Save the date for Mmmonk School 2024 with Christopher de Hamel
Join us on 22 November, 29 November and 6 December for a new edition of Mmmonk School! Mmmonk and Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (UGent) will host the third edition of Mmmonk school in the autumn of 2024. Mmmonk School offers lessons for advanced beginners about the medieval book. It is an interdisciplinary practice-focused programme about medieval Flemish manuscripts. Experts introduce the main concepts, skills and methods of their given field of expertise. The lessons are online, free and open for everyone. Join us on three consecutive Fridays in November and December!
Programme Mmmonk School 2024
On 22 and 29 November you can join us for online sessions of Mmmonk School, as always between 4pm-6pm CET.
22 November 2024
4pm CET - Alberto Campagnolo (KU Leuven): Creating a Manuscript Collation with the VisColl Tool
5pm CET - Laura Light (Les Enluminures): The Revolutionary Lay-out of the Bible in the 13th Century
29 November 2024
4pm CET - Lisa Demets (UGent): Multilingualism in Medieval Flanders
5pm CET - Hendrik Callewier (State Archives Belgium): Indispensable Archival Resources for Biographic Research
On 6 December we will welcome Christopher de Hamel in Bruges for an evening lecture followed by a drinks reception.
With his extensive experience as the librarian of the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and as an auction expert at Sotheby’s, Christopher de Hamel is a leading authority on medieval manuscripts. He became widely known to the public through his award-winning book Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts, in which he revisits famous manuscripts from multiple perspectives, uncovering surprising new insights. This makes him the perfect advocate for the multidisciplinary vision of Mmmonk School!
Registration
More information on the programme and registration will follow after the summer.
What is Mmmonk School?
- free webinars on the medieval book
- focus on manuscripts in Flanders
- introductions to various perspectives and disciplines by experts
- stimulating a holistic approach of medieval books
- co-production with Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (Ghent University)
- open to everyone!
Each component of a manuscript is important: the binding, the text, the language, the illumination, the script, the materials, the traces of use, … To be able to appreciate a manuscript as a whole, it is necessary to study each component individually and in relation to one another. But this is a tall order, even for the most hardened medievalist. Thankfully a lot can be achieved by interdisciplinary cooperation. To encourage an interdisciplinary approach, Mmmonk School gathers specialists from various fields to offer a peek under the hood of their respective disciplines. The aim is not to create new specialists, but to offer insight in the basic methodology and reference points of various disciplines, to remove any fear of the unknown and to stimulate further collaboration and exploration.
