IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1148: Time, Science, and the Body in the Anglo-Norman World: Durham, Cathedral Library, MS Hunter 100 and Its Contexts, II - Science, History, and Imagination
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of History, Durham University |
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Organiser: | Giles E. M. Gasper, Department of History, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Sigbjorn Sonnesyn, Department of History, Durham University |
Paper 1148-a | Computus as 'Scientific Literacy': Insights from Durham MS Hunter 100 (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Science |
Paper 1148-b | An Arithmetical Case Study in Abbo of Fleury's Commentary on Calculus (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Religious Life, Science |
Paper 1148-c | Frameworks of Time: The Easter-Table Annals of Durham MS Hunter 100 and Other Contemporary Durham Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
Abstract | The second of four sessions exploring Durham, Cathedral Library, MS Hunter 100: a scientific compendium of the early 12th century. From codicology to art history, historical networks, and the local circumstances of the manuscript to computistcal analysis and the context of monastic learning. This session is concerned with the scientific and historical content of the manuscript, their relation to each other and the wider implications for the intellectual context of the compilation. |