SAINT LOUIS CONFERENCE ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES PROGRAMS 1974–2017 From 1974 to 2017 the Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies—which features papers on medieval and Renaissance manuscript studies, including such topics as paleography, codicology, illumination, text editing, library history, cataloguing, etc.—was organized and hosted by the Vatican Film Library at Saint Louis University. The conference continues and is now held under the auspices of the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies as part of its Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 44th Conference (2017) pp. 3–14 43rd Conference (2016) pp. 15–26 42nd Conference (2015) pp. 27–38 41st Conference (2014) pp. 39–49 40th Conference (2013) pp. 50–60 39th Conference (2012) pp. 61–72 38th Conference (2011) pp. 73–84 37th Conference (2010) pp. 85–95 36th Conference (2009) pp. 96–107 35th Conference (2008) pp. 108–111 34th Conference (2007) pp. 112–115 33rd Conference (2006) pp. 116–119 32nd Conference (2005) pp. 120–123 31st Conference (2004) pp. 124–127 30th Conference (2003) pp. 128–130 29th Conference (2002) pp. 131–133 28th Conference (2001) pp. 134–137 27th Conference (2000) pp. 138–140 26th Conference (1999) pp. 141–143 25th Conference (1998) pp. 144–147 24th Conference (1997) pp. 148–151 23rd Conference (1996) pp. 152–155 22nd Conference (1995) pp. 156–159 21st Conference (1994) pp. 160–164 20th Conference (1993) pp. 165–167 19th Conference (1992) pp. 168–170 18th Conference (1991) pp. 171–174 17th Conference (1990) pp. 175–178 16th Conference (1989) pp. 179–182 15th Conference (1988) pp. 183–186 2 14th Conference (1987) pp. 187–191 13th Conference (1986) pp. 192–195 12th Conference (1985) pp. 196–200 11th Conference (1984) pp. 201–203 10th Conference (1983) pp. 204–208 9th Conference (1982) pp. 209–213 8th Conference (1981) pp. 214–218 7th Conference (1980) pp. 219–223 6th Conference (1979) pp. 224–227 5th Conference (1978) pp. 228–232 4th Conference (1977) pp. 233–237 3rd Conference (1976) pp. 238–242 2nd Conference (1975) pp. 243–247 1st Conference (1974) pp. 248–252 3 44TH SAINT LOUIS CONFERENCE ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES VATICAN FILM LIBRARY SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY 13–14 OCTOBER 2017 PROGRAM FRIDAY, 13 October 2017 Anheuser-Busch Auditorium, John Cook School of Business Registration and Breakfast – 8:30am Session I – 9:00am Antiquity Reimagined: Medieval Commentaries on Ancient Authors Organizer: Amanda Gerber (Independent Scholar) Lancôme, Clinique, Mary Kay: The Renaissance Reception of Ovid’s Cosmetics for Ladies Frank T. Coulson (The Ohio State University) “What is it that we want to know?” The Manuscripts of Chalcidius’s Fourth-Century Latin Translation and Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus in the Vatican Library: The Influence of the Vocabulary Used, the Questions Raised, and the Answers Received Nancy van Deusen (Claremont Graduate University) Mapping Epics in the Middle Ages Amanda Gerber (Independent Scholar) Morning Break – 10:30am Session II – 11:00am Islamic Manuscripts Organizer: Rochelle Kessler (Arizona State University) Rumi: A Life in Miniatures John Renard (Saint Louis University) Iskandar’s Ponderous Peregrinations: Textual and Iconographic Variations of the Alexander Romance in Pre- and Early Modern Persianate Literature Rochelle Kessler (Arizona State University) Luncheon – 12:30pm Pius XII Memorial Library, 2nd flr. gallery 4 Session III – 2:00pm Manuscripts from Greater Asia Organizer: Rochelle Kessler (Arizona State University) A Sign to Guide Us in This World of Sorrows: The Role of Text in the Kumano Pilgrimage Sarah Gossett (Arizona State University) Reading Medicine in the Margins: Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī and his Descendants in Indian Yūnānī Medicine Deborah Schlein (Princeton University) An Elegant Gathering Contained Within a Scroll: A Gift for Wu Songliang From His Faithful Friends Xiao Sheng (Arizona State University) Afternoon Break – 3:30pm Lowrie J. Daly, S.J., Memorial Lecture on Manuscript Studies – 4:00pm Marianna Shreve Simpson (Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania) Persian Manuscripts and the Meaning of Masterpiece Sponsored in association with the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Reception – 5:30–7:00pm Samuel E. Cupples House SATURDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2017 Anheuser-Busch Auditorium, John Cook School of Business Breakfast – 8:30am Session IV – 9:00am Oriental Manuscripts Encountering European Traditions Organizer: Amanda Gerber (Independent Scholar) Manuscript Culture in the Medieval Egyptian Desert: Insights from Coptic-Arabic Bibles of the Anba Maqar Monastery David Calabro (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library) Syriac Manuscript Tradition