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April 4, 2020 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Announcements, Bembino, Business Meeting, Conference, Conference Announcement, ICMS, Index of Medieval Art, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Manuscript Studies, Princeton University, Societas Magica
Keeping Up:
Updates for Spring 2020
Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Scrying, Perchance? Image via Creative Commons.
This Spring, the cancellation of 2 of our major events planned for this year, and intended to take place in mid-March and mid-May, produces perforce a redirection of energies and activities. Call it "Regrouping".
We report updates.
1. Our 2020 Spring Symposium: "From Cover to Cover"
Planned for 13–14 March at Princeton University
But Cancelled or Postponed
As preparations were proceeding apace, the event was cancelled by Princeton University — along with other events — on 9 March, in response to growing concerns for the spread of COVID-19 on a global scale. Although at short notice, it was possible swiftly to cancel reservations for the venue, catering, and other services before participants had begun their journeys.
What We Planned
2020 Symposium Poster 2
We aimed to consider, "From Cover to Cover", activities dedicated to manuscripts, early printed materials, and beyond, from collecting and cataloguing to deciphering and beholding. We prepared to gather specialists, teachers, students, and others engaged or interested in activities such as "Collecting, Curating, Conserving, Cataloguing, Deciphering, Reading, Reconsidering, Editing, Teaching, Displaying, Accessing, Beholding, and More".
The focus was designed to center primarily upon medieval and early modern materials, both Western and non-Western. The presentations would include reports of discoveries, work-in-progress, cumulative research, and collaborative projects by specialists from multiple centers, including independent scholars and younger scholars.
Included were workshops over original materials in manuscript and early print, a demonstration of materials and processes for medieval scripts, discussions about databases devoted to manuscripts and rare books, and sessions addressing multiple activities approaching medieval, early modern, and other textual resources. Subjects would span a wide range geographically and chronologically, and take care to attend to the material and bibiographical evidence.
There are requests for rescheduling the Symposium, or parts thereof, when conditions might permit.
Meanwhile, we can publish the Symposium Booklet. At the time of cancellation, it had come close to completion for printing and distributing at the event and then afterward, as is our custom. For example:
2019 Anniversary Symposium on "The Roads Taken"
2014 Symposium on "Recollections of the Past"
2013 Symposium on "Identity & Authenticity"
For all these and our other Booklets (see our Publications), the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence is the nonprofit publisher and distributor. The design and layout conform with our Style Manifesto and employ our own digital font Bembino .
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Anonymous, Still Life of an Illuminated Book, German School, 15th century. Image via Wikimedia, Public Domain.
The new 44-page Symposium Booklet contains the 2020 Symposium Program, Abstracts of the Papers and Masterclasses, and a set of accompanying Illustrations (some published for the first time). The Booklet includes corrections and revisions offered by several of the authors as we completed the layout and editing, after the cancellation of the event.
It is the longest so far of all our Symposium Booklets. The 2019 Booklet for "The Roads Taken" has 28 pages, and the 2016 Booklet for "Words & Deeds" has 24 pages. Only the Booklet for our multi-lingual digital font Bembino is longer, at 56 pages, including all the font tables for the different styles and languages. That Booklet and the font itself (now in Version 1.6) are freely available for download and use (commercial use included). Here: Bembino .
Our illustrated 2020 Spring Symposium Booklet is likewise freely available for download. As with other cases, for your convenience, we make it available in 2 versions, which may suit different printing arrangements, as wished. The versions are:
printable in consecutive quarto-sized pages (8 1/2″ × 11″)
2020 Spring Symposium Booklet as Consecutive Pages
printable as double sheets (11″ × 17″) which can be folded into the booklet, nesting the bifolia within each other
— a design which does not require staples for closure and perusal
2020 Spring Symposium as a Foldable Booklet
We thank our hosts, sponsors, contributors, owners and donors of images, editor, copy-editor, and layout designer. The publication is our gift to all who aimed to participate in the event and to follow its 'ripples' after the accomplishment of the Symposium. We offer it as a 'souvenir' of what our contributors, and the spirit of generous participation, intended for the event.
While we may explore plans to reschedule the event, or its parts, in some way or ways, the Booklet stands as a place-holder, and as a vivid glimpse of what could be and, indeed, can be. The gathering energy and enthusiasm for the event, as the weeks and days advanced toward it, remain a testimony to the constructive collective spirit which inspired it.
With these observations, I am reminded of the Motto which I chose, years ago, for the 2-volume Illustrated Catalogue, co-published by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence.
For Books are not absolutely dead things,
but doe contain a potencie of life in them
to be active as that soule was whose progeny they are;
nay, they do preserve as in a violl the purest efficacie and extraction
of the living intellect that bred them.
John Milton, Aeropagitica (1644)
Perhaps same as it ever was.
Cover Page for Sorenson (2020 Spring Symposium Paper as Draft for Comment)
P. S. Already one of our speakers, David W. Sorenson, has provided a draft version of his intended Symposium Paper for feedback. It expands the Abstract which appears in the 2020 Spring Symposium Booklet.
The paper provides "A Quick Introduction to Indian Manuscripts for the Non-Specialist", with examples and illustrations.
With permission, we offer here his pdf.
Please contact us with your questions or suggestions. (Contact details below.)
2. Our Activities at the 55th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Planned for 7–10 May at Kalamazoo
On 17 March, this year's International Congress on Medieval Studies in May was cancelled, and with it all the activities which we were to sponsor and co-sponsor there, including Sessions and other meetings. The Congress organizers declared that "We invite the organizers of sponsored . . . sessions approved for the 2020 Congress to re-propose them for the 2021 congress. If proposed, they will be approved automatically".
Unlike some organizations, who have declared this intention to re-present for the 2121 Congress, we do not know automatically if such a course would be appropriate for us, or for each and every one of our sessions. Time will tell.
2019 Anniversary Reception Invitation.
The cancellation came in time before all reservations for the journey had been set into place. Because our customary year-long preparations for the Congress had not reached the last weeks of its approach, we had not yet prepared the customary Posters for our Sessions or the Invitations to the Reception and Business Meeting, nor had the Agenda for that Meeting yet been drawn up. Posters for previous Congresses show the standards.
However, we did in place have a series of posts on our website (You Are Here) announcing the plans for our 2020 Congress Activities, in stages with updates:
the Call for Papers for our approved Sessions, with descriptions of their aims and with selected Images (poster-worthy when the time would come) to exemplify their subjects and scope
the 2020 Congress Program, with the authors and titles of the selected Papers for each Session — including a permitted extra Session, given the strength of the responses to the Call, for our proposed Session "Seal the Real"
the 2020 Congress Program Announced, with the times and rooms assigned by the Congress Committee for our Program Activities, and with some of the Abstracts for the Papers.
In keeping with custom, we had begun, one by one (starting with the New Year), to post the Abstracts, as a foretaste for the presentations and discussions to come.
The cancellation of the Congress brought these stages to a halt, for a while, during which time we turned to other tasks — including the on-going follow-up from the cancellation or postponement of our Spring Symposium, and the completion of its Booklet.
Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. mage via Creative Commons.
We prepared for 5 Sessions with Papers, an Open Business Meeting, and a Reception.
These resemble the numbers and sorts of our activities in recent years at the Annual Congress. For example:
This year's plans also involved our 2 co-sponsors in recent years for Sessions and/or Receptions.
A. Sessions
We prepared for 5 Sessions this year.
