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Call for Papers: Alternative Routes. The Spread of Liturgical Chant in post-Carolingian Europe (900–1100)
The SCRIBEMUS team invites submissions for the interdisciplinary conference Alternative Routes. The Spread of Liturgical Chant in post-Carolingian Europe (900–1100), to be held in Cremona on January 12-13, 2026. This event marks the midpoint of the ERC-funded project SCRIBEMUS. The conference focuses on the dissemination of liturgical chant during the early Middle Ages, with special attention to the transregional networks through which notational systems, liturgy, and chant practices were transmitted. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2025.
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SCRIBEMUS Team Shares Latest Research Updates in Cremona
On Monday, May 19, the team of the ERC project SCRIBEMUS held a series of short presentations at the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage (University of Pavia) in Cremona. Principal Investigator Giovanni Varelli opened the event with an introduction to the project, after which research fellows Alessandra Ignesti, Giovanni Cunego, Marcus Jones, Patrick S. Marschner and Evina Stein, joined by new PhD students Francesco Orio and Sara Vrdoljak, presented their work.
New Doctoral Students at SCRIBEMUS
As part of the selection process for the 40th cycle (second part) of the PhD Program in Literary and Musical Text Sciences at the University of Pavia, two candidates have been awarded funded positions. Over the next three years, they will contribute to the SCRIBEMUS project as doctoral researchers. The selected candidates are Francesco Orio and Sara Vrdoljak, who will officially join the team on April 1, 2025.
Claudius of Turin’s "De sex aetatibus mundi" – Manuscript study and first critical edition
At the first entry of the 2025 HIT Online Seminar on February 18, 2025, Patrick S. Marschner presented his research on Claudius of Turin’s De sex aetatibus mundi, offering an in-depth discussion of his forthcoming book.
His study examines a text often referred to as a "chronicle" but more accurately described as a treatise on computus and historical division from Creation to the year 814. Marschner’s research sheds new light on the manuscript tradition, the text’s reception in the post-Carolingian period, and the significant variations among surviving copies. His forthcoming edition will present the first complete edition and translation of this work.
Cum Notis Musicis: Frammenti Liturgico-Musicali dei Secoli XII-XV
The SCRIBEMUS team is pleased to acknowledge the publication of Cum Notis Musicis: Frammenti Liturgico-Musicali dei Secoli XII-XV, co-edited by Alessandra Ignesti, a valued member of our team, and Laura Albiero. Published by Isotta Conti Éditions, this volume explores liturgical-musical fragments from the 12th to 15th centuries, with studies by Laura Albiero, Nicoletta Biondi, Caterina Ferragina, Alessandra Ignesti, Angela Stefania Lamanna, Elvira Landino, Fabio Manuel Serra, and Brunella Spaterna.
The volume was officially presented at a conference on liturgical-musical fragments, held at the École nationale des Chartes in Paris on November 6-7, 2024.