IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 711: 'Miscellany' as Genre: Core and Periphery
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Louisa Foroughi, Department of History, Fordham University, New York |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Bobbi Sutherland, Department of History, University of Dayton, Ohio |
| Paper 711-a | Seignorial Administrative Compilations and the Influence of Royal Institutions in 13th- and 14th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 711-b | Miscellany and Identity: The Manuscript Compilations of Late Medieval Yeomen (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
| Paper 711-c | Theological Compilations in the Digital Age (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | In the past decade, scholars have directed ever more attention towards the messy compilations, anthologies, and commonplace books so often overlooked or misplaced in library catalogues. But the question of categorization looms: what is a miscellany? What is not? Within manuscript studies, miscellanies often fall into the 'other' category, not quite one thing or another; we will explore the full range of the genre, to try to gain greater specificity in our terminology. In this session, we will explore the range of 'miscellanies' as a genre, c. 1000-1500. The speakers will focus on three different kinds of miscellanies from three different contexts - estate books, household compilations, and bible miscellanies - to generate conversation across manuscripts and across disciplines. |