Courses & Workshops/Apr 19, 2017

The World through the Eyes of Medieval Armenian Scribes

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The World through the Eyes of Medieval Armenian Scribes: Approaches to Studying Medieval Armenian Colophons, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, April 27, 2017, 9:00 am–1:30 pm

A workshop organized by The British Academy and the University of Oxford and convened by Dr. David Zakarian (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford) and Professor Theo M. van Lint (Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, Univeristy of Oxford)

SPEAKERS

Dr Emmanuel VAN ELVERDINGHE (Universite’ catholique de Louvain)
Why and How to Study Formulae in Armenian Colophons?

Dr Emilio BONFIGLIO (Universitaet Wien / University of Oxford)
Forms and Functions of Colophons in Non-Armenian Oriental Traditions

Prof. Anna SIRINIAN (Universita’ di Bologna)
Books for Paradise: Aspects of Medieval Mentality in Armenian Colophons of the XIII Century

Prof. Robert THOMSON (University of Oxford)
Scribal Speculations: the Case of the Four Evangelists

Prof. Theo M. VAN LINT (University of Oxford)
Armenian Colophons in Verse: Some Further Observations

Prof. Dickran KOUYMJIAN (Fresno State University)
A Profile of the Late Medieval Armenian Community of Cyprus through Colophons

Dr David ZAKARIAN (University of Oxford)
Revisiting the Fratres Unitores: Some Glimpses from the Colophons of Armenian Manuscripts

PROGRAM