Colloque : « Fragmented Illuminations », en ligne, 7-8 juillet 2022
Following from the display Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A (ending 26 June 2022), the V&A will be holding an online symposium over two afternoons on 7 and 8 July. This symposium will seek to make sense of these detached leaves, cut-out initials and other ornamented snippets. On Day 1, we will examine the practice of collecting pieces and leaves cut from illuminated manuscripts, with a particular focus on the 19th century. On...