IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1018: Performance and the Page, I: Memory and the Journey of Writing
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab (IKK), Københavns Universitet |
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| Organiser: | Kate Maxwell, Independent Scholar, Jönköping |
| Moderator/Chair: | Kate Maxwell, Independent Scholar, Jönköping |
| Paper 1018-a | Laughter Lines: The Curious Layout of the Tale of Sir Thopas (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities |
| Paper 1018-b | Music or Musics?: The Case of the 13th-Century Romance Renart le Nouvel (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music |
| Paper 1018-c | Travelling through the Otherworld in the Commedia Manuscript British Library, Egerton 943 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Language and Literature - Italian, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This is the first of four sessions to explore the idea of 'performance and the page'. Here, three papers consider the role of the manuscript compilers and the influence of layout on readers. We begin with Aditi Nafde's analysis of an 'oral' manuscript rendition of Chaucer through unusual page layout, before moving on to the juxtaposed presentation of different 'musics' in a Renart manuscript with Anne Ibos-Augé. We finish with one of the most famous journeys of the Middle Ages, that of the pilgrim in Dante's Commedia, where Anna Pegoretti proposes that the manuscript under scrutiny leads its readers on an apparently carefully designed journey of interpretation. The session offers insights into the mise-en-page of text, music, and image in manuscripts; a journey into the heart of writing and manuscript compilation. |