘ to her and junior researchers to work with friends and colleagues, received her the original manuscripts. Questions doctorate from the Warburg Insti- addressed in the workshop included: tute (1965), worked as an assistant *Why Do We Need to Know about librarian in the Bodleian Library Manuscripts At All (the Codi- (1964–1988) and was Professor of cological Imperative)? Palaeography at King‘s College *How Do We Identify the Manu- London (1989-1997). An outstand- scripts of Our Chosen Text? ing palaeographer, de la Mare was *Can We Get Our Hands on Them the world‘s leading authority on (or: How to Deal with Libraries)? Italian Renaissance manuscripts. *Do We Need Training in Palaeog- The purpose of the conference was raphy and Codicology? to honour her contribution to re- The participants also had a chance search and to illustrate how the to learn about AMARC through main areas of her scholarly interests leaflets and some sample copies of – the palaeography, humanism and the Newsletter. The conference or- manuscript illumination of the Ital- ganisers are grateful to AMARC for ian Renaissance – have developed sponsoring the session. in the ten years since her death. Palaeography, Humanism and The programme was divided into Manuscript Illumination: four sections: ‗The Contribution of A Conference in Memory of A.C. de la Mare‘, with three papers Albinia C. de la Mare discussing her research on the Pa- 17–19 November 2011 duan scribe and illuminator Barto- Report by Laura Nuvoloni of Cam- lomeo Sanvito, her intellectual pro- bridge University Library and Jill file and her working papers; ‗Pa- Kraye of the Warburg Institute. laeography‘, with seven papers, de- This was held at King‘s College livered in two sessions, dealing with London and the Warburg Institute, the development of humanist script in memory of Professor Albinia C. and codicology in Italy throughout de la Mare, OBE, FBA. The confe- the 15th century; ‗Manuscript Illu- rence was supported by generous mination‘, with four papers on vari- grants from AMARC and APICES ous aspects of decoration and orna- (Association Paléographique Inter- ment in Renaissance codices, in- national: Culture, Écriture, Société), cluding connections with illumi- which covered the registration fees nated incunables; and ‗Humanism‘, for the speakers and some of the ca- with five papers, exploring the ma- tering costs; a subvention from the nuscript transmission of ancient Bibliographical Society provided texts, the scribal practices of leading for 14 student bursaries that were humanists and the relationship be- awarded to young scholars from the tween philology and palaeography.

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The scholarly level of the nineteen British Library, London papers was impressively high, and 12–13 December 2011 sessions were followed at question Report by Kathleen Doyle, Curator time by lively discussions, con- of Illuminated MSS at the British ducted both in English and Italian, Library. which often spilled over into coffee This conference coincided with the and lunch breaks. These discussions BL‘s major exhibition of Royal contributed to the warm and friend- Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumi- ly atmosphere of the international nation. Seventeen speakers gathered gathering, which included scholars from the UK, continental Europe and students from the United King- and America to shed new light on dom, Italy, Europe, the United the Royal collection, and particu- States of America and Japan. All larly on the manuscripts on display. three days attracted capacity au- We are delighted with the confer- diences. The comments received by ence‘s success, and the feedback we the organizers at the conference it- have received has been overwhelm- self and in later communications, ingly positive. Over 150 people both written and oral, indicated that were in attendance for two days of it had successfully achieved the aim fascinating insights into the Royal to honour one of the greatest and manuscripts. Subjects ranged from most generous scholars of her gen- some of the best known manuscripts eration. in the exhibition—including the Plans are already in place to pro- Shrewsbury Book (Royal 15 E. vi) duce a volume based on the confe- and the itinerary of Matthew Paris rence and edited by the three orga- (Royal 14 C. vii)—to some of the nizers (Robert Black, Jill Kraye and Royal collection‘s less familiar Laura Nuvoloni). All the speakers, treasures, like a humanist book con- including two who were unable to taining hieroglyphic emblems attend the conference, have been (Royal 12 C. iii) and an (unusually) invited to submit written versions of unillustrated but heavily annotated their papers, in either English or bestiary (Royal 2 C. xii). The eve- Italian, by 15 May 2012; two addi- ning talks given by Michael Wood tional papers have been solicited and John Goodall were erudite and from scholars working on topics not entertaining highlights for those at- covered in the conference. Illustra- tending the conference, as was the tions will include black-and-white exhibition itself. plates, as well as a limited number On Monday morning, Professor An- in colour. The papers will be sub- thony Edwards and Professor Mat- mitted to the peer-reviewed series thew Fisher focused on the output ‗Warburg Institute Colloquia‘. It is and authorial interventions of two hoped that the book will serve as a respective scribes of Royal manu- lasting monument to Tilly de la scripts: the 16th-century poet Wil- Mare‘s contributions to scholarship liam Forrest, whose poems survive in the fields of palaeography, manu- in three Royal manuscripts (Royal script illumination and humanism. 17 A. xxi, Royal 17 D. iii and Royal Royal Manuscripts 18 C. xiii), and the so-called Harley

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Scribe, who was involved in copy- logue uncovering new insights into ing some of the many texts within the style of their production. an intriguing multi-lingual English In the afternoon, Dr Ilya Dines and book (Royal 12 C. xii). A work of Professor Lucy Freeman Sandler one of medieval England‘s most considered how word and image, famous scribes and authors, Mat- respectively, shed new light on the thew Paris, was the subject of the readers of two Royal books, the an- next paper, by Professor Dorothy notated bestiary and the splendid Kim. In the second session, Kim Welles Apocalypse (Royal 15 D. ii). and Erin K. Donovan both consid- In the final session, Dr Joanna ered how two vastly different Royal Frońska and Dr Sonja Drimmer manuscripts, the latter (Royal 15 E. gave papers dedicated to two i) destined for Edward IV, visualise books—a book of astrological trea- the East. tises and political prophecies In the afternoon, Dr Alixe Bovey (Arundel 66) and the book illustrat- and Dr Olivier de Laborderie exam- ing and defining hieroglyphics— ined representations of royalty in whose somewhat unusual or eso- the Smithfield Decretals (Royal 10 teric contents were intended for a E. iv) and the two roll chronicles of royal audience. English kings featured in the exhibi- We included five student speakers, tion (Royal 14 B. v and Royal 14 B. and asked each of them to submit an vi), respectively. The afternoon application outlining their need for concluded with a session dedicated a bursary. Four students, from the to the Shrewsbury book. The speak- Universities of Bristol, Columbia, ers—Dr Marigold Norbye, Sara Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Torres and Jade Bailey—then took Ghent, were awarded bursaries part in a lively panel discussion in sponsored by AMARC. which they discussed the different angles from which that fascinating We thank AMARC for its generos- manuscript might be explored. ity in supporting the Royal Manu- Tuesday morning‘s first session was scripts project and in particular dedicated to the reading of words these students in allowing them the and images in manuscripts. Dr opportunity to present their work at Maud Pérez-Simon and Professor a large, international conference, Anne D. Hedeman each examined a and to submit it for possible publi- Royal manuscript whose oft- cation as part of the conference pro- illuminated contents—the Roman ceedings. d‘Alexandre in prose (Royal 20 B. [See p. 28 below for details of the xx) and the Grandes chroniques exhibition Catalogue and p. 8 above (Royal 16 G. vi), respectively—are for details of the latest Royal MSS paired with unique and fascinating digitisation project]. miniatures. They were followed by Dr Thomas Kren and Lieve de Ke- FUTURE CONFERENCES sel, whose papers paired manu- Comment le livre s’est fait livre: scripts (including Royal 16 F. ii and La Fabrication des manuscrits Royal 19 C. viii) in a fruitful dia- bibliques (IVe-XVe siècle)

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Université de Namur, Belgium. 011/12/writing-europe-before-1450- 24-25 May 2012 a-colloquium. Contact Xavier Hermand Re-inventing traditions on the ([email protected]) or transmission of artistic patterns Chiara Ruzzier in illuminated manuscripts of the ([email protected]). Late Middle Ages Noticed in Newsletter no. 57. Freie Universität Berlin & Manuscript Identities and the Gemäldegalerie Berlin Transmission of Texts in the Eng- 8–10 June 2012 lish Renaissance For further information contact Joris Humanities Research Institute, C. Heyder ([email protected]) Sheffield University or Christine Seidel (christine. 25–26 May 2012 [email protected]). Noticed in For further information contact Newsletter no. 57. Alan Bryson Insular Books: Vernacular Mis- ([email protected]). cellanies in Late Medieval Britain Noticed in Newsletter no. 57. London, The British Academy Sixth International Conference of 21-23 June 2012 Iconographic Studies: Visions Noticed in Newsletter 57. Please Rijeka, Croatia note revised dates! Funded and 30 May–1 June, 2012 hosted by the British Academy. This conference seeks to encourage Registration for this conference, or- interdisciplinary dialogue as well as ganised by Dr Raluca Radulescu, to continue the cycle of sessions for Bangor University (r.radulescu@ scholarly discourse on significant bangor.ac.uk) and Dr Margaret subjects in iconographic studies. Connolly (University of St An- The conference presentations will drews, [email protected]) is deal with different subjects concern- now open at ing ‗visions‘ with an emphasis upon http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2012 the relation between mysticism and /Insular_Books_Vernacular_Misc_i art in the European Middle Ages. n_Late_Med_Britain.cfm, where a For further information visit draft programme is also available. www.ffri.hr/pu/ikon. As places are strictly limited, early Europe Before 1450 registration is strongly advised. A Bergen small number of grants have been 3-5 June 2012 made available to assist doctoral The conference aims to draw on a students, early career researchers range of approaches and perspec- and independent scholars (non- tives to exchange ideas about manu- salaried) to attend the conference. script studies, material culture, mul- Deadline for grant applications (via tilingualism in texts and books, link on the website) is 20 May. book history, readers, audience and From Text(s) to Book(s) scribes across the medieval period Nancy-Université, France and beyond. 21-23 June 2012 http://www.uib.no/cms/en/nyheter/2

