IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 1123: Performance and the Page, II: The Role of Scribes in the Journey from Manuscript to Reader

Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Department of Music, University of Glasgow
Organiser:	Kate Maxwell, Independent Scholar, Jönköping
Moderator/Chair:	James R. Simpson, School of Modern Languages & Cultures (French), University of Glasgow
Paper 1123-a	Neume Variants in the Musical Manuscripts of Hildegard von Bingen (Language: English) Janet Youngdahl, Department of Music, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music, Women's Studies
Paper 1123-b	Rewriting the Archive: The Manufacture, Organisation and Mise-en-Page of Institutional Memory in Late Medieval Reims (Language: English) Emmanuel Melin, Université de Reims Index terms: Administration, Archives and Sources, Charters and Diplomatics, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1123-c	Recipes for/and Framed Narratives: Medieval Discourse Colonies on the Page (Language: English) Ruth Carroll, Department of English, University of Turku / Academy of Finland, Helsinki Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	In this second session on 'performance and the page' we explore more deeply manuscripts and their scribes. We begin with the inner workings of the scribal mind, as Janet Youngdahl suggests that neume variants in the presentation of works of Hildegard von Bingen offer a glimpse into performance practices of the time. In the second paper Emmanuel Melin broadens the scope to consider the play of power in the hands of scribes of medieval cartularies. In the final paper, Ruth Carroll offers a new view of the idea of 'discourse colony', one which takes into account the layout of the book and its impact on the reader. The session therefore explores the manipulation of scribal 'performances', taking us on a journey through the reflection of oral practice and the deliberate influencing of readers.