3 Sessions Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
1–2. Seal the Real: Documentary Records, Seals & Authentications
organized by Mildred Budny
Part I. Signed & Sealed
Part II. × Marks the Spot
3. Prologues in Medieval Texts of Magic, Astrology, and Prophecy
organized by Vajra Regan
Logo of the Societas Magica
2 Sessions Co-Sponsored with the Societas Magica
in the 16th year of this collaboration
4–5. Revealing the Unknown
organized by Sanne de Laat and László Sándor Chardonnens
Part I. Scryers and Scrying in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
Part II. Sortilège, Bibliomancy, and Divination
B. 2020 Open Business Meeting of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
1-Page Agendas customarily provided at the time. This year we send it out already. (See below.)
C. Reception co-sponsored with the Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University
in the 3rd year of this collaboration
P. S. Part of Mildred Budny's on-going research on the subject of seals and signatures, which would have figured in her Response to Session II of our "Seals" Sessions, now appears on our blog, Manuscript Studies, presenting Preston Take 2. (See the Contents List for the blog, as more discoveries await publication.)
P. P. S. It is not lost on us that some of our planned Sessions for 2020 were to consider aspects of the history of divinatory skills across time and place. But when we collectively chose these, as well as other subjects, last year for our sponsored and co-sponsored Sessions this year, it was not easy to guess then that this year's Sessions would not take place, after all, at their appointed time and place.
Adèle Kindt (1804–1884), The Fortune Teller (circa 1835). Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
A. Abstracts for the 2020 Congress Papers
Our custom is to post on our website the Abstracts for the Papers of our Sessions at the Congress. (See our Abstracts for Congress Papers.) This year is no different.
In the winter of 2019–2020, we had begun to post the 2020 Abstracts, one by one, as is our custom. They are linked to our announced Program: 2020 Congress Program Announced. The Abstracts function as a foretaste of the 'Menu' of the Sessions, and can provide a record of their subjects, aims, and scope of the presentations.
Already in earlier years (as with the 2016 Congress and the 2014 Congress), as a sign of appreciation, we chose to adopt the tradition of posting Abstracts even when a contributor was unable to travel to the Congress and to present the paper in person. The publication of such Abstracts states that, although proposed, accepted, and scheduled within the Session and Congress Program, the paper was not, in the event, presented.
Before March 2020, only once before, in more than 30 years of activities in many centers in the United States and elsewhere (see our Events and Congress Activities), has the Research Group had to cancel an event itself. That case was only 1 Session among 7 sponsored and co-sponsored Sessions at the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2013.
This year, after the cancellation of both our 2020 Spring Symposium (see above) and the 2020 Congress, we first turned to completing the Symposium Booklet, and then to completing the posting of the 2020 Abstracts.
Those tasks are now accomplished. For these Congress Abstracts, see
2020 Congress Program Announced and Abstracts of Congress Papers Listed by Year.
For the Symposium Booklet, see
Thus we honor the intentions of our participants and their readiness to contribute to our events.
Next, we might turn to contemplating further activities, and perhaps rescheduling some of these ones.
[Update: In the summer and autumn of 2020, we advance with planning to hold the same Sessions, albeit with a few changes, at the 2021 Congress. See the 2021 Congress Program in Progress.]
B. Agenda for the 2020 Business Meeting
Meeting to be rescheduled: Time and Place to be Determined
The Annual Agendas for our Open Business Meetings, customarily held at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, remain available for consultation.
These 1-page statements serve as concise Reports for our Activities, Plans, and Desiderata. After the Meetings, the Abstracts are available for download on our website. Some of them remain among the most popular downloads here.
Normally, the Agenda is presented at the Meeting. This year, we send it out ahead of time. It incorporates the updates of Spring 2020 and their constructive measures.
It is not yet clear when this year's Meeting, which had to be postponed, will take place. Under present circumstances, we may contemplate a virtual meeting, say via online conferencing in some form.
Please let us know if you wish to participate in the Meeting. We invite your comments, questions, and suggestions. (See below.)
C. More
We thank all our contributors to the 2020 events. The continuing momentum for such activities is a tribute to you all.
Please Contact Us with your questions and suggestions, for example to items on our 2020 Agenda.
For updates, please visit this site, our News & Views, and our Facebook Page .
For our nonprofit educational mission, with tax-exempt status, your donations in funds and/or in kind (expertise, materials, time) are welcome. Join us!
Tags: 'Manuscript Studies' Blog, 2020 Congress, 2020 Symposium, Bembino, Bembino Digital Font, Business Meeting, Early Printing, History of Documents, Manuscript studies, Medieval Studies, Seals and Signatures, Style Manifesto
March 10, 2020 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Announcements, Conference, Conference Announcement, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University, Uncategorized
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Anonymous, Still Life of Illuminated Book (circa 1510). Image via Wikimedia Commons..
"From Cover to Cover"
Activities Devoted to Manuscripts, Early Printed Books & Beyond
From Collecting & Cataloguing to Deciphering & Beholding
2020 Spring Symposium
of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
* Friday & Saturday 13–14 March 2020
Update 5 April 2020
The Symposium Booklet is now published and available for download. See Keeping Up: Updates for Spring 2020.
* Update 9 March 2020
This event is now cancelled, as Princeton University and other institutions respond to current health concerns, and take precautions regarding travel and meetings of various kinds in person. The Symposium might be rescheduled, conditions permitting.
Its plan is described in the announcement to Save the Date for our 2020 Spring Symposium .
Meanwhile, the Research Group aims to complete the Symposium Booklet and distribute it to contributors, registrants, and others, as a souvenir of our speakers' good intentions. Already, as a sign of appreciation, the Research Group has adopted the custom of posting on our website the abstracts of contributors who become unable to attend to present in person (as with the 2018 Congress, among others).
This time, under wider — even global — circumstances affecting the ensemble as a whole, we wish to show appreciation for the remarkable enthusiasm and dedication for the collaborative event demonstrated by our hosts, sponsors, speakers, moderators, and others. This knowledge is something to remember with satisfaction, gratitude, and praise.
The publication could, perhaps, give a token to show for our shared efforts, and to demonstrate something of the spirit of dedication and focus which prepared to assemble for the event itself.
This aim might help to ease some of the disappointment over cancellation, while the cancellation itself might ease some uncertainties about travel at present.
P. S. Only once before, in more than 30 years of activities in many centers in the United States and elsewhere (see our Events and Congress Activities}, has the Research Group had to cancel an event. It, however, was only 1 Session among 7 sponsored and co-sponsored Sessions at the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2013, when the Session organizer and 2 presenters were unable to travel to the Congress. We honored their intentions to contribute by continuing to record their abstracts and the statement of purpose of the Session on this website.
Similar solidarity pertains to our record of this intended 2020 Spring Symposium. This post (You are Here) reports the Cancellation or Postponement.
In the post announcing the Symposium, describing its scope, and providing its Program, not only do we now report the Cancellation or Postponement (as here), but also we preserve the description of the event in the updated version just before the decision to cancel this Symposium, among many gatherings at Princeton University and elsewhere at the beginning of the week in which the Symposium was planned to take place. See Save the Date.
New York, Grolier Club, *434.14Aug1470Folio. 15th-century German binding for historical texts in print (Augsburg, 1470) and manuscript (1462). Image courtesy Meghan Constantinou.
Watch this space and visit our FaceBook Page for updates. For questions and suggesions, please contact director@manuscriptevidence.org.
February 15, 2020 in Announcements, Conference, Conference Announcement, Events, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University, Reception, Uncategorized
New York, Grolier Club, *434.14Aug1470Folio.
Friday & Saturday 13–14 March 2020
The Symposium Booklet, with illustrations and Abstracts of Papers, is now published and available for download.
See Keeping Up: Updates for Spring 2020.
