Workshop

Writing in Latin and in the Vernacular: workshop 1

Project illustration; old scripture.

This is the first workshop hosted by the Young CAS project "Writing in Latin and in the Vernacular", led by PI Stefan Drechsler (University of Bergen).

Provisional Programme (subject to change)
 

Day 1, Tuesday 4 March

14:00–14:30      
Arrival & coffee

14:30-15:00
Welcome 

15:00-15:45
Synnøve Midtbø Myking (The Norwegian Institute in Rome, IT): Latin manuscripts and fragments from the Norwegian Middle Ages and the research history

15:45-16:00
Coffee

16:00-16:45
Gisela Attinger (University of Oslo, NO): Latin writers in Norway and Iceland

16:45-17:00
Closing remarks day 1


Day 2, Wednesday 5 March

09:00-11:00
Discussion: Latin corpus: Paleography, layout and fragmentology

11:00-11:45
Magnus Rindal (University of Oslo, NO): Orthography in Norwegian manuscripts and fragments from 1300-1350

12:00-13:00
Lunch

13:00-13:45
Tonje Waldersnes (University of Bergen, NO): Paleography in Norwegian manuscripts and fragments from 1300-1350

13:45-14:00
Coffee

14:00-15:15
Discussion: Old Norwegian corpus 1: Orthography and paleography

15:15-15.30
Coffee

15:30-16:00
Anna Catharina Horn (University of Oslo, NO): Production of Norwegian legal manuscripts from 1300-1350

16:00-17:00
Discussion: Old Norwegian corpus 2: Layout and text production

19:00-21:00
Dinner, location TBA


Day 3, Thursday 6 March

09:00-09:45
Espen Karlsen (National Library of Norway, NO): Provenance research with an emphasis on Latin fragments from 1300-1350

09:45-10.30
Stefan Drechsler (University of Bergen, NO): Possible starting points for determining production sites and early provenance of Old Norse fragments and manuscripts

10:30-12:00
Discussion: Latin and Old Norse fragments and manuscripts 1: Places of production and provenance

12:00-13:00
Lunch

13:00-14:00
Discussion: Latin and Old Norse fragments and manuscripts 2: Paleography and text production

14:00-14.15
Coffee

14:15-15:30
Discussion: Latin and Old Norse fragments and manuscripts 3: Layout and codicology

15:30-16:00
Closing remarks