in Early Modernity: Between Ottomans and Rome Anton Pritula (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library) Morning Break – 10:30am 5 Session V – 11:00am Manuscripts from Little-Studied Contexts Organizer: Susan L'Engle (Saint Louis University) On the Crossroads: Georgian Illuminated Charters Eteri Edisherashvili (Korneli Kekelidze National Centre of Manuscripts and the George Chubinashvili National Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation) Mostassà’s Books: Unpublished Sources in the Crown of Aragon (XIII-XV century) Pablo José Alcover (Universitat de Barcelona) Mirrors of Society: Illuminated Choir Books for Utraquist Communities in Bohemia Maria Theisen (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) Luncheon – 12:30pm Pius XII Memorial Library, 2nd flr. gallery Session VI – 2:00pm Manuscript Patronage in Medieval Bologna Organizer: Susan L'Engle (Saint Louis University) The Patronage of Legal Manuscripts between Bologna and the French Midi: Patrons from the South of France in Bologna, Manuscripts from Bologna in the South of France Maria Alessandra Bilotta (IEM - FCSH/NOVA University - Lisbon) A Cardinal for the Gratian: The Patron of the Decretum Gratiani (Vat. lat. 1366) Gianluca del Monaco (Università di Bologna) A Different Kind of Patronage: Secondhand Textbooks for Students of the Law Susan L'Engle (Saint Louis University) Afternoon Break – 3:30pm Session VII – 4:00pm Editing the Antique: Copies of Illustrated Antique and late Antique Manuscripts in the Long Tenth Century Organizer: Sabine Utz (Université de Genève) Setting New Accents to Late Antique Images: Illustrations of Prudentius’s Psychomachia around 900 Sabine Utz (Université de Genève) 6 Is the Joshua Roll a Macedonian Facsimile? Barbara Crostini (Uppsala University) Classical Protagonists in Medieval Postures: Body Language in Ottonian Images Illustrating Late Antique Texts Anna Boreczky (Hungarian Academy of Sciences - National Széchényi Library) Close – 5:30pm ABSTRACTS Alcover, Pablo José (Universitat de Barcelona) The Mostassà’ Books: Unpublished Sources in the Crown of Aragon (XIII-XV century) Despite the vast research on medieval municipal markets, little is known about the Mostassà books. The Mostassà was the official who controlled the legality of business in the municipal markets of the Crown of Aragon. These sources from the 13th to the 15th centuries contain mainly municipal ordinances, privileges, proclamations, announcements and miscellaneous documents. These manuscripts present detailed information on many aspects of daily life in medieval markets, hitherto not well understood. My research has uncovered 64 previously unknown Mostassà books, which, together with the 33 already known, allow for the first time to reliably identify changes over time, explore to what extent the first book influenced the others, and assess their value as source material for scholars of late medieval everyday life. Bilotta, Maria Alessandra (IEM - FCSH/NOVA University - Lisbon) The Patronage of Legal Manuscripts between Bologna and the French Midi: Patrons from the South of France in Bologna, Manuscripts from Bologna in the South of France In 1990 Enrico Castelnuovo titled one of his essays as follows: “Bologna as Avignon,” highlighting the strong cultural and artistic ties that linked these two cities. In 2011, returning to Castelnuovo’s essay, I presented a paper entitled “Avignon like Bologna? Observations on Avignon’s Role in the Production of Legal Manuscripts,” showing Avignon’s role in producing illustrated legal manuscripts and the influence of Bologna in that production. In this paper, I will consider some cases of patrons coming from southern France who have commissioned manuscripts in Bologna and in its region, and analyze some manuscripts from Bologna that arrived in southern France. The aim is to demonstrate the prolific phenomena of mobility and artistic circulation, describing meetings, ties, and hybridizations that took place in Bologna and its region and the south of France—places where a cross-fertilization took place that made these two territories points of cultural junction in Europe. Boreczky, Anna (Hungarian Academy of Sciences - National Széchényi Library) Classical Protagonists in Medieval Postures: Body Language in Ottonian Images Illustrating Late Antique Texts 7 When copying texts of classical origin, medieval editors (patrons, scribes, artists) often felt the need for, or at least had the opportunity, to make the old contents relevant by commenting upon, interpreting and explaining them. Artists could play an important role in this process, either by altering the illustrations they inherited together with the text, or by inventing new images. In the case of narratives, the body language of the depicted protagonists was amongst the most important expressional forms that had the power of communicating