On Friday 8 May 2015 in Cambridge University Library (Milstein Seminar Room) at 2-4pm,Dr Sean Curran will talk about codicologically and textually complex manuscripts and the problems and possibilities they present. Dr Curran will use the example of the La Clayette manuscript (a thirteenth-century manuscript containing various contents including polyphonic polytextual motets) to lead discussion of the problems of analysis and possibilities of interpretation presented by codicologically complex, multi-textual manuscripts, including the methodological and interpretative issues involved in combining textual and codicological analysis when seeking to understand the contexts in which books were produced and used. It is hoped that discussion will broaden to include any such issue, whether encountered in copies of Latin or vernacular texts, and in medieval manuscripts of any period.

The Cambridge Medieval Palaeography Workshop is a forum for informal discussion on medieval script and scribal practices, and on the presentation, circulation and reception of texts in their manuscript contexts. Each workshop focuses upon a particular issue, usually explored through one or more informal presentations and general discussion. All are welcome.

Convenors: Teresa Webber, Orietta Da Rold, Suzanne Paul and David Ganz.

For further details, email mtjw2@cam.ac.uk