CML Workshop. Liber Floridus
International workshop on the Liber Floridus, 24-25 October 2019 at the Library lab, Faculty Library, Wing Loveling Ghent University. The workshop is organised by the Centre for Medieval Literature and the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies
The ‘Transformations and Translocations’ research strand are holding a workshop in Ghent to study the early twelfth-century Liber Floridus by Lambert of St. Omer in order to develop further our theoretical thinking about moving forms in the Middle Ages.
The workshop is organized by the Centre for Medieval Literature in collaboration with the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies and is held at the Ghent University library special collection (BHSL.HS.0092).
Read more about the ‘Transformations and Translocations’ research strand here.
Programme
Thursday October 24
| 8:30-9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:00-9:15 | Elizabeth Tyler & Wim Verbaal, Opening |
| 9:15-9:50 | Jeroen Deploige,Historical Introduction |
| 9:50-10:00 | Short Break |
| 10:00-10:45 |
First Session Hanna Vorholt,Encyclopedic Compilations andCollaborations |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 |
Second Session 11:00-11:45 Lauren Stokeld & George Younge, Anselm, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Liber Floridus 11:45-12:30 Elizabeth Tyler, Following Clues across Word and Image: Emma and Octavian |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 |
Third Session Jane Gilbert, Rhythm and Knowledge |
| 14:15-14:45 |
Coffee Break and Transition to the Autograph New Location: Central Library Room Van de Velde |
| 14:45-16:00 |
Getting to know the Autograph |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Keynote Albert Derolez, The Liber Floridus from 1106 to 1121 |
| 17:00-18:30 | Reception |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Friday October 25
| 9:00-10:30 |
Fourth Session 9:00-9:45Rosa Maria Rodriguez Porto, Tabulae, figurae, immagines 9:45-10:30Dinah Wouters, Contesting the Page: The Representation of Jewish-Christian Debate in the Liber Floridus |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee |
| 10:45-12:15 |
Fifth Session 10:45-11:30Divna Manolova, Stars on the Page, Diagrams in the Sky or Is the Traditional Boring: Images of the Constellations in Liber Floridus, G. ff. 89r–91v 11:30-12:15Wim Verbaal, Building Time into Eternity: Tensions between Linear and Circular World Views in the Liber Floridus |
| 12:15-12:45 |
Sandwich and Transition to the Autograph New Location: Central Library Room Van de Velde |
| 12:45-14:00 |
Elizabeth Tyler & Wim Verbaal (leading group discussion) Manuscript and Conclusion |
| 16:00 |
For those who stay and wish: City Walk Evening Dinner |