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The
UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH
12-14
July, 2010
At the beginning
of the thirteenth century a new type of Bible emerged
from Paris and southern England and spread rapidly
throughout Western Europe. Innovations in script and
parchment enabled the creation of single-volume Bibles,
some of which could easily fit a modern pocket; other
features, such as the modern chapter division, introduced
unprecedented ease of usage. These Bibles became the
template for Gutenberg's celebrated 42-line version
and have had an influence on printed Bibles ever since.
Today, hundreds of these manuscripts survive, bearing
witness to one of the most popular books of the Middle
Ages. The ubiquity of these Bibles has only recently
been met by scholarly interest, and questions remain
regarding their evolution as well as their place within
the medieval university, pulpit and priory.
Hosted by
the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities,
the University of Edinburgh and the National Library
of Scotland, ‘Form and Function in the Late Medieval
Bible' brought together experts in medieval liturgy
and sermons, art, religion and manuscripts, to examine
the material culture of the Late Medieval Bible and
its setting. Presentations, discussions and two workshops
would drew on the wealth of manuscripts in the University
Library and the NLS in analysing variants of text
and layout, imagery and addenda.
The conference's
programme, abstracts and picture gallery are available
online. For further information please email l.m.b@ed.ac.uk
Speakers
included:
• Paul Antonio
(Calligrapher, London)
• Nicole
Bériou (Université Lumière Lyon
2)
• Laura
Light (Independent Scholar, Boston)
• John Lowden
(Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
• Eyal Poleg
(CHB, University of Edinburgh)
• Diane
J. Reilly (Indiana University, Bloomington)
• Paul Saenger
(The Newberry Library, Chicago)
The
Conference was supported by a grant from the British
Academy and studentships of the Bibliographical Society
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