In the Name of the Rose – Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Greek Manuscripts and Texts, Swiss Institute in Rome and Zoom, September 30–October 1, 2021
The project "In the Name of the Rose – Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Greek Manuscripts and Texts" is a search operation for unknown, lost, and forgotten Greek manuscripts and texts in the holdings of the largest repository of Greek and Byzantine manuscripts worldwide, the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in the Vatican City State.
The search operation focuses on hitherto uncatalogued manuscripts that are for the better part barely known and/or studied. It will start with a series of 220 manuscripts of the Vaticani graeci collection which contain predominantly theological texts and have been identified as particularly promising objects of investigation. Altogether, presumably more than 260 manuscripts will be examined in the course of the funding period.
On 30th September and 1st October 2021 the International Workshop “In the Name of the Rose: Searching for Unknown, Lost, and Forgotten Ancient Texts” will take place at the Swiss Institute in Rome! This Workshop, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Institute in Rome, will offer the opportunity to present the project findings and to discuss their thematic contexts and backgrounds together with specialists.
Advance registration required.