The National Library of Norway, in collaboration with the ERC-funded CODICUM project, organizes a heritage science seminar on the materiality of medieval manuscripts and book fragments.
The seminar will highlight recent advances in heritage science and provide opportunities to discuss methodological challenges. Bringing together researchers, conservators, and heritage scholars, the event explores how parchment, pigments, and inks can reveal new insights into the production and use of books in the Middle Ages.
12.00-12.30: Welcome, introduction: Arthur Tennøe National Library of Norway and Åslaug Ommundsen University of Bergen, Codicum.
First session: Fragments, materiality and science
12.30-13.00: Tuomas Heikkilä, CODICUM, Helsingin Yliopisto, Helsinki
13.00-13.30: Book production in medieval Iceland: A special case?
Beeke Stegmann, Árnastofnun, Reykjavík
13.30-14.00: Fragments buried in palimpsests – examples from the Icelandic manuscript material. Tom Lorenz, University of Bergen
Second session. Materiality I: Parchment
14.30-15.00: Jiří Vnouček (CODICUM, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen)
15.00-15.30: Matthew Collins (CODICUM, University of Copenhagen)
15.30-16.00: Anna Lagerqvist Alidoost (CODICUM, Riksarkivet, Stockholm): [Approaching parchment in a large-scale research project – the conservator’s point of view]
16.00-16.30: Laurianne Robinet (Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation, National Research Center CNRS, Paris): [Mont Saint-Michel manuscripts – Focus on eleventh-century scriptorium practices]
Third session: Materiality II: Inks
09.00-09.30: Non-invasive analysis of inks in manuscripts, challenges and opportunities. Emeline Pouyet (Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation, National Research Center CNRS, Paris)
09.30 -10.00: Gel-supported micro-extraction for molecular fingerprinting of binding media in written heritage. Veronica Biolcati, University Paris Sorbonne, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
10.00-10.30: Hyperspectral imaging. Jon Yngve Hardeberg, The Colourlab – NTNU
Fourth session Materiality III: Pigments
11.00-11.30: Beyond the Surface: A Non-Invasive Study of Colour in Medieval Swedish Book Fragments. Thea Winther, CODICUM, Riksarkivet, Stockholm
11.30-12.00: A non-invasive analytical workflow for the investigation of historical documents. Lavinia de Ferri and Calin Steindal, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
12.00-12.30: Preliminary analysis of medieval manuscripts from the National Library. Chiara Palandri and Leila Sauvage (National Library of Norway)