Workshop: On Matter of Books and Records: Forms, Substance, Forgeries, and Meanings Beyond the Lines
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 23/11/2015
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Victoria & Albert Museum (London, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Alessandro Silvestri; Anna Gialdini; Maria Alessandra Chessa
INFO: web - a.silvestri@bbk.ac.uk - a.gialdini1@arts.ac.uk - maria.chessa@network.rca.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis/free/gratuito
Registration to the workshop is now open. Places are limited and we recommend you register as soon as possible. Shall the number of registrations exceed that of available places, we will be running a waiting list.Please note that attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.If you wish to apply to a travel grant, please visit this page.
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
10.00-10.30 Registration and Coffee
10.30-10.45 Filippo de Vivo and Marta Ajmar: Introduction
10.45 – 12.15 First Session Supports: Papyrus, Parchment, and Paper
Danae Bafa (UCL): From Boats to Book-rolls: Unfolding the Materiality of Papyrus in Graeco-Roman Egypt | Abstract Jessica Berenbeim (Magdalene College, University of Oxford): What Parchment is, and What it Means | Abstract Maria Alessandra Chessa (V&A Museum): From the Nature of Paper to Meaning and Function | Abstract
Discussion
12.15-13.30 Break
13.30 – 14.30 Second Session: Binding Books and Documents
Anna Gialdini (Ligatus, UAL) and Alessandro Silvestri (Birkbeck): Binding and Rebinding Records in Late Medieval Sicily. A Material Approach to Administrative History | Abstract Carlo Federici (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice): Bindings, Parchments and Papers. My Pathway to the Archaeology of the Book | Abstract
Discussion
14.30-15.00 Coffee Break
15.00 – 16.10 Third Session: Forgery in Books and Documents
Emily Taylor (British Museum): Book Forgeries: A Composite Fake and Egyptological Conundrum from the British Museum’s Collection | Abstract Alfred Hiatt (Queen Mary University of London): Forgery of Documents in the Late Middle Ages | Abstract
Discussion
16.10-16.30 Ian Sansom, University of Warwick: Closing remarks: The Paper Museum
17.00 Wine Reception