The Abstract of one paper in the 2020 Symposium Booklet has been expanded to a Draft Paper, available for Feedback:
"A Quick Introduction to Indian Manuscripts for the Non-Specialist", with examples and illustrations,
downloadable here.
Update 9 March 2020
This event is now cancelled, as Princeton University and other institutions respond to current health concerns, and take precautions regarding travel and meetings of various kinds in person.
The Symposium might be rescheduled, conditions permitting.
Meanwhile, the Research Group aims to complete the Symposium Booklet and distribute it to contributors, registrants, and others, as a souvenir of our speakers' good intentions. Already, as a sign of appreciation, we have adopted the custom of posting on our website the abstracts of contributors who become unable to attend to present in person (as with the 2018 Congress, among others).
Similar solidarity pertains to our record of this intended 2020 Spring Symposium. A summary of this Update appears in its own post.
Here we preserve the description of the event in the updated version just before the decision to cancel this Symposium, among many gatherings at Princeton University and elsewhere at the beginning of the week in which the Symposium was planned to take place.
Saint Andrew. Oil on Canvas. Artus Wollfort (1581–1641). Private Collection, Public Domain. Via Wikipedia Commons.
We announce the next Symposium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, to be held at Princeton University on Friday afternoon and Saturday, 13–14 March 2020. This event follows from, and builds upon, our earlier events, including our 2019 Anniversary Symposium, also held at Princeton University.
Our subject this time: "From Cover to Cover". Some say, "That Covers It". (We might well agree.)
Such activities include Collecting, Curating, Conserving, Cataloguing, Deciphering, Editing, Reading, Teaching, Translating, Displaying, Accessing, Beholding, Reconsidering, and More. Cover to Cover.
Naturally, these activities need not necessarily occur in that order, and often they appear in combination.
In addition we consider activities dedicated to manuscripts, early printed books, and beyond, in terms (as is our custom) of both media and chronology. As often, we consider medieval manuscripts and early printed books from Western Europe, but also— as usual — we examine materials from other cultures, languages, and time-frames.
This recognition of the processes (necessarily integrated) infuses the collection of presentations and conversations which our Symposium aims to gather. In a nutshell: Food for Thought, Refreshments included.
For which ability, we have Sponsors, Hosts, Trustees, Associates, Contributors, and Volunteers heartily to thank.
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University
The Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University
Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton University
James Marrow and Emily Rose
Barbara A. Shailor
Celia Chazelle
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
The Bibliographical Society of America
Poster 1 for 2019 Symposium
Following upon, and building upon, the success of our Anniversary Symposium last year, we prepare the 2020 Spring Symposium. Its date is now set, as is the Schedule. (See below.)
For our 2019 Anniversary Symposium, see its Report and its freely downloadable 2019 Anniversary Symposium Booklet. Like the Booklet, the 2 Posters (seen here) illustrate examples of manuscripts (Western and non-Western) showcased in the Symposium, its papers, and its workshops.
All these publications, as customary, are set in our very own copyright multilingual font Bembino , and designed and laid out according with our Style Manifesto. This font is freely available through our website, for your use – whether individual, nonprofit, or commercial.
Both the font, and its descriptive Booklet, are downloadable here . We have also prepared a booklet showing its abilities in setting multiple languages, both Western and non-Western. See Multi-Lingual Bembino . Plus our Style Manifesto .
Now we turn to our 2020 Spring Symposium. Please register (details below).
Gladly we list the Sponsors, Speakers, and Moderators.
Speakers and Moderators (in alphabetical order)
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, MS LJS 101, folio 1v. Photograph courtesy OPenn.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS latin 190, folio 1r. Photograph via gallica.bnf.fr.
Christine E. Bachmann (Art History Department, University of Delaware and Graduate Student Fellow 2019–2020, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania)
Mildred Budny (Director, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, Princeton)
Raymond Clemens (Curator, Early Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
Meghan Constantinou (Librarian, The Grolier Club, New York, New York)
Barbara Williams Ellertson (Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art and Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)
Lynley Anne Herbert (Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland)
Carson Koepke (Program in Medieval Studies, Yale University)
Laura Light (Director and Senior Specialist, Text Manuscripts, Les Enluminures)
John T. McQuillen (Associate Curator, Printed Books & Bindings, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, New York)
Bernard Maisner (Bernard Maisner and Bernard Maisner, Master Calligrapher)
New York, Morgan Library & Museum, PML 7, folio P2r. Blockbook of Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, printed in Germany circa 1468. Revelation 15:1, with hand-colored illustration.
Sabrina Minuzzi (Researcher in Early Modern History, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Ronald D. Patkus (Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections and Vassar Head of Special Collections, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York)
Pamela Patton (Director, Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University)
Lynn Ransom (Curator of Programs, The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries)
Helmut Reimitz (Professor of History and Director, Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton University)
Jessica L. Savage (Art History Specialist, Index of Medieval Art)
Barbara A. Shailor (Department of Classics, Yale University, and President, Bibliographical Society of America)
David W. Sorenson (Independent, Quincy, Massachusetts)
Kelly Tuttle (Project Cataloger, Manuscripts of the Muslim World, University of Pennsylvania Libraries)
Eric White (Curator of Rare Books and Acting Curator of Manuscripts, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University)
Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, William H. Scheide Library, 53.8. Latin Bible (printed in Strasbourg by Johann Mentelin, not after 1460 CE.) Photograph courtesy Princeton University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections.
The Aim
In a nutshell.
Friday 13 March: Classes, Workshops, Discussion, and a Reception
1) 12:00–1:00, 12:00–1:30, or 12:00–2:00pm (By Invitation)
Seminar Room of the Index of Medieval Art
"Comparing Notes about Databases: Past, Present & Futures"
2–3) 1:00–2:45 pm or 3:00–4:45 pm
Classes on Site at Firestone Library (Registration Required and Space Limited)
For registration for these classes and the symposium, see below.
"Material Evidence: A Workshop with 15th-Century Manuscripts and Incunabules"
Classes given (twice) by Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, Princeton University Library, in the Large Classroom of Floor C (Rare Books and Special Collections) at Firestone Library
Please gather in the Lobby at the entrance to Firestone Library, for special escorted access to Floor C, where there are lockable lockers (free) for your coats and cases, before entry to Special Collections.
2) Class 1: Meet at 1:00 for 1:15–2:45 pm
3) Class 2 (repeated): Meet at 3:00 for 3:15–4:45 pm
4) Session 3:00–5:00 pm
106 McCormick Hall
"Materials, Processes & Products: A Workshop"
This workshop offers presentations by Bernard Maisner on "The Materials and Methods of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscript Gold-Illumination Techniques" and by David W. Sorenson on "An Introduction to Indian Manuscripts for the Non-Specialist", along with curated displays of original materials in private collections and demonstrations of results from their close study.
5) Reception
5:00–7:00 pm
Lobby outside 106 McCormick Hall
Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, Anonymous, Still Life of an Illuminated Book, German school of the XVI century, circa 1510. Opened book with fanned leaves. Image via Wikimedia, public domain.
Saturday 14 March: Sessions, Refreshments, and Reception
106 McCormick Hall and its Lobby
6) 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Sessions, Coffee Breaks, Lunch, and Discussion
7) Reception (5:30–7:00 pm)
The Schedule is available here.
Please register for the Symposium. We offer the Registration form as a downloadable pdf .
Please Contact us with questions and suggestions.
Watch this space and visit our FaceBook Page for updates.
We invite you to donate to our nonprofit educational mission. Donations may be tax-deductible. We welcome donations in funds and in kind: Contributions and Donations .
Please join us at the symposium, open to all. You can register here .
