28th November 2025
Centre International de Codicologie Study Day
Brussels, KBR

For further information:

Alberto Campagnolo
KULeuven, History of Church and Theology
alberto.campagnolo@kuleuven.be

Lucien Reynhout
KBR, Manuscripts and Rare Books
lucien.reynhout@kbr.be

Free of charge – registration required
Please register by email at scriptorium@kbr.be before November 10th

Programme :

9:00 Welcoming

9:20 Introductory Remarks – Sara LAMMENS, Director General of KBR and Baudouin VAN DEN ABEELE, President of CIC

9:40 The Impact of Book Restoration on the Study of Medieval Bookbindings: Historic and New Challenges – Lieve WATTEEUW (KULeuven)

10:00 : Traces of craftsmanship: Skins and structures in Cambrai’s Medieval manuscripts – Alberto CAMPAGNOLO (KULeuven) and Élodie LÉVÊQUE (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 The Co3Dicology project: Building on six decades of French Medieval bookbinding research – Élodie LÉVÊQUE (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Jérémy DELMULLE (CNRS/IRHT)

11:20 Les reliures à la loupe: apport des nouvelles techniques d’imagerie à l’étude des fonds de livres médiévaux de la Forêt de Soignes – Matthieu PIGNOT (UNamur) and Lucien REYNHOUT (KBR/ULB)

11:40 Oldest Medieval Bindings in KBR: When One Book Structure Hides Another – July VAN MALDEREN and Tatiana GERSTEN (KBR)

12:00 : Cataloguing and describing bookbindings. The ideal world meets practical reality – Nicholas PICKWOAD (University of London)

12:30 Lunch Time

14:00 Studying Manuscripts made in Islamic Lands. A Young Discipline in Development – Karin SCHEPER (Universiteit Leiden)

14:20 Decorated Bookbindings of the Renaissance – Mirjam FOOT (University of London)

15:00 Guided Tour of the KBR Museum

16:30 Closing Drinks