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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

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Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books? Our website = manuscriptevidence.org/wpme

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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Next week, Saturday 19th, we hope you will join us in conversation with @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social for a preview of her upcoming Newberry Library Exhibition, "Impressive Textiles: Printing on Fabric" manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/episode...
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Episode 28. Preview of Medieval "Printing on Fabric" -
Suzanne Karr Schmidt joins our Episode 28 to give a curatorial preview of her exhibition at the Newberry Library on "Printing on Fabric"
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
CFP Reminder! The deadline for next year's Kzoo is September 15th
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
CFP Reminder! The deadline for next year's Kzoo is September 15th
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We have a (virtual) Bulletin! Are you interested in seeing what Associates of the RGME are doing outside of Group activities? Do you have an event/ accomplishment you’d like more widely shared? Check in regularly with the Virtual Bulletin Board on the website: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/around-...
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Around & About with the RGME -
The RGME shares news of activities which RGME People are engaged in, such as projects, conference papers, publications, exhibitions, and more.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ICMS Kalamazoo 2027 CFP: sessions sponsored by the RGME for next year's Congress are- Ecologies of the Book: Materials, Environments, Representations Moving the Mail: Letters, Couriers, & Post Officers in the Medieval World manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2027-in...
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2027 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Call for Papers -
We announce the Call for Papers for the RGME Sessions at the 2027 ICMS (due by 15 September) on "Ecologies of the Book" and "Moving the Mail".
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Next RGME event of the year at #IMC2026 is on "Manuscripts at Play and as Play: (Re)Configurations as Reading Methods" manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2026-in...
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2026 International Medieval Congress at Leeds: Program -
The RGME's session at the 2026 International Medieval Congress considers the nature of play in manuscripts, across time and space within temporalities.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#booksinpaintings
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Making a point. #worksonpaper
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Our website is down. We work with them to restore changes made at their end. We ask your patience in the restorstiom.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Congratulations on your sessuin!
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Dr. Donald (Donnie) W. Wood | Medieval Hispanist (Aljamiado) @aljamiadonnie.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Off to #Kzoo2026! If you're around bright and early tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 8::30 a.m., join us for session 1
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Kalamazoo is now a week away (!!), and the RGME will be well represented at the Congress, with five co-sponsored sessions as well as our annual Business Meeting (14 May at 12 pm EDT). We will see you there! manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2026-in... www.eventbrite.com/cc/rgme-busi...
SESSIONS CO-SPONSORED
BY THE RGME
AT THE
GIST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
ON MEDIEVAL STUDIES
MAY 14-16, 2026
(42) Moving the Mail: Letters, Couriers, and Post Offices in the Medieval World with Postal History, at Kalamazoo
(80) Magic, Manuscripts, and Material Culture with the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies at the University of Rochester
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(223) The Alchemy of Learning:
Magic, Pedagogy, and Public Engagement
with the Societas Magica
(286) Chronology and Divination
Beyond the Medieval West
with Bahra hassab: Knowledge Transmission in Ethiopia and Eritrea from Antiquity to Modern Times, at the University of Münster
(338) Grimoires of the Greater West:
Conversations on Solomonic Magic with the Societas Magica
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We thank Suzanne Karr Schmidt for introducing us to this exceptionally #cutecritter. Erudite, no less!
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
#historyofcollections
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#cutecritters
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#readersatwork #historyofannotations #marginalia #shakespeare
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#booksinpaintings #annunciation
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#beesinbooks #bees #historyofprinting
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We announce the Launch of RGME Bembino WP: A High-Quality Font for Word-Processing" Our high-quality multi-lingual digital font RGME Bembino is now compatible with Word-Processing, and went live for download on March 25th. It is free! More information: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/announc...
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Announcing the Launch of RGME Bembino WP -
The RGME announces the Launch (25 March 2026) of RGME Bembino WP and a companion series of events (online or hybrid) for the Launch.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Writ in Stone
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
More Is More, Archimedes Manuscript Style, Fragment Included
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Our Theme for this year = "Transformations and Renewals"
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#timetravel #reviewersatwork
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#writersatrework #plagarismsthething
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our event last week at The Grolier Club was a great success. We thank our contributors, the RGME Production Team, and the Grolier Club and its Librarian, Staff, and Members! manuscriptevidence.org/2026-rgme-co...