Tags: Early Printing, manuscript fragments, Manuscript Illumination, Manuscript studies, Medieval Manuscript Fragments, Medieval Studies, Medieval Writing Materials, Spring Symposium
December 11, 2019 in Book & Exhibition Reviews, Princeton University, Uncategorized
Gutenberg & Friends
Among the events for our 2019 Anniversary Year (see below), the Research Group enjoys a set of Guided Tours by our Associate Eric White, Curator of Rare Books in Special Collections of Princeton University Libraries. He guided us through his co-curated Exhibition at Princeton University Library on Gutenberg and After: Europe's First Printers 1450-1470 (12 September 2019 – 15 December 2019).
The Group Listens. Photograph by Mildred Budny.
These tours, which included members of the Princeton Bibliophiles and Book Collectors (a subgroup of the Friends of the Princeton University Libraries), took place on Monday, 18 November, and Friday 13 December. In appreciation, we took Eric for refreshments afterward nearby.
Thus, it was possible not only to ask questions during the tour itself, but also to reflect further in conversations emerging from those direct, expertly guided encounters with the materials themselves.
Eric White Explains the Choice for Display of the Opening of I Kings in the Gutenberg Bible of 1455 (Scheide Library copy). Photograph by Mildred Budny.
Armchair Exhibition
More information about the exhibition, its background, and its selected exhibits, is presented online. Enjoy!
Close Up & Personal
Accompanying the exhibition is an online series of 7 short, thematic essays focusing upon selected aspects of the materials and their evidence.
1. Authenticity
Princeton University Library. "La Grant Danse Macabre" (Lyons, 1499), one of two surviving copies. It contains the earliest depiction of a printing shop, albeit accompanied by animated cadavers.
2. Indulgences
Princeton University Library, Special Collections. Printed Cyprus Indulgence, 31 Lines. (Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, 1454).
3. Illumination
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library. Gutenberg Bible of 1455. Opening Page of I Kings.
4. Uniqueness
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library. CALIXTUS III, BULLA THURCORUM (Mainz: Gutenberg, late 1456), opening page.
5. Johann Neumeister
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library. Turrecremata, "Meditations" (Albi: Johann Neumeister, 1481).
6. Fragments
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library. Donatus, "Ars minor" on vellum (Mainz: almost certainly Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust, perhaps ca. 1453-54), fragment.
7. Survivals
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library. Mainz Psalter on vellum (Mainz: Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer, 14 August 1457), folio 98.
These articles are stored here:
Inside Milberg Gallery "Gutenberg and After" .
An online exhibition displays detailed views: here . There, exploration is possible among the options of "Printer", "Publisher", "Subject", "Language". For example, seaching by "Printer" and selecting Gutenberg, Johann yields closer views and detailed descriptions of 7 exhibited items, with their digital facsimiles. Thus it is possible virtually to turn their pages, from
1. The 2-volume Gutenberg Bible of circa 1455 from Mainz in the Scheide Collection, with its original Erfurt binding and illuminations
7. A reused leaf from a Gutenberg Bible in the Princeton University Library, in its converted state as a vellum binding cover for a 1666 lawbook — seen here at the left in the exhibtion.
Princeton University Library. Gutenberg Bible Leaves Recycled as Binding Materials. Photograph by Mildred Budny.
2019 Symposium Booklet, Cover Page
2016 Symposium Program Booklet, Cover Page.
Eric White presented some of the discoveries which appear in the exhibition earlier for 2 of our Research Group Symposia at Princeton University, including our Symposium in this Anniversary Year.
Words and Deeds (2016)
The Roads Taken (2019)
The booklets for these Symposia (downloadable through those links) include the abstracts of Eric's papers and some accompanying images — which present materials included in the current exhibition. His presentations and workshops for those events gave helpful preparation for viewing the exhibition and for learning more from Eric's guided tours.
We thank him for teaching us more about these challenging, intriguing, and ground-breaking materials in the history of books. We look forward to learning more.
Preparations are on course for a printed catalogue of the exhibition. More to discover!
Eric Answers Questions. Photograph by Mildred Budny.
Anniversary Celebrations
These events in Princeton form part of our activities during 2019, a landmark Anniversary Year for the Research Group on Manuscript [and Other] Evidence. They include:
Specially Guided Tours for the RGME at the the Princeton University Exhibition on Gutenberg and After (November and December)
Permanent Panel at the Midwest Duality and Manuscript Evidence at the Midwest Modern Language Association 2019 Convention (November)
2019 International Congress on Medieval Studies (May)
2019 Anniversary Symposium on "The Roads Taken" (April)
Building upon the momentum of events for our Anniversary Year, we plan more events for 2020. Among them are the activities for the 2020 International Congress on Medieval Studies in May.
Also a Symposium at Princeton University in the Spring. Perhaps with more news about the background and foreground of the Gutenberg and Beyond Exhibition? Hopeful.
Please Contact Us with your questions and suggestions.
For our nonprofit educational mission, with tax-exempt status, your donations in funds and in kind (expertise, materials, time) are welcome.
Tags: Early Printed Fragments reused in Bindings, Early Printing, Eric White, Fragments, Gutenberg Bible, Gutenberg Press, Indulgences, Johannes Gutenberg, Milberg Gallery
July 28, 2019 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Anniversary, Announcements, Bembino, Conference, Index of Medieval Art, Manuscript Studies, Princeton University, Reception, Reports
The Roads Taken, Or, The Obstacle Course
Challenges & Opportunities for
Assessing the Origins, Travels & Arrivals
of Manuscripts & Early Printed Materials
2019 Anniversary Symposium
Friday 26 & Saturday 27 April 2019
Co-Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America
Rejoined Pieces of a Leaf from a Book of Hours. Private Collection.
In 2019 the Research Group on Manuscript [and Other] Evidence celebrates 20 years as a nonprofit educational corporation based in Princeton, and 30 years as an international scholarly society founded at the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Across the years, we have engaged in multiple events in many places, over multiple manuscripts and other original sources, and on a broad range of subjects. We celebrate our friends, colleagues, hosts, donors, volunteers, and subjects of study.
As part of these celebrations, our Anniversary Symposium took place at Princeton University, host of many of our events over the years, as remembered here. Sponsorship for this Symposium included Sponsors from earlier years, as well as new sponsorship by The Bibliographical Society of America and by Vassar College .
2019 Anniversary Symposium Booklet Cover Page
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April 11, 2019 in Announcements, Conference Announcement, Events, Index of Medieval Art, Manuscript Studies, Princeton University
The Roads Taken (Or, The Obstacle Course)
of Manuscripts and Early Printed Materials
A Symposium of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
26-27 April 2019 at Princeton University
Friday, 26 April
Princeton University Campus
Session 1. 1:00–2:30pm
Class on Site: Registration is Required and Space is Limited
Class on Rare Books (Sitting 1 of 2, Repeated in Session 2):
Large Classroom, Special Collections, Floor C, Firestone Library
Eric White (Curator of Rare Books, Firestone Library, Princeton University)
"New Findings from Old Bindings"
Break. 2:30–3:00pm
Session 2.1. 3:00–4:30pm
Classes on Site: Registration is Required and Space is Limited
1) Class on Rare Books (Repeated as Sitting 2)
Princeton University Art Museum, Prints and Drawings, Manuscript Fragment y1026.
2) Class on Manuscript Fragments (Sitting 1 of 1)
"Works on Paper" Study Room, Princeton University Art Museum
Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)
"Telling Their Stories: Little-Known Manuscript Fragments at the Princeton University Art Museum"
3) Panel on New Projects and New Research at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS)
Joseph Henry House, Room 15
Aylin Malcolm (Department of English, University of Pennsylvania)
"A Discussion of UPenn MS Codex 1881"
Judith Weston (Comparative Literatures Program, University of Pennsylvania)
"Pop-Up Manuscript Exhibits"
Dot Porter (Curator, Digital Research Services, SIMS, University of Pennsylvania)
"Hosting Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis"
The close of this Panel can serve as a meeting point for its participants and for attendees of the Classes in Session 2.1, to gather for the Reception.