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An international conference spon- van Houts (Cambridge), and Dr sored jointly by the IDEA (Interdis- James Howard-Johnston (Oxford). ciplinarité dans les Etudes Anglo- For further information, visit phones) research group at Nancy- http://www.ocics.co.uk/. Université and SHARP (The Socie- Society for Renaissance Studies ty for the History of Authorship, 5th Biennial Conference Reading & Publishing); it will ex- University of Manchester plore the ways in which texts are 9-11 July, 2012 materialised for consumption by the Noticed in Newsletter no. 57. reading public. For provisional pro- For registration, visit gramme and information see www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/srsnc/. http://idea-udl.org/du-texte-au-livre- des-textes-aux-livres/. The 15th Century Conference University of Winchester, The Battle for Books West Downs Campus 20th Annual Conference of Soci- 4-6 September 2012 ety for the History of Authorship, One strand may be devoted to Mo- Reading & Publishing (SHARP) nastic Archives. Details from Prof. Trinity College Dublin Michael Hicks, University of Win- 26-29 June 2012 chester, Winchester SO22 4NR e- For details visit: mail: Michael.Hicks@winchester. www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/for ac.uk. thcoming/SHARP2012.php. 14th International Seminar on the Oxford/Cambridge International Care and Conservation of MSS Chronicles Symposium (OCICS) Copenhagen The Ioannou Centre for Classical 17-19 October 2012 and Byzantine Studies, The aim of the seminar, which is University of Oxford arranged by M. J. Driscoll and 5-7 July 2012 Ragnheiður Mósesdóttir of the Ar- This biennial conference devoted to namagnæan Institute, University of the interdisciplinary study of Copenhagen, and Ivan Boserup and chronicles in the medieval and Marie Vest of the Royal Library, is Early Modern periods provides a to bring together scholars, conserva- forum for discussions of historical tors, librarians, archivists, curators and related texts written across a and others who work in the field of range of languages, periods, and manuscript studies, preservation and places. It seeks to strengthen the conservation. For information visit network of chronicle studies http://nfi.ku.dk/cc or e-mail: worldwide, and aims to encourage [email protected]. international collaboration between researchers working in a variety of Les Cisterciens et la transmission e e disciplines. The theme this year is des textes (XII –XVIII s.) ‗Bonds, Links, and Ties in Medie- Troyes, Médiathèque du Grand val and Renaissance Chronicles‘. Troyes Keynote speakers: Prof Pauline 22-24 November 2012 Stafford (Liverpool), Prof Elizabeth Part of the ANR Biblifram project on the libraries of medieval France. 13

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The conference programme should INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH be available from 15 June. For fur- STUDIES, SENATE HOUSE ther information visit: London Rare Books School http://www.irht.cnrs.fr/node/1630. 25-29 June & 2-6 July 2012 XVIIIe Colloque international de Five-day, intensive courses on a va- paléographie latine riety of book-related subjects to be The Scriptorium: Nature, held in and around Senate House, Function, Specifics University of London, taught by in- St Gallen ternationally renowned scholars and 11-14 September2013 using local library and museum re- Call for papers sources, including the British Li- The conference will explore the brary, the British Museum, the Vic- meaning(s) and usage of the term toria and Albert Museum, and Sen- scriptorium, a term which only be- ate House Libraries. Each class is came embodied in scholarly dis- restricted to a maximum of twelve course at the beginning of the 20th students. century. Proposals for papers, with London Palaeography Summer a synopsis of 1000–2500 characters School (not counting spaces) should be sent 18 June-22 June 2012 to Denis Muzerelle, General Secre- The London Palaeography Summer tary of the Comité School is a series of intensive ([email protected]) before courses in Palaeography and Dip- June 1, 2012. Proposals and papers lomatic, ranging from a half to two should be in one of the approved days duration, given by experts in languages of the Comité (English, their respective fields. Subject areas French, German, Italian, or Span- include Latin palaeography, Eng- ish) and prospective speakers lish, German and Greek palaeogra- should study carefully the guide- phy, history of scripts, illuminated lines on the website: www. palae- manuscripts, vernacular editing and ographia.org/cipl. liturgical and devotional manu- Griechische Handschriften: gest- scripts. ern, heute und morgen. VIIIeme The Summer School is hosted by Colloque international de paléo- the Centre for Manuscript and Print graphie grecque Studies with the co-operation of the Hamburg, Universität Hamburg British Library, the Calligraphy and & Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Lettering Arts Society, the Institute Bibliothek of Historical Research, Senate 22/23-28 September 2013 House Library, the Warburg Insti- First announcement. Contact organ- tute, University College, King‘s isers at [email protected] College London and the Victoria or visit www.cipg.eu/2013. and Albert Museum. Western Historical Scripts from COURSES Antiquity to 1600: Palaeography, LONDON Codicology and Contextualisation

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This course will run as part of the tails before travelling as these may London Rare Books School. vary from those given here. For further information or to regis- ABERYSTWYTH, NATIONAL ter for any of these courses, visit LIBRARY OF WALES www.ies.sas.ac.uk, or e-mail: Writers of Wales: David Jones & [email protected]. Angharad Tomos Until 25 November 2012 OXFORD An exhibition celebrating the work Summer School on Bibliography of poet and artist David Jones and the Study of Paper (1895–1974) and author and Welsh- 9-13 July 2012 language activist Angharad Tomos The Bodleian Libraries Centre for (1958– ). The fourth in a series of the Study of the Book will host its exhibitions featuring the most first summer school in 2012. The prominent authors of Wales. course, convened by Mark Bland Seals and their context: Wales and Andrew Honey, will explore the and the Marches material evidence of paper and its Until 29 September 2012 implications for the study of manu- Noticed in Newsletter 57. This ex- scripts and early printed books. The hibition forms part of the project course is aimed at academic re- Seals in Medieval Wales 1200-1550 searchers, special collections per- of the Institute of Medieval and sonnel, conservators, historians and Early Modern Studies at Aberyst- collectors, and aims to prepare par- wyth and Bangor Universities, ticipants for research involving a based within the Department of His- wide range of papers used in early tory and Welsh History at Aberyst- printed books and manuscripts. wyth University (see Classes will draw on the library and www.aber.ac.uk/en/history/research archive collections of the Bodleian -projects/seals/). It coincides with Libraries, Oxford Colleges, and Ox- the ‗Seals and their Context‘ con- ford University. The Worshipful ference at Aberystwyth, 27-29 April Company of Stationers has gener- 2012. ously agreed to provide support to a limited number of postgraduate stu- What’s New? dents in the payment of course fees, 30 June–22 September 2012 details are available on the course An exhibition showcasing some of website: the Library‘s most interesting recent http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/CS accessions. BSummerSchool2012.htm. Christopher Williams 1873-1934: A Retrospective Exhibition EXHIBITIONS 7 July–22 September 2012 Information has been drawn from Maesteg-born Christopher Williams press-releases and websites as well is best known for painting the In- as contributions from our members vestiture of Edward, Prince of and colleagues. Please check open- Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1911, ing dates and times and other de- and the portrait of David Lloyd George, who described him as ‗one 15

AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 of the most gifted artists Wales has Execution of Mary Queen of Scots‘ produced‘. Drawn from public col- from 1895. lections and previously untapped Smaller Displays private collections and archives, this It’s Life, Jimmy, but not as we exhibition will be the largest ever to know it: Science fiction in showcase the artist‘s impressive Scotland body of work. 28 March–30 June 2012 Medieval Minds (at Wrexham Part of the Edinburgh International Museum) Science Festival, this display fea- 21 January–30 June 2012 tures a selection of Scottish science A hoard of medieval treasures from fiction from the Library‘s collec- the National Library and National tions, including early exponents Museum Wales are currently on such as Arthur Conan Doyle and display at Wrexham Museum. The Robert Louis Stevenson as well as items can be seen in a new perma- contemporary stars such Ian M nent gallery space dedicated to Banks and Ken MacLeod. bringing the treasures of the nation Dreaming and Declaring Ameri- to the people of north-east Wales. can Independence Among other items on show will be 4 July–16 September 2012 two inscribed slates discovered at At a time when independence is in Strata Florida Abbey in mid-Wales, the minds of many in Scotland, the the Llanbeblig Book of Hours and Library explores the pursuit of lib- the Laws of Hywel Dda. erty in Revolutionary America. EDINBURGH, NATIONAL With manuscripts dating from the LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND, War of Independence to the 1830s, George IV Bridge Building and printed material from the 1750s Going to the Pictures: Scotland at to the present day, this summer‘s the cinema display will offer insights into the 15 June–28 October 2012 Founding Fathers and early presi- An exhibition exploring the story of dents. Rare material from the Li- Scottish cinema-going over the past brary‘s collections will illustrate the century, and offering the chance to conflicts, alliances and friendships find out more about the celluloid that influenced the creation of the portrayal of Scotland - from the si- United States. lents to the present day - through Grimm’s Fairy Tales the art of the original film poster, 19 September–18 November 2012 cinema advertising and popular film A selection of illustrated editions of magazines. the classic tales, as well as contem- A century of Scotland and the Scots porary reworkings, in celebration of on screen will be presented through the 200th anniversary of their publi- a range of fascinating film footage cation in 1812. from the Scottish Screen Archive, including the earliest representation LONDON, LAMBETH PALACE of ‗Scottishness‘ on screen in ‗The LIBRARY

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Royal Devotion: Monarchy and liturgical works and books of pri- the Book of Common Prayer vate devotion, including the Book 1 May–14 July 2012 (Tuesday– of Hours of Richard III and the Saturday, & Bank Holiday Mon- Chichele Breviary. Other highlights days 7 May & 4 June). include the first edition of the Book This summer Lambeth Palace Li- of Common Prayer from 1549, brary will mount an exhibition in prayers revised in the handwriting celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Charles I, Archbishop Laud‘s and the 350th anniversary of the Communion Cup, the prayer book Book of Common Prayer entitled used at the wedding of Queen Vic- Royal Devotion: Monarchy and the toria and a manuscript copy of the Book of Common Prayer. Curated Coronation Service of William III by Brian Cummings, Professor of and Mary II. English at the University of Sussex For more information or to book and Hugh Cahill, Deputy Librarian, tickets visit: Lambeth Palace Library, the exhibi- www.lambethpalacelibrary.org, or tion will give a unique insight into tel. 0844 847 1698. the relationship between royalty and See illustration on back cover. religion, from medieval times up until the present day. PARIS, For three hundred years, from the BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to DE FRANCE (SITE FRANÇOIS- the accession of Elizabeth II in MITTERRAND) 1952, the Book of Common Prayer Miniatures flamandes embodied the religious life of the 6 March–10 June 2012 nation. Kings and Queens were bap- Continuation of the exhibition held tised, married and buried to its at the Bibliothèque Royale, Brussels words. During that same period, in 2011. For information visit more people heard Morning Prayer http://www.bnf.fr/fr/evenements_et and Evening Prayer in weekly ser- _culture/anx_expositions/f.miniatur vices in the words of this book, than es_flamandes_bnf.html. listened to the soliloquies of Shake- speare. The exhibition will trace the PARIS, MUSÉE DU LOUVRE often turbulent history of the Book Les Belles Heures du duc de of Common Prayer from Cranmer‘s Berry first experiments with a liturgy in 4 April–25 June 2012 English during the reign of Henry For details see: VIII to the present day. www.louvre.fr/expositions/les- Visitors to the exhibition will be belles-heures-du-duc-de-berry. able to see a wide range of manu- ROME, MUSEI CAPITOLINI scripts, books, artefacts and archival Lux in Arcana: L’Archivio Segre- items, many with royal provenances to Vaticano si rivela or associations. At the centre of the Marking the quatercentenary of the exhibition is the 1662 edition of the foundation of the Vatican Secret Book of Common Prayer but also Archives, this exhibition provides on show will be pre-Reformation an opportunity to see a selection of

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100 documents from the vast Vati- ecutive of Literature Wales (Peter can Secret Archives. For further in- Finch Papers). formation see: Further papers of novelist and www.luxinarcana.org/en/la-mostra/. playwright James Hanley (1901- 85), including an annotated script of NEW ARRIVALS ‗The Queen of Ireland‘, recorded Librarians, archivists and users are for the BBC Third Programme in invited to inform the Editor of any 1960 (NLW ex 2771). notable new accessions to institu- EDINBURGH, NATIONAL tional collections. LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND ABERYSTWYTH, NATIONAL Significant accessions for the period LIBRARY OF WALES September 2011–March 2012, se- Submitted by Maredudd ap Huw, lected by Kenneth Dunn. Manuscripts Librarian. Manuscript, c. 1816, of Armata: a Pedigree and achievement, 1630, of fragment by Thomas Erskine (NLS Lewis Powell of Lamphey, Pem- Acc.13325). brokeshire, with 120 coats of arms, Archives, 1839-2010, of St Colm‘s all emblazoned and painted (NLW Missionary College, Edinburgh MS 24018G). (NLS Acc.13301). A journal of a tour of North Wales, Letter, 1844, of David Livingstone undertaken in July 1791 by an un- to John and Catherine McRobert named gentleman (NLW MS (NLS Acc.13274). Bought with the 24019B), and a similar journal of a support of the John R Murray Cha- tour in Wales and Ireland, July- ritable Trust. August 1812, undertaken by Wil- Letters and papers of, to, and con- liam Nethercoat (NLW MS 24023). cerning David Roberts, 1847-64 & The pocket diary, 1798, of promi- n.d., including what is believed to nent Methodist preacher the Revd. be Roberts‘s last letter (NLS David Jones (1736-1810) of Llan- Acc.13281). gan, Glamorgan, containing details Archives, 1865-1975, of the Wal- of preaching engagements and tours densian Missions Aid Society (NLS (NLW MS 24020A). Acc.13298). An autograph manuscript study of 15 drawings, 1941-2, by Jacques ‗St Cuby of Duloe‘, written in 1900 Laudy, evidently intended as illu- by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834- strations for an edition of Kid- 1924) (Bonham‘s, 22 November napped, with cognate material (NLS 2011, lot 7) (NLW MS 24021). Acc.13291). Papers of Gwyneth Lewis (1959- ), Literary papers and correspondence, Wales‘s first National Poet (2005- 1950s-2011, of Alasdair Gray (NLS 2006), and author of the frontage Acc.13289). inscription on Cardiff‘s Wales Mil- Papers, c. 1960-2002, of Arnold lennium Centre (Gwyneth Lewis Kemp (1939-2002) with papers and Papers). correspondence, ca. 1851-1995, re- Papers of poet, author and critic Pe- lating to Robert Kemp and the ter Finch (1947- ), former Chief Ex- Kemp family (NLS Acc.13323).

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Maquette, ca. 1965, of the unpub- BOOK REVIEWS lished book Canal Funnel by Ian Rowan Watson, Western Illumi- Hamilton Finlay (NLS Acc.13276). nated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of Letters, 1982-7, of W. S. Graham Works in the National Art Library and his wife to Sylvia Thompson, from the Eleventh to the Early with photographs and art-work Twentieth Century, with a Com- (NLS Acc.13264). plete Account of the George Reid Electronic archive, digital images, Collection (London: V&A Publish- sound and video recordings, 2008- ing, 2011). ISBN 9781851776498 10, of the ‗Gude Cause‘ project, (hbk, 3 vols in slipcase). £250. with related records and ephemera (NLS Acc.13293). Review by Peter Kidd, freelance re- Further literary papers and corres- searcher. pondence, 2008-11, of Doug John- Until now, anyone wanting a pub- stone (NLS Acc.13300). lished list of the medieval manu- scripts owned by the V&A has had LONDON, BRITISH LIBRARY to make do with a handlist which Submitted by Michael St. John describes about 130 codices in 16 McAlister. pages, typically devoting 3–5 lines Supplementary Donald Michie pa- to a volume. (N. R. Ker, Medieval pers, 1962-99 (Add. MS 88975). Manuscripts in British Libraries, I, Description of Mexico City, 18th 1969, pp. 378-93). For more than 40 cent. (Add. MS 88976). years this has served to remind Papers relating to Natalie readers of how welcome it would be d‘Arbeloff‘s interview of Bob Cob- to have a full catalogue published; it bing, 1986-7 (Add. MS 88977). has been worth the wait, because it Ann Skea papers re Ted Hughes and seems unlikely that such a sump- Sylvia Plath, 1975-2004 (Add. MS tuously illustrated book could have 88978). been envisaged even a decade ago. Paul Neumann Collection re Her- mann Hesse, 19th-20th cent. (Add. First, some statistics. The 287 items MS 88979). are described in three hefty folio Sir John Narbrough‘s journal, 1666- volumes, totalling over 1,300 pages 1671 (Add. MS 88980). and with approximately 1,200 co- Commonplace book of Mark Lem- lour images – which provides an on, 1825 (Add. MS 88981). average of more than four pages and Keith Waterhouse archive, 20th four images per manuscript – cent. (Add. MS 88982). weighing almost 10kg. In the sump- Michael White, ‗Oh! Calcutta!‘ pa- tuousness of its production it ex- pers, 1967-95 (Add. MS 88983). ceeds even the recent catalogues of Poetry Book Society archive, 20th illuminated manuscripts in Cam- cent. (Add. MS 889840); bridge, and goes much further than N. F. Simpson archive, 20th cent. them in its analytical detail, espe- (Add. MS 88985). cially of texts. Perhaps the three Orchard Theatre papers, 1964-72 features that will strike the reader (Add. MS 88986). are its lavish use of colour images throughout, its inclusion of post-

