19th June 2025
KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Romero Room, COVE 02.10, Sint-Michielsstraat 4, Leuven

Organisers:
Anna Persig (KU Leuven)
Emanuele Scieri (University of Glasgow/Lectio Visiting Fellow)

Programme

9:00–9:30 Greetings and coffee
9:30–9:40 Welcome and introduction to the LEMMA Research Centre

Session 1
Chair: Emanuele Scieri

9:40–10:20 Patrick Andrist (LMU München)

• The size of the Greek Biblical pandects of the 4th and 5th century in context: some methodological and practical questions

10:20–11:00 Chiara Ruzzier (Université de Namur)

• Size and function of the Latin Bible pandects during the Middle Ages: a quantitative approach

11:00–11:40 Nadia Togni (Université de Genève)

• Italian Giant Bibles and the Reform of the Church in the 11th century

11:40–11:55 Coffee/tea break

12:15–13:15 Visit of the KU Leuven Special Collections (Mgr. Ladeuzeplein 21)

13:30–14:30 Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Anna Persig

14:30–15:10 Elvira Zambardi (Scuola Superiore Meridionale di Napoli)

• On Sizes and Layout: Observations on the Glossed Biblical Manuscripts from Montecassino Abbey

15:10–15:50 Irene O’Daly (Leiden University)

• Portable Histories? Small-format copies of Peter of Poitier’s Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi

15:50–16:10 Coffee/tea break

Session 3
Chair: Christina Maria Kreinecker

16:10–16:50 Jan-Malte Ziegenbein (Freie Universität Berlin)

• ‘He found a small book of parchment that barely measured a span…’ – The Coptic miniature codices from late antiquity

16:50-17:30 Leila Hyde (Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen)

• Reflections on the Size and Development of the Coptic Daniel and Susanna Manuscripts from the 5th to the 15th century CE.

17:30–17:45 Closing remarks

Organised by the Leuven Multilingual Manuscript Research Centre (LEMMA, www.lemma-centre.org) with the support from the FWO Odysseus 1COR project (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen, Odysseus Type I research project “1Cor – Text, Transmission and Translation of 1 Corinthians in the First Millennium”, G0E9821N)

Registration is free but mandatory.
Please register by 12th June by contacting Anna Persig (anna.persig@kuleuven.be)

Source : KU Leuven