Scattered Leaves & Virtual Manuscripts - CMRS Colloquium Series Lecture Thurs Sept 27
Posted on 2018-09-19 in Events
Sep 27, 2018
The Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Colloquium Series
Scattered Leaves & Virtual Manuscripts
The Promise of Digital Fragmentology
Thursday, September 27, 2018
4:30 PM
St. Thomas More College
Shannon Library
In the first half of the twentieth century, book dealers in the United States discovered that they could significantly increase profits if they cut up early books and manuscripts and sold them page by page. In this lecture, Lisa Fagin Davis will discuss the history of material fragmentation and digital reconstruction, introducing the nascent field known as "fragmentology."
Lisa Fagin Davis is the Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America. She is the author of "The Manuscript Road Trip," a blog devoted to promoting collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in North America.