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2026 RGME Colloquium on "Transformations & Renewals" at The Grolier Club -
The Grolier Club and RGME host a hybrid visit to examine original materials, guided by the Librarian and Grolier/RGME collectors, scholars, and students.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Episode 23. Meet RGME Bembino: Facets of a Font. Come join us online this Saturday, 21 Feb. at 1 pm EST, for a conversation on "Bembino", our multi-faceted, multi-lingual font! Info page: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/episode... Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/episode-23...
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Episode 23. "Meet RGME Bembino: Facets of a Font" -
Episode 22 brings together the font-designer of Bembino, the Director of the RGME, and the author and graphic designer of a book set in Bembino.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Join us this Wednesday, Feb 11, at the Grolier Club for a hybrid Roundtable showcasing the work of several Club members, with our 2026 theme of "Transformations & Renewals" [Virtual] Event link: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-tr...
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[Virtual] Transformations and Renewals
With Mildred Budny, Beppy Owen, John T. McQuillen, Reid Byers, Richard Kopley, Mark Samuels Lasner, and Mary Crawford
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Join us this Wednesday, Feb 11, at the Grolier Club for a hybrid Roundtable showcasing the work of several Club members, with our 2026 theme of "Transformations & Renewals" [Virtual] Event link: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-tr...
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[Virtual] Transformations and Renewals
With Mildred Budny, Beppy Owen, John T. McQuillen, Reid Byers, Richard Kopley, Mark Samuels Lasner, and Mary Crawford
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Come join us this Saturday at 1pm EST for our next Episode in "the Research Group Speaks" series, Ep. 22: "Encounters with Local Saints and Their Cults: Traces in Prose, Poetry, and Relics” manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/episode...
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Episode 22: "Encounters with Local Saints and Their Cults" -
This Episode considers the characteristics of veneration of local saints, as manifested in the surviving evidence, especially in manuscripts.
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We invite you to join our 2026 Annual Appeal. Donations of any amount can directly support the work and mission of our nonprofit educational organization powered principally by volunteers, supported by your donations. We give thanks for your support. manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2026-an...
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2026 Annual Appeal -
2026 Annual Appeal for Donations to Support our Mission and Activities [Posted on 7 November 2025] We invite you to join our 2026 Annual Appeal, as the Research Group rounds out the extraordinarily su...
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
#booksiinprints #historyofliteracy
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Congratulations for all our contributors to the successful RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments this past weekend! They shone with expert reports of discoveries, projects, and work-in-progress about fragments in manuscript and early-printed forms. Hurray! manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2025-rg...
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2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments -
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments “Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books: Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts“ Friday to Sunday 21–23 November 2025 Hybri...
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
See you all soon!
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Up next: manuscriptevidence.org//wpme/2025-r... "Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books", 21-23 November (hybrid at Princeton and online). Experts, students, collectors, lovers of books look at fragments. Join us!
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2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments -
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments “Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books: Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts“ Friday to Sunday 21–23 November 2025 Hybri...
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#thresholds
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#fragmentology
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#childrensbooks #histoyofreading
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#fragmemtology
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
#historyofliteracy #papersinpaintings
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Happening this Friday!
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Next Week: We invite you all to the RGME 2025 Autumn Symposium, "Readers, Fakers, and Re-Creators of Books: From Page to Marketplace and Beyond". This event will be held online October 17-19; more details and registration found on the website: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2025-rg...
Poster for Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Autumn Symposium, 17-19 October 2025
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Next Week: We invite you all to the RGME 2025 Autumn Symposium, "Readers, Fakers, and Re-Creators of Books: From Page to Marketplace and Beyond". This event will be held online October 17-19; more details and registration found on the website: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2025-rg...
Poster for Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Autumn Symposium, 17-19 October 2025
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
#historyofliteracy #historyofcookbooks
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
#noahsark
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#historyofcollections
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#picturepoems #carminafigurata #wordsasimages
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
#lists We admire Michael Hensley's work on book lists. He spoke about it for our 2025 Spring Symposium, and we are eager to learn more. #historyoflibraries
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
With the start of September, we mention the CFP deadline of 15 September for your proposals for our sessions at #kazoo2026 ( #2026icms ) and #imc2026 at Leeds. manuscriptevidence.org/2026-interna...
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
#doodles
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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
#kzoo2026 CFP: this year the RGME is co-sponsoring 5 sessions at next year's ICMS- more details and portals for submissions on the website: manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/2026-in...
Research Group on Manyscript Evidence 2026 ICMS call for papers to co-sponsored sessions
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