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 medieval illumination with mediev- from its title somewhat, usually al, and some unfamiliar features of striving to be inclusive rather than its cataloguing format. exclusive, and thus incorporating, The usefulness of a catalogue of for example, the famous Leonardo manuscripts can be considered un- notebooks, which have diagrams der three very broad headings: and sketch drawings but not colour scope, intellectual content, and re- or ‗illumination‘ as such. A couple productions. The last of these can of items which belong on account of be dealt with quickly: the reproduc- their bindings to the V&A‘s Metal- tions are exemplary in their quantity work Department are also included, and quality, and most items have at but other non-Library items such as least one image at life-size. The the ivory devotional booklet with an stated scope of any catalogue is im- illuminated Passion cycle (Inv. no. portant because users need to be es- 11-1872) and the Oignies Altar pecially clear about what is not in- Cross (Inv. no. 244-1874) which cluded. The V&A‘s huge collection incorporates 13th-century minia- of single leaves and cuttings which tures and text on parchment, are not, belongs to its Prints & Drawings doubtless because a line has been Department, for example, is very drawn between codices and non- understandably excluded. The book illuminated objects. present volumes are apparently The three volumes are arranged as comprehensive for the Library‘s follows: vol. I covers from the 11th medieval illuminated manuscripts, century to the mid-15th century and but beyond this medieval core the manuscripts of the second half of boundaries are a little blurred: the the 15th century from France and scope is both broader and narrower the southern Low Countries; vol. II than the title implies. On one hand it contains the remaining 15th and is broader because ‗the catalogue 16th century manuscripts; vol. III also includes manuscript materials has manuscripts from the 17th to such as writing books which, while 20th centuries, plus a few in non- not coloured, show how lettering Latin scripts, a section on bindings, and calligraphic ornament were and the indexes. In each volume the taught between the sixteenth and chronological span is divided, and eighteenth centuries ...‘. On the oth- in vols. II and III the material is fur- er hand, the introduction states that ther subdivided by place of origin, ‗while the National Art Library is so that in vol. II, for example, Ital- rich in works by this school [the ian manuscripts of c.1450-1500 are Arts and Crafts Movement], this ca- nos. 95-125, and those of the 16th talogue does not include manu- century are nos. 156-177. scripts that they produced‘. And yet Collections of illuminated manu- we find included a book of verse scripts are curated differently de- written and illuminated by William pending on whether they belong to Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, and art museums or libraries. Manu- others, as well a number of Victo- scripts in museums were usually rian illuminated documents. Clearly collected for their art (or calligra- the contents of the catalogue stray

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 phy) rather than for their text. The but with an asterisk preceding add- V&A is an interesting case, because ed items, a useful visual aid to un- as the Introduction explains ‗books derstanding the make-up of the were bought as examples of bind- book. Decoration is described hie- ings, ornament and illustration, or rarchically, under sub-sections such as products of innovative technolo- as ‗Half-page miniatures‘ and ‗In- gy … as examples of design and itials and borders‘, with iconograph- manufacture … the new museum ic subjects in bold type – another was an educational enterprise aimed helpful visual aid. Following ‗Deco- at the ‗artisan‘ classes, that is to say ration‘ comes ‗Notes‘, a place for those involved in industry …‘. It discussion, deduction and specula- was clearly felt that collecting of tion that would not sit comfortably books for the sake of their texts and in the more ‗factual‘ sections. In- for the use of academics could be stead of ‗Bibliography‘, the final left to the British Museum, and section is headed ‗Published refer- there was a policy to avoid duplica- ences‘, making clear that this is not tion. The V&A differs in many a place for miscellaneous works re- ways from a typical ‗fine art‘ mu- ferred-to in the forgoing description seum, and the catalogue therefore (as is unhelpfully found in some ca- consciously presents the manu- talogues) but a place for works that scripts as part of a collection of de- specifically reference the present corative and applied arts, emphasis- item. ing evidence of manufacture and A review that suggests no imperfec- use. tions risks sounding undiscerning, The catalogue entries broadly fol- so without wishing to suggest any low the format now common in major drawbacks of the catalogue, I English-speaking countries, with a will make a few small points that summary heading followed by ma- other cataloguers may wish to con- jor sections for physical description, sider. The design, layout, and typo- text, decoration, and bibliography. graphy are generally very clear and But the format varies from the norm elegant, but the use of italics and in interesting ways. The binding of quote-marks is inconsistent, unless each codex, for example, is de- there is a pattern that I have failed scribed separately as a series of to recognise. Aside from such small numbered paragraphs, from most details, this reviewer‘s only real recent to earliest, such that one quibble with the format of the cata- might find descriptions of (1) the logue entries is that the ‗Date, Ori- present 19th-century binding, (2) gin, Provenance‘ section seems to flyleaves or edge-decoration as evi- be under-used, with relevant infor- dence of the previous binding, and mation scattered elsewhere. Some- (3) evidence of medieval sewing. times the erasure of Thomas Beck- This is infinitely preferable to cata- et‘s name, for example, is Evidence logues in which the successive stag- of Usage, sometimes it is a feature es of a binding‘s evolution are diffi- of the Text, but rarely is it found cult or impossible to discern. Text under Provenance, where it could items are numbered sequentially, usefully indicate the book‘s pres-

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 ence in England at the Reformation. of a particular cataloguer, while Likewise, in the entry for an impor- their online equivalents will— tant yet virtually unknown 13th- resources allowing—be progres- century Bruges(?) Psalter (MS. Reid sively and collaboratively corrected, 24, catalogue no. 16), the following updated, refined, and augmented facts are recorded: the original text with ever greater numbers of im- includes at least one prayer written ages. In the future hardcopy cata- for a female supplicant (Text) and a logues may come to be seen as an full-page miniature depicts a central outdated irrelevance or, more likely St Clare flanked by Francis and I think, as a tangible fixed-point for Dominic (Decoration), which taken which we are grateful among a mass together strongly suggests that the of ever-changing data. original owner was also a Bruges Philip Beale, Adrian Almond & Beguine (Notes); a prayer added in Mike Scott Archer, The Corsini the 15th-century (Evidence of Letters, ed. Philip Beale (Chalford: Usage, and Text) is for the benefit Amberley, 2011). 224 pp., b&w and of an abbess, so the book was ‗cer- col. illus. ISBN 978-1-14456 0085 tainly owned or used by a woman 7. £40/$64.95. subject to an abbess‘ (Notes); but the very strong likelihood that the Review by Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan book was in female ownership from The Corsini Letters first came to my its manufacture until at least the notice in the mid-1980s when 15th century, doubtless in a nun- Christie‘s held four major sales of nery, is not mentioned under Prove- letters and documents from the 16th nance. Readers with an interest in and early-17th century addressed to provenance and the use of manu- members of the Corsini family of scripts therefore need to read en- London-based Italian merchants. tire—often lengthy—descriptions The catalogues listed some 3600 and pull the separate strands of evi- letters and related documents, dence together for themselves. which were unfortunately sold as A final thought. Reviews of other single or small lots, with the result recent hardcopy catalogues have that this substantial and important lamented that they are too expen- archive was scattered between myr- sive for the ordinary student to buy, iad new owners and various dealers. and would be more useful if they One of the private collectors who were online; the same might be said purchased items at the sales, the here, although presumably the de- postal historian Mike Scott Archer, scriptions and images will be made recruited my help in transcribing available online in the fullness of and translating some of these, which time. We are moving towards a sit- were in French. Having thus had uation in which today‘s hardcopy close contact, many years ago, with catalogues will become more akin a few examples from this vast ar- to museum-pieces themselves, em- chive, this comprehensive survey of bodiments of the concerns and in- the entire correspondence has natu- terests of a particular moment in rally been of particular personal in- time, and the interests and abilities