Reception. 5:00–7:00pm
Proctor House, 53 University Place, Princeton
Please let us know if you plan to attend.
Saturday 27 April
McCormick Hall 106 and Index of Medival Art
Session 3: 9:00–10:40am
McCormick 106
Mildred Budny
(Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)
The Peregrinations of MSS: Origin, Provenance, or Both
Moderator: Barbara A. Shailor (Classics Department, Yale University)
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 1194. Photograph courtesy Kristen Herdman.
Kyle Conrau–Lewis (Classics Department, Yale University)
"Commentary, Book, Booklet? The Circulation of Conrad von Waldhausen in Austria and Bohemia"
Kristen Herdman (Medieval Studies, Yale University)
"Beinecke MS 1194: A New Medingen Psalter"
Raymond Clemens (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University)
Coffee Break 10:40–11:00
Lobby outside McCormick 106
Session 4. 11:00am–12:30pm
Moderator: Beatrice E. Kitzinger (Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University)
Joshua O'Driscoll (Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Morgan Library & Museum)
"The Many Problems of the Astor Lectionary"
Éric Palazzo (University of Poitiers and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
"From the Vivien Bible to the Portal of Vézelay: An 'Active' Reconsideration of the Canonical Masterpieces"
Lunch 12:30–1:30pm ($12 charge)
Moderator: Pamela Patton (Director, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University)
Ronald D. Patkus (Head of Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History, Vassar College)
"Buiding a Collection of pre-1600 Manuscripts for the Liberal Arts College: The Example of Vassar College"
Debra Taylor Cashion (Digital Humanities Librarian and Assistant Librarian, Vatican Film Library,
Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University Libraries)
"Digital Scriptorium: State of the Union Catalogue"
Eric White (Curator of Rare Books, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University)
"The Wreck of Time: Patterns of Survival among the Early Mainz Donatus Editions"
Princeton University Library, Scheide Library, Donatus, Ars Minor (fragment), printed in Mainz circa 1453-1454
Coffee Break 3:00–3:20pm
Books as Repository and Paper as Transformer
Moderator: Celia Chazelle (Department of History, College of New Jersey)
Alessia Bellusci (Postdoctoral Associate in Medieval Jewish History, Yale University)
"The Peregrinations of Avraham Yoel da Conegliano and a Frog
in an Unpublished Hebrew Manuscript from Baroque Italy"
"Paper and Writing in Later Sultanate India:
Setting the Ground Rules and Seeing What Results"
Michael A. Conrad (Kunsthistorisches Institut, University of Zurich)
"It's All in the Fold: Sacrobosco's Boat and the Early History of Paper Games and Toys in Europe"
Verso of a Leaf from a 35-Line, Double-Column Breviary. Circa 1300. Private Collection, reproduced by permission.
Reception and Display. 5:00–7:00pm
Index of Medieval Art
Index Centennial Exhibition on View
Curated Display: Original Manuscript and Early-Printed Materials
Seminar Room, Index of Medieval Art
The Registration Form is available as a downloadable pdf. Please send the completed pdf form to events@manuscriptevidence.org .
You can also register online, 2 ways:
If you wish to sign up for the lunch on Saturday @$12.00 and/or add a donation for our nonprofit organization via PayPal, here
Otherwise, here
2018 International Congress on Medieval Studies Report
May 22, 2018 in Abstracts of Conference Papers, Announcements, Business Meeting, Conference, Conference Announcement, ICMS, Index of Christian Art, Index of Medieval Art, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Manuscript Studies, Princeton University, Reception, Societas Magica
Report: Sessions & Events
Sponsored and Co-Sponsored
by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies
10–13 May 2018
[Published on 23 May 2018, with updates]
"The Scene of the Time" Photography by Mildred Budny.
With the completion of our Call for Papers for the 2018 Congress, we prepared the Programs for our Sessions and other Events — Reception and Open Business Meeting included. With the turn of the New Year, as customary, we began to add the Abstracts of Papers and Response, as their Authors permit, to our webpost announcing our activities for the 2018 Congress Program. Next, with the publication of the full Congress Program in a "sneak preview" at the beginning of February, the allocated times and locations become known. Also, as time progressed, more Abstracts joined our gathering Report.
Now we report the Congress activities as they occurred. You Are Here.
A Behind The Scenes Report gathers momentum as well. Coming Soon to a Screen Near You. Watch This Place.
Background and Foreground
The course of announcements and reports about the 2018 Congress may follow the sequence of previous years. For example, for the 2018 Congress, we announced the Plans and the Call for Papers (which has a deadline of 15 September), the Program (once the Sessions are designed from the responses to the Call for Papers), then an updated version or versions of the Program with the addition of the Abstracts and other news (same URL), and, once the Congress is accomplished, a Report as well as, it may be, a Report Behind the Scenes.
2018 Congress Call for Papers
2018 Congress Behind the Scenes Report (in preparation).
As in recent years, we co-sponsored Sessions with the Societas Magica (3 Sessions), and we co-sponsor a Reception.
Also, like the 2017 Congress, we held
an Open Business Meeting and
a Reception, co-sponsored with The Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University.
It is the 13th year of our co-sponsorship with the Societas Magica, and our 3rd year of co-sponsorship with the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University, now (since 2017) known as the Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University.
As usual, we publish the Abstracts for the accepted Papers. Both they and the Abstracts for previous Congresses appear in our Congress Abstracts, listed by Year and by Author.
Tags: Business Meeting, Index of Christian Art at Princeton University, Index of Medieval Art at Princeton University, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Reception, Societas Magica


Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, Bronwynne Brent has recorded two albums, the 2011 Deep Dark Water and 2014's Stardust. Her music and songs have an air of self-confessed melancholy that are delivered with a wonderfully distinctive voice that has been described as sounding like Southern sunshine. Bronwynne topped the female artist category in both 2015 & 2016 Americana-UK polls beating off the likes of Kacey Musgraves and Lucinda Williams so she certainly hasn't gone unnoticed over here.
I caught up with Bronwynne Brent before her show at the Ritz Acoustic Club in Burnham on Sea. She was accompanied by Johnny Sangster who as well as playing with her on this tour also played on and produced her 2014 album, Stardust.
It's my third time in England. It's like walking into a movie set, a Sherlock Holmes picture, every time we come over here. We don't have places like this. We don't have pubs. We love it! At home there are listening rooms and house concerts where people will actually listen but mostly it is festivals and bars where people aren't really listening, they are just having a good time. I have either found an audience over here that really likes to listen to my music or people are generally more interested in listening to the songs over here. I haven't worked out which yet!
I was just playing coffee shops until I had a CD to promote. It was really difficult touring the first album (Deep Black Water, 2011). I am not on a label so everything is out of pocket. I moved to Austin, Texas to try to do music but the town was so saturated with music that I could play gigs with absolutely no audience. I felt ridiculous. It was terrible.
I grew up into a musical family. I have two older sisters – Eden Brent is a blues boogie-woogie piano player and Jessica Brent who sings country and folk. Mum sang, Dad loves to play guitar. I used to watch my older sisters play and as I got older the three of us would sing 3-part harmonies. I am the quiet one in the family. They are noisy and loud. My subsequent and on-going low self-esteem with regard to my music may be due to that!
How does the quiet one with low esteem get up in front of an audience?
