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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
Organiser:Giles E. M. Gasper, Department of History, Durham University
Moderator/Chair:Sigbjorn Sonnesyn, Department of History, Durham University
Paper 1148-aComputus as 'Scientific Literacy': Insights from Durham MS Hunter 100
(Language: English)
Faith Wallis, Department of History & Classical Studies / Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Québec
Index terms: Education, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Science
Paper 1148-bAn Arithmetical Case Study in Abbo of Fleury's Commentary on Calculus
(Language: English)
Clelia Crialesi, Dipartimento di Studi letterari, Filosofici e Storia dell’arte, Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' / École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Paris
Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Religious Life, Science
Paper 1148-cFrameworks of Time: The Easter-Table Annals of Durham MS Hunter 100 and Other Contemporary Durham Manuscripts
(Language: English)
Charlie Rozier, Durham University Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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 This session is concerned with the scientific and historical content of the manuscript, their relation to each other and the wider implications for the intellectual context of the compilation.