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MEDIEVAL MAPS AND DIAGRAMS A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE AT THE WARBURG INSTITUTE, LONDON 9 MARCH 2012 In the past, maps were defined as representations of the surface of the earth or a part of it, but modern cartographical theorists and map historians define maps more widely as forms of graphic representations facilitating 'a spatial understanding of things, concepts, conditions, processes, or events' (J. B. Harley and D. Woodward). This interdisciplinary workshop will explore the relationship between medieval maps and diagrams. Brief presentations (15 minutes each) will concentrate on specific examples, which will be discussed in view of wider topics such as the art of memory, divination, typology, and page layout. The concluding panel will be concerned with the underlying question of the relationship and distinctions between medieval diagrams and maps, with the ways in which they have been examined by scholars in the past, and with how they might be investigated in the future. PROGRAMME 10.00 Doors Open, Registration 10.15 Peter Mack and Hanna Vorholt, Welcome and Introduction Chair: Peter Tóth (Warburg Institute) 10.30 Catherine Delano-Smith (Institute of Historical Research, London) - One Image, Several Guises: the Mapping of the Desert Encampment (Numbers 2-3) 11.00 Peter Barber (British Library) - From Jerusalem to Alpine Pride: the Geographical Diagrams of Albrecht von Bonstetten of 1479 11.30 Coffee Chair: Megan C. McNamee (Warburg Institute and University of Michigan) 12.00 Paul D. A. Harvey (University of Durham) - English Manorial Accounts: Their Visual Impact 12.30 Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute) - Mapping the Shoulderblade 13.00 Lunch Chair: Michael Kauffmann (Courtauld Institute of Art and Warburg Institute) 14.00 Mary Carruthers (New York University and All Souls College, Oxford) - How the Tower of Wisdom Diagram Works 14.30 Sandy Heslop (University of East Anglia) - Typology as Diagram in the Stained Glass at Canterbury Cathedral KEYNOTE LECTURE 15.00 Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University) - Rhabanus redivivus: Berthold of Nuremberg's Marian Supplement to De laudibus sanctae crucis 15.45 Tea Chairs: Alessandro Scafi and Hanna Vorholt 16:15 PANEL DISCUSSION 17:45 Reception Registration £25 (£12.50 for concessions) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch. To register please contact: warburg(at)sas.ac.uk For further information please contact the organisers, Hanna Vorholt (hanna.vorholt(at)sas.ac.uk) and Alessandro Scafi (alessandro.scafi(at)sas.ac.uk). http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/colloquia-2011-12/medieval-maps-and-diagrams/ -------------------- Alessandro Scafi The Warburg Institute University of London Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB -------------------- The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194) _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