It is not good for my health! I have terrible stage fright. My palms are sweating, my heart is pounding. It's terrifying. It does gets a little easier as the performance progresses. My sister always told me to keep going, that it will get easier as I get older and have more experience. It hasn't yet! It also depends on the comfort level I feel at each venue. For instance, my stress levels went through the roof at a recent BBC Radio session I did in Scotland.
Listening to my sisters' records growing up was my first exposure to artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and David Bowie. I have always listened to older music though, I have never really listened to contemporary music particularly and I can't really cite anybody as an influence in particular.
Looking back, I really have no idea how that came about! I didn't tell anyone in my family that I wanted to make an album at the time. I sent my demos. I drove to Austin Texas to try to get it done. I had heard a Heartless Bastards album and I liked the sound of it so someone said why don't you get that guy to produce your record. That guy was Mike McCarthy so I sent him my demos. He must have liked what he heard as he got back in touch with me and he said he had a little studio I could record in. It went from there. I was 37 years old then and still did it all without telling my family!
What were you doing up till then?
I was still writing and playing music but I was doing all sorts of things. Sorry, I have a really bad memory! I was an anthropology student. Then I studied art. Took philosophy classes. I moved to New Orleans but if you aren't doing the New Orleans signature sound that is demanded there it is a very hard city in which to break through that scene. They also don't want to hire you unless you can bring in a certain number of customers through the door. To be fair I think I also gave up a little too easy.
Reaction to the first album?
There were some good reviews but they weren't exactly Rolling Stone reviews you know! I sent my record to radio stations all over the country with a sweet little letter. I pushed that record for a really long time. I thought that I had this good record which would be all I needed to get reviewed and played and I would be fine. I think they all put it straight into the trash! It changed when I sent my record to this guy my sister knows and he gave a me a good review and that got the ball rolling to a certain extent. But it was when Bob Harris played it people really started to buy it. It makes such a huge difference when someone like Bob picks up on your music.
I got a showcase at the International Folk Alliance Conference in Kansas City. They have these panels one of which was called The Griddle. They play 59 seconds of your song before each member on the panel gets to critique it. Loudon Temple was on the panel. My heart was pounding. My blood was rushing so fast. I have anxiety but that was something else! The song was Already Gone. Loudon said he wanted to talk to me. I knew he had an agency somewhere over here (Bloody Great PR), Scotland I think. I really wanted to go somewhere different. I wanted to try somewhere apart from the States. So, I sent him my CD and he booked me for a tour without even having seen me perform live.
What ambitions for any new record?
A Grammy would be great! It's like when I buy a lottery ticket, every time I think I'm gonna win! It is always such a let-down when you don't but you always have a little hope, you know? I think I am too old to be really famous, I know that now and I wouldn't like all that attention anyway because I am too shy and reserved, but maybe a song in a movie or a commercial would be cool. Enough income to support me would be good! That's all I'm asking. It doesn't do that at the moment. I am still trying to get it out there. Sometimes I don't know what drives me…. but something is!
The tour is going well but as far as making money there is still a way to go before the economy flips and you start bringing home money to support yourself. CD sales on the night are really important to us. We are mid-way through the tour. We are playing quite small venues but that's okay as I love small places with intimate crowds that make it feel like we are sitting in someone's living room. As long as people are having fun that I don't care how many people are there!
I am not very disciplined. When something happens in my life I want to write. I think it is a release. Like a cathartic experience. A lot of my songs lean towards the melancholy. That's when I like to write but it is not always like that. Sometimes I just pick up a guitar and find a melody and words follow. I do get some inspiration from my own experiences and from personal events in my life but I also get that from other lives too. It is not always about me. I think there is a mix in most songs of made up and real experiences flowing into some kind of a story.
I am very picky with music. It takes a lot of luck to get on and get heard in this industry. Some get it, some don't. I just don't worry about what anybody else is doing. I don't see this as a competition with other artists, I just enjoy making music because that is what I love. Your time will come. I wish everyone the best with their music but I just don't see it as competition. It is so much easier to make music with now, it is so easy to share music on line. It is the public that are saturated with choice. There is so much for them to hear that they can get desensitised. That's who we need to worry about.
That is why Johnny is on the tour with me. He is in Seattle, I am in Louisiana and it is really hard to get together and prepare so the tour gives us time to look at the songs, tweak them, sort through what works. There is a ton of ideas and this time is great for us. We are looking to record in May in which case the album release will be autumn 2017. If that doesn't happen then the time frame will slip back and release probably won't be until about this time next year. Maybe we will be over for another tour next year to promote it. I love what I am doing. This is what is going on in my life. I am putting everything into this.


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PTCL is giving away free 6 months Netflix subscription if you use their 8mb connection
March 7, 2018 by Trending Team
A month's subscription of Netflix costs up to $11.99 (Approx PKR 1,300)
The largest internet service provider and telephone company PTCL has just partnered with the world's largest online streaming service Netflix to offer a massive free subscription to its users.
PTCL announced yesterday that if you are using their 8mb connection, you can get a free gift subscription to Netflix for 6 months. This deal is exclusive to 8mbps or more connections only.
Netflix officially launched in Pakistan not too long ago and already has a lot of local and international content to stream. But before PTCL's deal, Netflix was charging anywhere from $7.99 to $11.99 (PKR 900 – PKR 1,300) for a month's subscription with one month free.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited is already partnered up with iFlix, another streaming service that was launched in Pakistan almost immediately after Netflix launched in the country.
iFlix is offered for free for one year to all users on 4mbps.
With PTCL partnered with Netflix, it will help the streaming service to cover a lot of ground in the country which it has previously been unable to do so.
To subscribe to the service for free, visit this page.
More about Netflix
Netflix is the world's largest and best online streaming service. It hosts some of the best films, TV shows, and other entertainment media on the site.
Netflix is also known for its original films and TV shows such as Stranger Things, Narcos, Daredevil and more. The streaming service is reportedly already working with Pakistani producers and artists to bring original TV shows for Pakistan on the service.
The service already has a few Pakistani films to stream and a couple of hit Pakistani dramas in flawless quality.
Once subscribed to Netflix, you can enjoy on-demand entertainment on your smartphones, PCs, laptops, tablets and Smart TVs.
A Crocodile festival was held in Manghopir, Pakistan over the weekend
One of a kind haunted dungeons experience is now open in Lahore

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D'oh! Medicom Toy continues its fantastic line of The Simpsons Be@rbrick vinyl figures with the patriarch of the long running animated series, Homer Simpsons! These The Simpsons Homer Be@rbrick vinyl figures are expected to ship in March 2018. The 100% Be@rbrick stands 2.75" tall and will retail for around $15-25, the 400% Be@rbrick stands 11" tall and will retail for around $75-125, and the 1,000% Be@rbrick stands 27.5" tall and will retail for around $300-650.


I'm sure you know that companies such as Starbucks and many other coffee shops use syrups and artificial sweeteners to get you that Pumpkin Spice flavour we crave in the fall. Well, here's an easy to make vegan PSL recipe that actually contains real pumpkin. Get excited.
Combine all ingredients in small saucepan on stove.
Stir until everything is mixed together smoothly.


This is a Yellow Necked Spurfowl, which are are native to Kenya, and can be seen in many of the parks in Kenya. I think these birds are really pretty, and I like seeing all the different birdlife in Kenya. This was taken in Buffalo Springs National Reserve, which is a really nice park, located really close to Shaba National park. You can visit both in one day; do a morning game drive in one park and an afternoon game drive in the other.
