Item details

Date

April 21, 2022 1:00PM

Name

Medieval Manuscripts Symposium

Description

All times are Central Time Zone.

Marking the Karen Gould Collection’s first decade, this program will feature scholars from around the nation who will share their research inspired by items in the collection.

In 2012, the Spencer Art Reference Library at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art received an important donation of medieval manuscripts and early printed books from Professor Emeritus Lewis Gould. This teaching collection was built over a lifetime by his late wife Karen Keel Gould, a medieval art historian, and over the last decade it has grown and been used by scholars, students, and artists. 

1–1:20: Welcome and introduction for presenters

1:20–1:40 
Title: Medieval Manuscripts: A Teaching Collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Presenter: Consuelo Dutschke, retired Columbia University Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Collections
Time for discussion: 1:40–1:50

1:50–2: 
Title: Storming the Gate: Educating and Enchanting the Public Through Hands-On History
Presenter: Jen Kean, former collection intern and current Western Michigan University master’s student
Time for discussion: 2–2:10

2:10–2:30: 
Title: “KGC 46:  A  Book Printed in Basel in 1513 Containing  Manuscript Leaves”
Presenters: Thomas Sullivan, OSB and Linda Ehrsam Voigts, Prof. Emeritus at University of Missouri- Kansas City
Time for discussion 2:30–2:50

2:50–3:10: 
Title: Contextualizing a recent gift to the Karen Gould Collection: The ‘Saint Alban’s Bible’ Leaf (KG 52)
Presenter: Anne D. Hedeman, Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor, Late Medieval and Northern Renaissance Art, History of the Book at the University of Kansas
Time for discussion: 3:10–3:20

3:10–3:25: Closing remarks
 
Generously funded by Professor Emeritus Lewis Gould in memory of Karen Keel Gould. 

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