‘Accipe et Devora': Packaging, Presentation and Consumption of Manuscripts and Printed Books, 1350-1550
The Eleventh Biennial Early Book Society Conference
University of Exeter, 9th-12th July 2009
The Eleventh Biennial EBS conference, hosted by Emma Cayley, Department of French, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter, will be held at Reed Hall, University of Exeter from July 9 to July 12, 2009, with a choice of optional trips to Tintagel or Glastonbury scheduled for July 13. Please consult the EBS website for further information about booking these optional trips (www.nyu.edu/projects/EBS).
Plenary Speakers:
Prof. Linne Mooney, University of York, UK
Dr Yolanda Plumley, University of Exeter, UK
Prof. Barbara Shailor, Yale University, US
Prof. Toshiyuki Takamiya, Keio University, Japan
Papers consider aspects of the history of manuscripts and printed books from 1350-1550, including the copying and circulation of models and exemplars, style, illustration, and/or the influence of readers and patrons, artists, scribes, printers. Our particular focus is the ‘packaging' of medieval manuscripts and early printed books, that is, the separate tasks of putting late medieval and early modern texts together (writing, abstracting, editing, correcting, illustrating, printing, and/or binding) or the repackaging of older texts for contemporary audiences. The term ‘consumption' is frequently used in the context of luxury manuscripts or printed books produced for wealthy owners and may be read metaphorically to apply to a range of texts or to one text (though there may also be papers on literal consumption, bibliophagia, or consumption by time, worms, fire, censors).
Other papers address the transition from script to print, bibliographic issues, and the movement between French and English texts (or vice versa) and audiences. A section for ten minute papers describing recent discoveries, bibliographic notes or manuscript and rare book collections is also scheduled.
The conference is open to all EBS members. Details of how to join can be found on the EBS website (http://www.nyu.edu/projects/EBS/). Registration details and forms are available below. The conference programme will be available here soon.
Early bird booking rates have now been extended to 24 May
The following are available for download:
 'Early Book Society' Conf. - Programme
'Early Book Society' Conf. - Registration Form
'Early Book Society' Conf. - Credit Card Auhorisation Form
Online payment now available, click here: https://store.exeter.ac.uk/events/default.asp?compid=2&ModuleID=2
For further information, please contact Emma Cayley (
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; Dept of French, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter, The Queen's Drive, Exeter EX4 4QH, UK), or Martha Driver (
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; EBS, English Department, Pace University, 41 Park Row, Rm 1525, New York, New York 10038-1598, US).
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