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 terest to me, but it will undoubtedly themselves, although all the items be useful to a wide audience. sold are available in photocopies at The family import and export busi- the London Guildhall Library and ness was founded in London in on microfilms at the Getty Center in 1560 by Filipo or Philip Corsini, Santa Monica. Rather than unfold- whose brother Bartholomeo later ing a single narrative or argument, left Florence to join him and be- the book comprises a series of es- came his heir when Philip died in says deriving from papers given at a 1601. He returned to Florence the conference held in 2008, in which following year and died there in all three contributors were involved. 1613, by which time the London Two introductory chapters by Philip business had come to an end. Virtu- Beale present the Corsini family in ally all the letters in the archive the wider context of the Italian were addressed to Philip or Bar- community in Elizabethan London, tholomeo. Other relatives were in- and provide an overview of the ar- volved in the business, however, chive itself and of the trade under- with the third brother, Lorenzo, and taken by the family. Beale also pro- their sister Maria, managing the vides a physical description of the Florentine end of the business. The letters with notes on script, punctua- surviving correspondence of mem- tion, dating systems and so on, as bers of the family and of their trav- well as discussing the various postal elling agents not only documents services then operating in and out of the expansion of the business London, which enabled the Corsinis throughout Europe but also provides to keep a constant eye on all aspects invaluable insights into the kind of of the business. goods bought and sold, and their Adrian Almond‘s first essay locates prices, and into the mechanics of the Corsinis‘ home and sphere of international trade. The Corsinis activity in the city through a de- were not, of course, the first Italian tailed survey of available maps of merchants to become established in contemporary London. This is fol- England, for Italians had been ac- lowed by a presentation of Al- tive in trade and finance in London mond‘s database of the 374 letters and Southampton during the later written to the Corsinis by agents Middle Ages. But when other firms from towns around the British Isles, had left for a variety of reasons – giving a clear impression of how the including difficulties caused by business was organized and how far warfare and by the power bestowed its tentacles reached. This is in turn on the English Merchant Adventur- is complemented by Mike Scott ers by royal charter – the Corsinis Archer‘s outline of continental stayed on, because of their good postal services through which in- connections and ability to supply coming mail from Italy, France, the kind of luxury goods that were Germany, the Low Countries and in demand. elsewhere would reach their London This volume of essays provides the office. first significant exploration of the Between them the chapters cover Corsini archive since the sales most major aspects of the archive,

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 opening it up to new audiences and Review by Rowan Watson, Victoria providing a strong foundation for & Albert Museum. further research. Although the con- A recent crop of Festschriften show tributors‘ own interests lie in postal them as a useful publishing genre, history the book provides plenty of honouring major scholars and al- meat for a far wider range of read- lowing reflection on, and re-visiting ers, especially those working on of, known works, as well as presen- economic history and its political tation of new interpretations and dimension, the history of London, new materials. Nigel Morgan is or the role of Italians in English typical of the dedicatees in his con- trade at this period. The Corsini tinued energy and unfailingly gen- Letters would have benefited from erous support of students at all lev- more thorough revision by a profes- els. sional editor, in order to iron out The 26 articles are organised into some of the repetitions and incon- five parts. In ‗Devotions‘, Adelaide sistencies, not to mention comments Bennett discusses a prayerbook of which are inapposite or otiose when the early 13th century (ÖNB transferred from oral delivery at a MS1904) with extracts from the conference to the written page. A Psalms rather than a Psalter and single, coherent system for refer- other prayers for its clerical user; ences and footnoting would have the noted Office of the Virgin re- been preferable to the confusing flects the gradual supplanting of the plurality used: academic readers are Psalms by the liturgical hours as the likely to find this and other aspects basis of personal devotions. Eamon of the presentation rather amateur- Duffy reflects on the portrayal of ish. Archivists and palaeographers the four Latin doctors of the church may well feel the same about the (Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory and discussion of the hands and dating, Jerome), perhaps intended to which assumes the reader is not a counter heretical denials of their po- specialist. These shortcomings are sition as complementary to the largely compensated, however by Evangelists. Margaret Manion‘s ac- the sheer volume of information count of the Office of the Holy clearly presented, easily navigated Spirit and its illustrations is centred with the help of the index, and es- on the Books of Hours made for the pecially the many tables, maps and Duc de Berry and his peers, though illustrations, not least the collection the shorter Hours of the Holy Spirit of merchant families‘ signs (not found greater favour in the mass unlike notarial marks) and repro- production of the 15th century. The duction of documents in part or in re-discovered leaves of the 12th full. century ‗Glastonbury Collectar‘ are J. Luxford & M. Michaels (eds), suggested by Richard Pfaff to have Tributes to Nigel Morgan. Con- been used for by an abbot as he texts of Medieval Art: Images, Ob- travelled. The Anglo-Norman texts jects & Ideas (London: Harvey made for Mary de Bohun (d.1394), Miller, 2010). probably when she married Henry of Bolingbroke in 1380/1381 (Co-

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 penhagen Royal Library MS Thott Lewis considers the historical value 517.4), give accounts of the Virgin, of textual mistakes in Apocalypse Margaret and Mary-Magdalen and manuscripts produced in 1250- clearly prepared her for a role as 1350, mistakes which led to errors provider and educator of an heir. An in iconography (e.g. angele [angel] earlier Bohun, Elizabeth, daughter for aignel [lamb]); these perhaps of Edward I and wife of Humphrey satisfied a desire for direct com- de Bohun from 1302, inherited the munion with God rather than avoid- celebrated Psalter made for Al- ing retribution. Rare details of con- fonso, son and heir of Edward I un- servation problems emerge in Karl- til his death in 1284 (BL, Add. MS Georg Pfändtner‘s account of three 24686); Pamela Tudor-Craig relates beautifully illuminated school the wonderfully realistic depictions books made for the future Emperor of birds to Franciscan sympathies Maximilian in the late 1460s gath- with nature and St Francis‘s Preach- ered together by the emperor in ing to the Birds. 1500. Jenny Stratford documents Among the seven contributions of the activities of the famous biblio- part II, ‗Manuscripts‘, are J.J.G. phile Richard de Bury, who in 1328 Alexander‘s account of manuscripts received 14 books from the Privy in the Lilly Library, Bloomington, Wardrobe, as appears in the ac- Indiana, in particular cuttings from counts of John de Flete (BL, Add. Italian manuscripts acquired in MS 60584); she publishes as well 1961. George Henderson revisits an account (Staffs Record Office, the series of Old Testament illustra- D641/1/3/2) of the distribution of tions (in Cambridge, St John‘s Col- the books of Thomas of Woodcock, lege MS K 26), noting the illumina- Duke of Gloucester, seized in 1397 tor‘s awareness of ‗new-minted ma- by a vindictive Richard II. terial from France‘ and his ability to In the third part, ‗Objects‘, Marian ‗combine the narrative pithiness of Campbell identifies John, 1st Lord W. de Brailes with monumentality Wenlock (c. 1400-1471) as the most of form‘. Rodney Thomson simi- likely owner of the magnificent jug larly re-visits the 12th-century mas- acquired by the Luton museum in terpiece, the Bury Bible (Cam- 2006; comparison with similar jugs bridge, Corpus Christi College MS in the V&A and British Museum 2). Particularly suggestive for late suggest they may have been a set. medieval devotions is the account Both the monumental brass for Phil- by C.M. Kauffmann of the 15th- ippe de Mézières (c. 1327-1405) century additions to the Psalter writ- now in Antwerp and the fragmen- ten by Alheide in the 12th century tary brass now in Frenze Church, (BL, Add. MS 11847) in Thuringia, Norfolk, have complicated icono- a roughly illuminated manuscript graphies which are examined by not untypical of convent production; Lynda Dennison and Nicholas the additions specify the occasions Rogers. Julian Luxford considers on which any Psalm could be use- the epitaph made for the tomb of fully recited – the texts are pub- Edmund Crouchback (d.1296), ‗the lished as an appendix. Suzanne grandest European tomb of its date‘,

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 which survives in a transcription popular audience. The images of probably of c. 1450-1485 (Eton royal kings in the stained glass win- College MS 213). dows of Canterbury Cathedral, In the fourth part, ‗Paintings‘, links compared by Michael to standing to Norfolk appear both in paintings figures in the Wilton Diptych, were of c.1300 in Norwich Cathedral, intended for public consumption. discussed by Paul Binski, and the Joan Lloyd discusses the magnifi- early 15th century English Calvary cent stained glass of St Patrick‘s painting given by the Berger family Cathedral in Melbourne, completed to the Art Museum in Denver, Colo- in 1897, a work in the tradition of rado, the subject of Heslop‘s contri- A.W.N. Pugin, promoted, we infer, bution – the latter has interesting by Australians of Irish origin. detail on the iconography of the This is an absorbing volume, kalei- thieves crucified next to Christ. doscopic in nature. Some readers David King‘s examination of the will find the description of manu- Thornham Parva retable allows the scripts in continuous prose rather heraldry to be confirmed as that of less congenial than presentation in the Warenne family. Unn Plahter traditional tabulated form. The ex- provides a wonderful account of the tended title of each contribution and use of oil in painting before Jan Van the index of works cited will per- Eyck, based on Norwegian exam- haps mollify the reader who discov- ples, to belie yet again Vasari‘s ers that there is no general index. story that Jan invented the tech- nique. SOME RECENT In the final part, ‗Meanings‘, Peter Klein concludes that the eight fables PUBLICATIONS Bibliographical details are as given in the borders of the Bayeux Tapes- by contributors, press releases or try represent ‗a kind of rustic and websites and the amount of infor- vulgar anti-type to the chivalrous, mation is variable. heroic world of the main narrative‘, rather than a commentary on the Arte a Bologna. Bollettino dei 1066 story. Richard Marks‘s ac- Musei Civici d’Arte Antica, 7-8). count of the cult of St Wilgefortis Articles of manuscripts interest (or Uncumber) begins with John include: Massimo Medica, ‗Un Colet‘s devotion to the saint, a prin- nome per il ―Maestro delle Iniziali cess whose wish to grow a mous- di Bruxelles‖: Giovanni di Fra‘ tache and beard to ward off suitors Silvestro‘; Stefania Roncroffi, was granted; the rather disturbing ‗Ricostruzione di un ciclo di iconography perhaps contributed to antifonari dispersi‘; Lorenza her ‗[erasure] from the spiritual to- Novello, ‗Miniatura a Bologna nel pography of England at the Refor- Duecento: il Decretum Gatiani della mation‘. For Michael Michael, Bertoliana di Vicenza‘; Gabrizio ‗transnational‘ is to be preferred to Lollini, ‗Codici miniati ‗International Gothic‘ when consid- dell‘Archiginnasio di Bologna: ering the Wilton Diptych, the latter Quattro casi‘; Tommaso Castaldi, term suggesting an elite rather than ‗Origine e diffusione del motivo

