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