IMC 2026: Sessions
Session 335: 'Done. Pour the Wine!': Scribal Colophons, Formula, Time, and Language
Monday 6 July 2026, 16:30-18:00
| Sponsor: | 'Done. Pour the Wine!' Language Experiments in Medieval Scribal Additions & Colophons, Czech Science Foundation, (GA24-10628S) |
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| Organisers: | Lucie Doležalová, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Karlova, Praha Andrea Hlaváčová Svobodová, Ústav pro jazyk český, Akademie věd České republiky |
| Moderator/Chair: | Åslaug Ommundsen, Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen |
| Respondent: | Tuomas Heikkilä, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki |
| Paper 335-a | Beyond Literal Meaning: A Quantitative Approach to Colophon Formulae and Their Spatiotemporal Development (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 335-b | Latin and Czech in Dialogue: Colophons as Evidence of Medieval Multilingualism (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Slavic, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Medieval colophons offer a valuable yet problematic window into scribal culture. This session, drawing on two emerging databases (one of colophons in manuscripts held in Czech libraries and the other of colophons in the German language), presents the results of quantitative inquiry into their formulaicity, explores multilingualism, and critically examines the use of colophons as evidence for manuscript dating. |