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 iconografico della Madonna della (SHNH, 2011). ISBN 978-0- Misericordia nella miniature 901843-09-8. £15. Order via Bolognese fra Tre e Quattrocento‘. www.shnh.org.uk. Contains many Byzantinische Tinten-, Tuschen-und items relating to manuscript and Farbrezepte, Peter Schreiner & archive collections. The Society‘s Doris Oltrogge (Wien, Verlag der journal, Archives of natural history Österreichischen Akademie der appears twice-yearly. Wissenschaften, 2011), 168 pp. Illuminating the ‘Roman ISBN 978-3-7001-6903-1 (printed); d’Alexandre’: Oxford, Bodleian ISBN 978-3-7001-7229-1 (online). Library, MS Bodley 264, Mark €52. See http://verlag.oeaw.ac.at. Cruse (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, Le Ci nous dit. L’image médiévale 2011). 224pp. ISBN 978 1 84384 et la culture des laïcs au XIVe 280 4. £60. siècle: les enluminures du manus- Index to Harlaxton Medieval crit Condé de Chantilly, Christian Studies (Donington: Shaun Tyas, Heck (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012), 2011). 841 pp. £35. Marking 25 358pp., col. illus. ISBN 978-2-503- years of the Harlaxton Medieval 54220-1. € 125. Symposium Die deutschen Handschriften der (http://www.harlaxton.org.uk/index. Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek htm), this volume (841 pp.) pro- München: Die neuzeitlichen vides a comprehensive index to all Handschriften aus Cgm 5501-5800, published volumes of Proceedings Dieter Kudorfer (Catalogus of the annual meetings. Available codicum manuscriptorum from: Shaun Tyas Publishing, 1 Bibliothecae Monacensis, t. VI, High Street, Donington, editio altera, pars XI; Wiesbaden: Lincolnshire, PE11 4TA, e-mail: Harrassowitz, 2011), 393pp. ISBN [email protected] 978-3-447-06618-1. €118. .co.uk. Dictionnaire encyclopédique du An Index of Images in English & livre, N-Z, ed. Pascal Fouché, Welsh Manuscripts: Welsh Manu- Daniel Péchoin, Philippe Schuwer scripts & English Manuscripts in et al. (Éditions du Cercle de la Wales, Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan Librairie, 2012), 1088pp. ISBN 978 (6th fascicle in the series, general 2 7654 0987 8. €195. Available ed., Kathleen L. Scott. London: from www.electrelaboutique.com. Harvey Miller & Turnhout: Brepols, 2011). 128 pp., b/w illus. ISBN French books of Hours. Making an 978-1-905375-81-3. €65. archive of prayer, c.1400-1600, Virginia Reinburg (Cambridge Uni- ‗Intorno a un Libro d‘Ore di An- versity Press, 2012). 312 pp. b/w toine de Lonhy giovane‘, Giovanna Saroni, in Palazzo Madama. Studi e illus. ISBN 9781107007215. £60. notizie (2010), 10-23. (See History & Mystery: Notes & www.palazzomadamatorino.it/news Queries from Newsletters of the .php?id_news=167). Society for the History of Natural History, ed. Charles Nelson

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Katalog der lateinischen Hand- stances of a book‘s production. Fur- schriften der Bayerischen Staatsbib- ther details at www.ashgate.com. liothek München. Die Pergamen- La parola illuminata. Per una storia thandschriften aus dem Domkapitel della miniatura a Verona e a Vicen- Freising, Band 2, Clm 6317*-6437, za tra Medioevo e Età Romantica, Günter Glauche (Catalogus codi- ed. Gino Castiglioni (Verona: Fon- cum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae dazione Cariverona, 2011). Monacensis, Tomus III, Series Nova, pars 2.2; Wiesbaden: Harras- ‗Le pergamene miniate di Casa sowitz, 2011), 365pp. ISBN 978-3- Carducci. Esempi di miniatura tra 447-06619-8. €98. otto e novecento‘, Daniele Guernel- li, Il Carrobbio, 37 (2011). ISBN ‘Un manuscrito desconocido 9788855531306. perteneciente a la Biblioteca Pontificia de Pedro Martínez de The Practice of the Bible in the Luna (Benedicto XIII),‘ Josefina Middle Ages: Production, Planas, Boletín del Museo e Reception, and Performance in Instituto Camón Aznar, no. 108 Western Christianity, ed. Susan J. (2011), 285–330. Discussion of the Boynton & Diane J. Reilly (New chronicle of Bernard Gui, Milan , York: Columbia University Press, Bibl. Ambrosiana, ms. A 267 inf., 2011). 376pp. Pbk, $29.50/ £20.50. identified in the inventories of the ISBN 978-0-231-14827-6 Hbk, pontifical library at Avignon and $89.50/£62. (See Peñiscola. http://cup.columbia.edu). The Matter of the Page. Essays in Readers and Reading Culture in the search of ancient & medieval au- High Roman Empire, William A. thors, Shane Butler (University of Johnson (Oxford: OUP, 2011). 250 Wisconsin Press, 2011) 168 pp. pp. ISBN 978 0 19 517640 7. £40. ISBN 978 0 229 24824 6. $29.95. ‗Ritagli di memoria: cuttings, col- ‗Un nouveau témoignage de lages e miniatura in Italia tra XIX e l‘activité toulousaine d‘Antoine de XX secolo‘, Daniele Guernelli, Lohny,‘ F. Avril, in G. Agostini et Opus Incertum, anno IV-V (2009- al., Per Giovanni Romano. Scritti di 2010), nos 6-7, Costruzioni e ricon- amici (Savigliano: L‘Artistica struzioni dell’identità italiana. ISBN Editrice, 2009), pp. 10-11. ISBN 978-88-596-1001-4. 9788873202189. Royal Manuscripts. The genius of Pages from the Past. Medieval illumination, Scot McKendrick, Writing Skills and Manuscript John Lowden & Kathleen Doyle Books, M.B. Parkes, edited by P.R. (London: British Library, 2011). Robinson and Rivkah Zim 448 pp., col. illus. ISBN 978 0 7123 (Ashgate, 2012). ISBN 978-1-4094- 5815 6 (pbk). £25; hbk £40. Cata- 3806-9. £80. logue of the 2011 exhibition. A collection of articles by Malcolm See related reports on pp. 8, 10. Parkes, discussing the practice of The Special Collections Handbook, individual scribes, and the evidence Alison Cullingford (London: Facet script can provide of the circum- 28