This photography was taken at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. We went out on an early morning game drive and found this young cheetah along with it's brother, just laying down along side the dirt road. We found these two not too far from where we were staying, a place called Fig Tree Camp. The camp is beautiful, the staff were really friendly, and the location was great; we saw tons of wildlife on the game drives that we took from this hotel, and the view from our tent cabin was really beautiful. Maasai Mara is my favorite park, and having stayed in more than one hotel there, i'd still recommend this one, it's further from the gates of the park than some of the other hotels, but it's well worth the drive.
Two male Impalas in a minor head lock, they were butting heads for a little, but it was a play fight, nothing too bad. This photo was taken in Kenya at Masai Mara.


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See Jessica Graf's Bare Belly 1 Month After Giving Birth to Daughter: Pic
Time flies! Jessica Graf welcomed her baby girl, Maverick, last month and just debuted her postpartum stomach.
"4 weeks post! How crazy!" the Big Brother alum, 28, captioned her Thursday, April 18, Instagram Story. In the video, she lifted her tank top to show off her bare belly.
The Amazing Race alum's husband, Cody Nickson, took over Graf's "Now What?!" podcast on March 20 to announce their daughter's arrival.
After detailing his wife's high blood pressure and emergency C-section, the former Marine, 34, said, "15 minutes later on St. Patrick's Day, our little bundle of joy arrived." Maverick weighed in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces.
The pair gave fans a first glimpse of their baby girl with a black-and-white photo on the little one's Instagram account that same day. "Hi world!" the sweet shot read.
The reality stars, who met and fell in love on season 19 of Big Brother, announced in September 2018 that they were expecting.
"WE'RE PREGNANT! And I'm over the moon!" Graf captioned their Instagram reveal at the time. "I'm so excited to bring our first child into this life we have created together!"
The mom-to-be debuted her baby bump three months later, which she waited to do "because people online can be TROLLS," she admitted on Instagram. "I'm very confident, and rude comments don't bother me anymore. I've developed thick skin for it and I've also developed one hell of a 'Blocked' list so I don't see most of it."
Maverick is the Rhode Island native's first child, while her husband has a daughter, Paisley, from a previous relationship. She was the flower girl in the couple's October 2018 wedding.
"It was a gorgeous wedding and a ton of fun," the pair's former castmate Alexander Rossi told Us Weekly exclusively at the time. "Cody and Jess have become great friends to me and my girlfriend, Kelly. It was super fun to be there with Conor [Daly]."
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With the clock ticking away toward the end of the first half, and Dragan Bender seeking his first points of the night, Maccabi Tel Aviv's 18-year-old phenom forward leaned in for a floater in the lane that was swiftly swatted away by a far more muscular defender who had been pushing him around all game. But what happened next is what has left NBA scouts salivating in recent months over Bender's unbridled potential—instead of dropping his head in frustration, the Croatian wunderkind instantly threw his 7-foot-1, 225-pound frame on the floor to stop the ball from rolling out of bounds.
Maccabi, Israel's perennial basketball powerhouse, coasted to a 68-51 victory over Bnei Hasharon for a 2-0 lead in the first round playoff series it would ultimately sweep. Bender finished with another modest stat line—2 points, 7 rebounds—in a season where he has had inconsistent production in limited playing time.
When it comes to Bender, though, traditional statistics go out the window. Even such a seemingly innocuous sequence represents to many insiders everything he already is—a cool-headed, hardworking big man blessed with extraordinary physical traits, the skill set of a guard and the poise of a veteran—and, more importantly, everything he soon may become, namely the next big thing in the NBA.
Shy and unassuming, Bender casually brushes off such talk, focusing instead on the tedious track he still has to tread.
Off the court, Bender tries his best to be a normal 18-year-old. He spends most of his time eating, sleeping, and watching TV. His 20-year-old brother, Ivan, a 6-foot-9 forward currently playing at the University of Maryland, swears Bender actually learned to speak English from watching endless episodes of Friends as a kid.
"I didn't like it, so I didn't learn as well," said a smiling Ivan, neither of whose parents speak English.
Having only attended two years of high school, Bender is still studying long distance and hopes to graduate this summer. In his rare off days, he jogs at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, going early in the morning to avoid being interrupted by eager fans. He'll occasionally head to the movies with some of the Israeli and foreign basketball players he's become friendly with who are closer to his age. He says he's seen a bit of the country and is eager to come back as a tourist.
Like other foreign players, Bender is provided an apartment and a car. He lives in a north Tel Aviv neighborhood, close to former Maccabi Tel Aviv star Nikola Vujčić, who is a type of father figure to him and often has him over for dinner.
When Bender's mother is visiting she cooks for him but he says he knows his way around the kitchen. It's a necessity since he eats six full meals a day as part of a high-calorie regimen to add muscle. He said he eats "everything," but to a degree.
"I'm really careful about gaining weight because I want to keep my speed and my agility at the same level," he said.
He shrugs off any awe over the maturity required of an 18-year-old to care for himself in a foreign country, let alone to excel as a basketball player.
The expected stardom of the NBA should also come smoothly. Because of his sheer size, he has stood out since he was a kid and has been the target of autograph-seekers for years.
He patiently signed a basketball and a notepad and posed for a selfie. Then he agreed to record a brief video greeting for another who was about to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Bender wished him Mazel Tov, among the several Hebrew phrases he has picked up.
When noted that he is only five years older than them, he laughed. "It's crazy," he said.
He'll stay up sometimes to catch the NBA playoffs on TV. The player he finds himself most drawn to these days is Draymond Green, the Golden State Warriors' versatile power forward who has become a prototype of the "stretch 4" forward that is so trendy these days in the NBA and which many predict Bender will become.
Beyond that it is hard to get Bender to engage in any NBA fantasies. Asked if he can imagine what it will feel like to see LeBron James charging down the lane at him, he briefly gets a glint in his eye before typically getting back on message.
A year after the New York Knicks' 7-foot-3 Latvian rookie Kristaps Porzingis took the league by storm, Bender is already being touted as an heir apparent. He is widely projected to be a top five pick in the June 23 NBA draft, with some mock drafts having him going as high as number three to the Boston Celtics, following only college freshman stars Ben Simmons of LSU and Brandon Ingram of Duke.
His looming ascension to the top basketball stage marks the pinnacle of a lifelong project to develop the lanky prodigy from Capljina, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 miles from the Adriatic Sea that borders Croatia and is ethnically mixed between Christian Croats like Bender, Muslims, and Serbs.
Bender started playing in the first grade and at age 12 left home with his older brother for the prestigious basketball academy in Split run by Vujčić. There, coaches resisted the temptation of sticking him in the post and made him learn to play all five positions to become a gifted dribbler, passer, and shooter. The unique blend of size and skill began generating Bender attention as perhaps the most ballyhooed Croatian prospect since his boyhood idol Toni Kukoc.
At age 15, he went pro and a year later signed an unprecedented seven-year contract with Maccabi, one of the most storied European franchises, where Vujčić was now team manager.
After a year of honing his skills in Ironi Ramat Gan in Israel's second division he was promoted this season to the top team, where team officials say he has drawn interest from all 30 NBA teams. For the last few months, Maccabi's games, and even more so its practices, have turned into prolonged scouting sessions of Bender that have included visits from top NBA executives like Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and Boston Celtics boss Danny Ainge.
In basketball-crazed Croatia, he is the latest in a long line of stars and will be following the NBA footsteps of legends such as Kukoc, Dino Radja, the late Drazen Petrovic (whom Bender honors by wearing number 3), and Zan Tabak, his current coach at Maccabi.
The brown-haired, baby-faced Bender seems unfazed by the hype, his intense gaze masking the angular features, soft brown eyes, and patchy facial hair that betray his youth. He's almost obsessive about staying grounded and has asked his inner circle of coaches, family, and friends to shield him from the constant rumor mill surrounding his projected draft placement. Just like his game, his ego has yet to develop into that of a superstar's.
