Manuscripts come to us across hundreds of years, and many undergo myriad mediations as they traverse deep time. What are some common modifications people have made to manuscripts? How did they do this? And how were manuscripts created in the first place?

Come and look at some of the manuscripts held at Penn that have been cut up, remixed, rewritten, and rebound. Hear Penn experts discuss these texts, including an overview of the materials and practices through which manuscripts were made initially. Then, take a pair of scissors and cut your own from paper print-outs drawn from the OPenn repository.

Through crafting our own collages, codices, and cut-outs, this two-hour workshop encourages us to learn through enacting as we explore how manuscripts have been created and recreated across time by human beings.

This workshop is sponsored by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and will be held in the Vitale II Lab for Digital Humanities & Book History (Van Pelt Library 623). It is hosted by Julia Pelosi-Thorpe, Vitale II Graduate Assistant, with contributions from Whitney Trettien, Associate Professor of English and Faculty Director, Price Lab for Digital Humanities, Michael Carrol, Assistant Director of the Fisher Fine Arts Library, and Dot Porter, Curator of Digital Humanities.

Please contact Julia Pelosi-Thorpe (peju@sas.upenn.edu) with any questions.