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Publishing, 2011). 210 pp. ISBN Digital: Imaging of Ancient Texts‘; 978-1-85604-757-9. £54.95. Silke Schöttle, Ulrike Mehringer: (To be reviewed in a forthcoming ‗Handschriften, Nachlässe, Inkuna- Newsletter). beln & Co.: Die Erschließung der The Vestry Records of the Parishes deutschen Handschriften und die of St Bride, St Michael Le Pole and Bereitstellung von Sonderbeständen St Stephen, Dublin, 1662-1742, ed. in Online-Katalogen an der Univer- W.J.R. Wallace (Dublin: Four sitätsbibliothek Tübingen mit Courts Press, 2011). 352 pp. ISBN TUSTEP‘; Marilena Maniaci, Paolo 978-1-84682-285-8. €45. (5th volume Eleuteri, ‗Das MaGI-Projekt: Elek- in the RCB Library ‗Texts and Cal- tronische Katalogisierung der endars‘ series). griechischen Handschriften Italiens‘; Ezio Ornato, ‗La numéri- Western Illuminated Manuscripts. A sation du patrimoine livresque Catalogue of works in the National médiéval: avancée décisive ou mi- Art Library from the 11th to the roir aux alouettes?‘; Toby Burrows, early 20th century, Rowan Watson ‗Applying Semantic Web Tech- (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). 3 nologies to Medieval Manuscript vols in slipcase, 1316 pp., 1200 col. Research‘; Robert Kummer, ‗Se- tr. ISBN 978-1851776498. £250. Re- mantic Technologies for Manuscript viewed on p. 19. Descriptions? Concepts and Vi- Electronic Publications sions‘; Lior Wolf, Nachum Der- showitz, Liza Potikha, Tanya Ger- Codicology and Palaeography in man, Roni Shweka, Yaacov the Digital Age, vol. 2, ed. Franz Choueka, ‗Automatic Palaeographic Fischer, Christiane Fritze & Georg Exploration of Genizah Manu- Vogeler (Norderstedt: Books on scripts‘; Daniel Deckers, Leif Demand, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8423- Glaser, ‗Zum Einsatz von Synchro- 5032-8. Also available online, on tronstrahlung bei der Wiedergewin- IDE website (http://www.i-d-e.de/). nung gelöschter Texte in Palimp- Includes: Franz Fischer, Patrick sesten mittels Röntgenfluoreszenz‘; Sahle, ‗ Into the Wide? Into the Timothy Stinson, ‗Counting Sheep: Deep: Manuscript Research in the Potential Applications of DNA Digital Age‘; Pádraig Ó Macháin, Analysis to the Study of Medieval ‗Irish Script on Screen: the Growth Parchment Production‘; Peter and Development of a Manuscript Meinlschmidt, Carmen Kämmerer, Digitisation Project‘; Armand Tif, Volker Märgner, ‗Thermographie ? ‗Kunsthistorische Online- ein neuartiges Verfahren zur exak- Kurzinventare illuminierter Codices ten Abnahme, Identifizierung und in österreichischen Klosterbiblio- digitalen Archivierung von Wasser- theken‘; Alison Stones, Ken zeichen in mittelalterlichen und Sochats, ‗Towards a Comparative frühneuzeitlichen Papierhand- Approach to Manuscript Study on schriften, -zeichnungen und – the Web: the Case of the Lancelot- drucken‘; Peter A. Stokes, ‗Teach- Grail Romance‘; Melissa M. Terras, ing Manuscripts in the Digital Age‘; ‗Artefacts and Errors: Acknowledg- Dominique Stutzmann, ‗Paléogra- ing Issues of Representation in the 29

AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 phie statistique pour décrire, iden- nuscript, copied c.1390-1400, con- tifier, dater ... Normaliser pour tains over 370 Middle English texts, coopérer et aller plus loin?‘; including Piers Plowman, the An- Stephen Quirke, ‗Agendas for Digi- crene Riwle, the South English Le- tal Palaeography in an Archaeologi- gendary, the Prick of Conscience, cal Context: Egypt 1800 BC‘; Mar- and the Miracles of the Virgin. The kus Diem, Robert Sablatnig, whole manuscript in DVD format, Melanie Gau, Heinz Miklas, ‗Rec- comprising a full facsimile and a ognizing Degraded Handwritten complete transcription of the text Characters‘; Julia M. Craig- with hyperlinks allowing for McFeely, ‗Finding What You Need, searches across the entire text. and Knowing What You Can Find: Medieval colours: between beauty Digital Tools for Palaeographers in and meaning. An interdisciplinary Musicology and Beyond‘; Isabelle conference on the study of colour in Schürch, Martin Rüesch, ‗Ad medieval manuscripts. fontes? mit E-Learning zu ersten http://revistadehistoriadaarte.wordpr Editions-erfahrungen‘; Carole Dor- ess.com/ nier, Pierre-Yves Buard, ‗L‘édition Special number of the Portuguese électronique de cahiers de travail: journal Revista de História da Arte, l‘exemple de Mes Pensées de Mon- available on-line, free of charge. tesquieu‘; Samantha Saïdi, Jean- Based on the 2009 conference of the François Bert, Philippe Artières, Department of Conservation and ‗Archives d‘un lecteur philosophe. Restoration and the Institute of Art Le traitement numérique des notes History and Institute for Medieval de lecture de Michel Foucault‘; Studies of the Universidade Nova Elena Pierazzo, Peter A. Stokes, de Lisboa, it includes conference ‗Putting the Text back into Context: papers, reports and short notices. A Codicological Approach to Ma- nuscript Transcription‘. Monatsbericht der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel Facsimile Edition of Terence’s The Newsletter provides regular in- Comedies, ed. Bernard J. Muir & formation on the HAB‘s activities, Andrew J. Turner (Bodleian Digital including details of new accessions. Texts 2, 2011). ISBN 978 1 85124 To register for the mailing list or 328 0. £199+VAT, $395. view past issues, visit This edition of six Latin comedies http://www.hab.de/wir/newsletter/in of Terence, written in the early 2nd dex.htm. century BC, is based on the mid- 12th-century illustrated copy, Scrineum Rivista 8 (2011). Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. F. 2. (http://scrineum.unipv.it/rivista/r 13. ivista-8.html). ISSN 1128-5656. A Facsimile Edition of the Vernon Includes: Attilio Stella, ‗Per una Manuscript. A Literary Hoard from integrazione del Codice diplo- Medieval England, ed. Wendy matico padovano. Documenti Scase (Bodleian Digital Texts 3, dal Fondo Veneto i 2012). ISBN 978 1 85124 333 4. dell‘Archivio Segreto Vaticano £199+VAT, $395. The Vernon Ma- (1166-1183)‘; Gemma Guerrini

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Ferri, ‗Il Liber monialium ed il University of London. Now, in col- Libro de l‘antiquità di suor Or- laboration with Senate House Li- sola Formicini. Le Clarisse e la brary, the Schoenberg Center for storia del venerabile monastero Electronic Text and Image, has romano dei Santi Cosma e Da- made this archive available online miano in Mica Aurea detto di in downloadable pdf files. The cards San Cosimato in Trastevere (Bi- are arranged by individual Collec- blioteca Nazionale Centrale, tors (listed by last name) and Re- Roma, mss. Varia 5 e Varia 6)‘; positories (by town, institution, or Laura Albiero, ‗Le trappole del- college). Also included are De la codifica. Osservazioni intorno Ricci‘s miscellaneous notes and ai sistemi di descrizione dei tipi notes on dated sales. di rigatura‘; Maria Cristina Piva Late Medieval English Scribes & Timothy Salemme, ‗Le carte www.medievalscribes.com. del monastero di S. Maria di Launched in the autumn by Linne Chiaravalle milanese. Addi- Mooney, Estelle Stubbs, and Simon tiones documentarie (secolo Horobin, the website is an online XII)‘; Daniel Gozalbo Gimeno, catalogue of all scribal hands (iden- ‗Armando Petrucci en España. tified or unidentified) which appear A propósito de un nuevo ―libro in the manuscripts of the English misceláneo‖‘. writings of five major Middle Eng- WEBSITES & ONLINE lish authors: Geoffrey Chaucer, RESOURCES John Gower, John Trevisa, William De Ricci Archive online Langland and Thomas Hoccleve. It http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/dericci includes 524 scribal profiles, over /index.html 400 manuscript descriptions and The Seymour de Ricci Bibliotheca some 17000 images of letter forms. Britannica Manuscripta Digitized Suggestions for corrections to the Archive is a searchable database website may be sent to containing the digitised notes of the [email protected] or historian and bibliographer Sey- [email protected] with the mour de Ricci (1881-1942) made email heading ‗Scribes‘. for the compilation of his unfin- INITIALE ished Bibliotheca Britannica Manu- http://initiale.irht.cnrs.fr/ scripta. This project was intended Since 2002, the Enluminures and as a companion work to his Census Liber Floridus websites have been of Medieval and Renaissance publishing excerpts drawn from the Manuscripts in the United States Initiale database. This catalogue of and Canada, published between illuminated manuscripts, compiled 1935 and 1940. De Ricci‘s notes, under the supervision of the Section compiled on over 60,000 index des manuscrits enluminés at the cards and originally bequeathed to IRHT (Institut de Recherche et the Institute for Historical Research d‘Histoire des Textes) is now fully in London, are currently housed in accessible online. It provides some the Senate House Library at the 10,000 searchable manuscript de-