It's been tough at Maccabi, where the pressure to succeed is almost unfathomable. To compare Maccabi to the New York Yankees would be an understatement. Its budget often dwarfs the rest of the leagues' combined. In one nearly 40-year stretch, they lost the national title just once and even a two-game losing streak sets off panic in management and speculation over the coach's future.
In 26 regular season games, Bender has played an average of just 13.5 minutes a game, averaging 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds a game. His numbers in Euroleague play were even lower.
Beyond the skills, Goodes said he was most impressed with Bender's composure and his intelligence.
"That's why I don't think you need to look too much at what he is doing right now but you have to look at his talent, which will come through in another year or two or three or four," he said.
Playing against grizzled professionals, some as much as 20 years older and many with NBA experience, Bender has often been bullied and overpowered on the court. It's not hard to imagine a more confident, bulked up version easily dunking on them all in a couple of seasons.
His mere presence—a 7-foot-2 wingspan and a 9-foot-3 standing reach—is the first thing that titillated NBA scouts. But following the European mold of Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol, his size is just part of the package that includes stellar basketball fundamentals that have been wired into him since childhood.
Even with his limited role, Bender has made believers out of both teammates and opponents.
Devin Smith, Maccabi's 33-year-old veteran leader, said Bender has been deferential to his older teammates, gleaning tips from those who've played in the NBA, and readily accepting guidance—even as they kid him about lending them money because of the big contract he is expected to land.
Bender hasn't generated the same kind of following as Omri Casspi, the homegrown Israeli whose drafting and subsequent NBA career is considered a source of national pride. But fans have cheered him on warmly even as his most impressive qualities have flown under most of their radars.
To opponents, it's clear he is special.
In a common refrain, Kozikaro said the pressure and the demand for immediate results at Maccabi made it a less than ideal breeding ground for young players and that, ironically perhaps, Bender will have more of an opportunity to develop in the NBA where the intensive coaching will fine tone his raw talent.
The Herzliya game offered a sneak peek into the future. Twice Bender made up lost ground on defense to lunge for big blocks, once he surged into the passing lane for a steal that led to a fast break, and his only bucket of the night was a long jumper where he stepped on the 3-point line.
Watching from the sideline, Moshe Bardu, an independent Israeli pregame analyst who has observed Bender all season, noted other less obvious elements.
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San Jose Sharks start to see what they can be
Sharks follow up stinker against Vancouver Canucks with solid defensive performance vs. Chicago Blackhawks
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 5: San Jose Sharks' Lean Bergmann (45) fights for the puck against Chicago Blackhawks' Olli Maatta (6) in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
By Curtis Pashelka | cpashelka@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 6, 2019 at 5:30 am | UPDATED: November 6, 2019 at 5:13 pm
SAN JOSE — The Sharks have talked about the need to play a tighter, more physical brand of hockey since they were walloped in back-to-back games to start the regular season.
After following that formula in two of their last three games this month, and seeing what kind of success it can bring, maybe those messages are finally hitting home.
The Sharks allowed just 21 shots on net Tuesday, including eight in the first two periods, and snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at SAP Center. Tomas Hertl and Timo Meier each had a goal and an assist. The other two goals were scored by Evander Kane and Patrick Marleau, the latter playing in his 800th consecutive NHL game.
The Sharks (5-10-1) continue their homestand Thursday against the Minnesota Wild, and there should be no ambiguity about how they have to play if they want to pull themselves out of this mess.
"That's been the message here for the last couple weeks, that we have to be more engaged physically, that we have to be harder to play against, especially around our net," Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. "We did a good job defending tonight. We didn't give them much. In the third, they put a little bit of pressure on.
"But I thought defensively, we worked really hard at it, and in the offensive zone, we were harder too. We spent more time down there and hung onto more pucks."
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At least some of the Sharks' success Tuesday had to do with the return of defenseman Radim Simek, who didn't waste much time getting involved, greeting Blackhawks rookie forward Kirby Dach midway through the first period with a hard hit just inside the Sharks' blue line.
Dach's upper body smacked against the glass just inside the Sharks bench, bringing a rise out of the announced crowd of 16,087.
It was exactly the type of play that Simek had become known for when he suited up for the Sharks last season, stopping offensive plays cold with a simple, physical approach.
He didn't go out of his way to blast Dach, just took the body when the opportunity presented itself to shut down a potential Blackhawks rush.
"I thought he was great tonight, and he makes a big difference," DeBoer said of Simek. "It's not something we don't know, but when he was in our lineup last year, we were a different team.
"The luxury of not having to overplay guys. Their minutes are more where they need to be, which allows us to hop over the boards with energy and defend harder."
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Simek played his first NHL game since March 12, as he spent the last several months rehabbing from reconstructive surgery on his right knee. He took his familiar spot alongside Brent Burns, and finished with 20 minutes and 35 seconds of ice time — third most among all Sharks defensemen. Only Burns (25:54) and Erik Karlsson had more (20:57).
In his 20-plus minutes, Simek had a team-high five hits and four blocked shots. There was some rust, to be sure, but the Sharks have to be excited what Simek will be able to bring once he gets more into midseason form.
"He was good," Sharks captain Logan Couture said of Simek. "Good stick. He stepped up well in the neutral zone. His reads were very good for a guy that's missed eight months.
"He was able to read when it was an even man rush and when it was an odd-man, he was able to step-up and end plays in the neutral zone. On our blue line, I thought he stood hard, didn't give their skill guys time when they were entering or trying to enter with possession."
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 5: San Jose Sharks' Patrick Marleau (12) is hit with a puck in front of Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Robin Lehner (40) in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
The Sharks had allowed four goals or more in 10 of 15 games so far this season, including an unsightly 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Jones and backup goalie Aaron Dell had to take their share of responsibility for that, especially with the Sharks allowing the first goal 11 times.
But if the Sharks are able to stick with this approach to games, their goalies will benefit.
"Everybody was really solid tonight," Jones said. "I thought we didn't really give them any speed through the neutral zone and we defended hard in our own end. Even when they had some sustained pressure, we were really solid back there. Good game all around."
Tuesday's game was a bit reminiscent of Friday's against the Winnipeg Jets, when the Sharks had a huge advantage in shots on goal but were unable to capitalize on a handful of chances. The Jets scored late in the third period and escaped with a 3-2 win.
Against the Blackhawks, the Sharks were dominating shots-wise but only had a one goal lead as forward Timo Meier was sent off for high-sticking at the 11:16 mark.
Then Brenden Dillon sent a puck around the boards from behind the Sharks net that got past Blackhawks defenseman Adam Boqvist at the blue line. The puck slid toward the middle of the ice and into the Blackhawks' zone, where Kane picked it up and fired a wrist shot through the legs of goalie Robin Lehner for a two-goal Sharks lead.
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"That took some pressure off because it was feeling like déjà vu with that game," DeBoer said. "It was nice to get the first one and play out front, and it was nice to get that insurance goal."
This time the Sharks were rewarded.
"The good news is two of our last three games, we're starting to see the signs of what we're capable of being as a team," DeBoer said, "and the way we want to play."
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Curtis Pashelka
Curtis Pashelka is the San Jose Sharks reporter for the Bay Area News Group. Prior to covering the Sharks, Curtis served as the high school sports editor for the East Bay. He also worked as a general assignment reporter covering motorsports, golf and college basketball, and as a backup writer on the A's, Giants and Warriors. He started at the organization in 2000 and spent close to eight years covering high school sports.
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