IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1347: The Concertina-Fold Book across Pre-Modern Cultures
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) / Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School |
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| Organiser: | Megan McNamee, Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sarah Griffin, Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1347-a | A Folded Genealogy of Edward IV (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Genealogy and Prosopography, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1347-b | Going Up, Coming Down: Landscape, Verticality, and Time in the Mixtec Screen-Fold Manuscripts of Pre-Hispanic Mexico (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1347-c | Tibetan Buddhist Concertina-Fold Books in Qing-Era Beijing (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Accordion, pleated, screenfold - scholars use a variety of terms to describe the concertina-fold book format. Although not identical in structure, such books all (appear to) comprise a continuous, oblong sheet broken by creases. Just how and even what information was articulated across the surfaces of concertinas, the extent to which various folded states were meaningfully exploited by premodern people - these are among the questions to be explored. Papers consider the contents and mechanics of concertinas in different cultural contexts. By taking a comparative approach, we aim to identify commonalities that signal formal imperatives whilst sharpening our understanding of distinctions among traditions. |