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 scriptions and 90,000 examples of Frowin (1143-1178); 24 further ma- illumination. It includes a census of nuscripts, mainly from the 8th and the illuminated manuscripts in the 9th centuries, from the Stiftsbiblio- libraries that have been catalogued thek St. Gallen; manuscripts from (mostly French municipal or univer- the collection of the Convento della sity libraries); a link to Medium, the Madonna dell Sasso, Orselina, Tici- database listing all available photo- no, namely four liturgical manu- graphic reproductions at the IRHT scripts (one gradual and three an- (microfilms, digital images, tiphonals). Links are available from CDRoms, etc.); a bibliography for descriptions to photographs of some each manuscript described; and the miniatures that were cut and stolen bibliographical pages include, refer- from the manuscripts during the last ences to numerous manuscripts out- century. The web application has side the scope of Initiale. new features, including an overview Two French Medieval Sites page with various details about each www.hagio-historiographie- manuscript. medievale.org MIRABILE: Digital Archives of A regularly updated French schol- Medieval Culture arly blog devoted to medieval relig- www.mirabileweb.it. ion and culture, featuring links to A new, expanded version of this relevant institutions, projects, data- subscription-only website is now bases and resources. available, in Italian and English, http://www.menestrel.fr/ containing details of some 95,000 Website of a network of medieval manuscripts from the 6th to the 16th scholars, which includes informa- centuries, 17,200 authors, and tion on manuscripts and archival 300,000 bibliographic records. The resources, with links to groups and MIRABILE portal provides access institutions; sections on digitisation to the extensive database and jour- and on typography, surveying soft- nals produced by SISMEL (Società ware for reproducing graphs found Internazionale per lo Studio del in manuscripts and documents. Medioevo Latino), and the FEF Biblioteca Medicea (Fondazione Ezio Franceschini ONLUS) as well as databases of Laurenziana other organisations and research in- New catalogues of Syriac stitutes. MIRABILE covers me- manuscripts are now online, and dieval Latin and vernacular culture further catalogues will soon follow. and includes hagiographic texts and Visit http://opac.bmlonline.it/ then manuscripts. enter the MS shelfmark to access the catalogue description. Monastic Manuscript Project http://albrechtdiem.org/ e-Codices A database of descriptions of manu- (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/) scripts that contain texts relevant for Recent additions to the site include the study of early medieval monas- MSS from the Stiftsbibliothek En- ticism. It provides lists of manu- gelberg; 40 ‗Codices Frowiniani‘, scripts for each text, linked to produced during the tenure of abbot

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 manuscript descriptions. The data- mate control system, and will re- base supports current edition pro- main unavailable until August 1, jects and draws attention to under- 2012. During this time, it will still studied texts and the transmission of be possible to consult modern fragments, excerpts and florilegia. It manuscripts and portions of the vis- is designed to facilitate the work of ual materials collection by advance students and scholars who are inter- appointment only. For further de- ested in the history and reception of tails and updates, visit texts and who want to work with http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ manuscripts rather than rely on special/index.html or e-mail spe- modern editions. [email protected]. Most pages provide links to a num- Bodleian Library, Oxford ber of web resources, such as manu- A reminder that special arrange- script catalogues, online texts and ments are in place for readers of translations, digitised manuscripts Special Collections during refur- and repertories. Manuscript descrip- bishment of the New Bodleian Li- tions are usually based on published brary. A large proportion of Special manuscript catalogues and secon- Collections material has been relo- dary literature. It is hoped in due cated for conservation reasons and course to replace incomplete and is available for consultation during inaccurate descriptions with new this period in a temporary Special ones based on hands-on studies of Collections Reading Room (SCRR) the manuscripts themselves. at the Radcliffe Science Library The Monastic Manuscript Project is (RSL) in Parks Road, where a Spe- conceptualized as a ‗Wiki‘ project. cial Collections team and relevant Those working on monastic manu- resources have been relocated. scripts are invited to contribute new Many of the collections which have manuscript descriptions, to fill in hitherto been consulted in Duke gaps and to submit additions and Humfrey‘s Library will be con- corrections to existing pages. Even- sulted in the SCRR at RSL during tually the project will become a fo- this period. Duke Humfrey‘s Li- rum for collaborative work and the brary will continue to provide ac- presentation of new research. The cess to manuscripts and rare books database can be searched for au- not transferred to the new location. thors, texts, manuscripts, incipits, Prospective readers, especially genres, and provenances. those travelling to Oxford, should http://albrechtdiem.org/. consult the list of affected collec- tions before their visit. Advanced MSS & ARCHIVES NEWS booking is also recommended, by e- Harvard Law School Library mail to: enquiries.sc@bodleian. Historical & Special Collections ox.ac.uk or by telephone at 01865 The collections, including all early 277046. manuscripts and printed books have British Library’s New Online moved into secure storage offsite Archives and MSS Catalogue during construction of a new cli-

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Announcement by Bill Stockting, have about the new service will also Cataloguing and Processing Man- be gratefully received. ager at the British Library The Radley College Antiphonal Readers of this newsletter will be The Antiphonal belonging to Rad- interested to hear of developments ley College in Oxfordshire has been relating to the catalogues of the digitised by TownsWeb Archiving British Library‘s archive and manu- as part of the school‘s ongoing dig- script collections. Over the last 5 itisation programme. This music years a new cataloguing system has manuscript, made c.1500 in the been developed for these collections South Netherlands, contains 236 ff. and all new cataloguing has been written in black ink in a large done in the system since July 2009. Gothic script, with nine large his- Since then we have been busy mi- toriated initials and large decorative grating our main legacy catalogues initials in blue ink, with elaborate to the new system and this activity penwork decoration in red ink; the is now coming to an end. contemporary blind-stamped pig- The fruits of all this work are avail- skin binding with metal bosses was able to users online in the new ser- rebacked and repaired at the vice Search Our Catalogue Ar- Bodleian Library in the 19th cen- chives and Manuscripts which can tury. The MS contains nine settings be found at the easily remembered for the major church festivals, each http://searcharchives.bl.uk. The introduced by a historiated initial new catalogue includes information letter. The border to accompany the about the Library‘s Western manu- women at the tomb contains two script collections that was previ- heraldic shields, one with an abbot‘s ously found in the online Manu- or bishop‘s crozier, indicating the scripts Catalogue, which will be original owner. In addition, there finally switched off at the end of are many shorter liturgical pieces September 2012. Also included are each introduced by a decorated ini- the archives of the India Office and tial. The text is Latin throughout, its predecessors that were previ- with notes in Flemish at the begin- ously only partially available from ning of some sections. The music the Access to Archives (A2A) ser- has a four-line stave with minimal vice hosted by the National Ar- notation except to indicate some chives. The India Office Private Pa- longer notes. The score shows evi- pers are currently being migrated dence of having been used for ser- and should be completed by the end vices: some lines have been of June 2012, when the Library‘s changed or corrected and there are current online catalogue for this ma- occasional annotations. terial will also be switched off. Its provenance is unrecorded and Further details about the catalogue there is no indication how it came to and the collections it relates to can belong to Radley. The only indica- be found from the link quoted tion of an early date for this manu- above, where any feedback you may script‘s arrival in Radley is the de- sign of the bookplate, of which

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AMARC Newsletter no. 58 May 2012 there are no other examples and brary following reorganisation, a which incorporates an early drawing phenomenon also observed at some of St. Peter.The whole manuscript is other major libraries. In a recent let- now available to view by scholars ter to AMARC, Caroline Brazier, and researchers, and sample pages Director of Scholarship and Collec- can be seen on the school‘s website: tions at the BL explained that the http://www.radley.org.uk/Library- aim of the restructuring had been to Antiphonal.aspx. create a ‗stronger focus on provid- King Henry VIII documents ing access to [the] collections in an found at Dunham Massey increasingly digital networked envi- A letter written in 1543 by King ronment and to deliver greater bene- Henry VIII and a document written fits for researchers‘. The main struc- on behalf of Jane Seymour an- tural change within the Directorate nouncing the birth in 1537 of his has been reorganisation at its top only male heir, later Edward VI, level, primarily along discipline have been discovered at a National lines rather than according to the Trust property, Dunham Massey, format or provenance of collection near Altrincham, by a steward who items. She stated that the traditional found them among letters kept in format-based structures for areas one of Dunham‘s picture stores. such as manuscripts are still a vital (See www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk- part of the internal organisation, and england-manchester-17258508). that the number of posts specialis- ing in manuscripts has not been re- They have been authenticated by duced. staff at the John Rylands Library, The letter also stressed various ini- Manchester. Both items are ad- tiatives to improve access to the dressed to George Booth Esq., the manuscript collections through the grandfather of Sir George Booth mass digitisation of medieval manu- who built the first house on the site scripts, the development of a new in 1600. The letter from Henry VIII cataloguing system and the integra- calls on landowners to muster tion of previously separate cata- troops against the Scots. The letters, logues into a single catalogue ser- are currently on display at Dunham vice, as well as continuing collec- Massey (www.nationaltrust.org.uk). tion development and major exhibi- Elegy for a Manuscripts Depart- tions. ment? or Plus ça change ...? As far as AMARC is aware, the A number of scholars continue to service offered to users of manu- voice concern about the disappear- scripts has not deteriorated since the ance of the traditional Department internal reorganisation. of Manuscripts at the British Li-

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FIT FOR A QUEEN THE PRAYER BOOK OF ELIZABETH I

From Christian prayers and meditations… (London: John Daye, 1569), in- cluded in this summer‘s exhibition Royal Devotion: Monarchy and the Book of Common Prayer at Lambeth Palace Library (details on p. 17).

© By kind permission of the Trustees of Lambeth Palace Library.

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