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Sabbatical - Pierre Delsaerdt. University of Antwerp

The aim of this sabbatical leave is to do research on the 'patrimonialisation' of the book in the Southern Low Countries during the revolutionary years 1790–1830. Research will focus on two case studies: (1) the considerable transfer of books from monastic libraries towards Parisian depots such as the Bibliothèque nationale during the French regime in the Southern Low Countries; (2) the preservation of heritage documents that had been collected ...

On titles and chapters. Investigations into the nature of patristic and Byzantine literature. KU Leuven

Peter Van Deun

Greek Studies, Leuven

This project further develops our previous research on Byzantine encyclopaedism, which concludes that the term 'encyclopaedia' should be abondoned in favor of that of 'compilation' or 'collection'. This insight will nob we refined in two different ways, none of which having been looked into up to present. The project's first part narrows the focus to a particular kind of compilation literature: theological collections of small chapters or capita ...

The Tree of Texts: Towards an empirical model for text transmission and evolution. KU Leuven

Caroline Macé

Greek Studies, Leuven

This research intends to put a step forward in the field of textual criticism, more particularly stemmatology, by providing a model of the evolution of manuscript traditions, based on the analysis of several sets of data. As long as a model of the evolution of texts will remain deficient, if not totally missing, it is unavoidable that already existing statistical evolutionary tools (used for example in biology) will not be properly used: in ...

Manuscript production and the formation of corporate identities in high medieval monasteries in the bishopric of Liège Ghent University

Steven Vanderputten

Department of History

Monasteries from the bishopric of Liège (late 11th and 12th centuries) found themselves at a cultural crossroads between the German Empire and the French region and consciously maintained relations with abbeys from both regions. I will analyze how manuscripts were used to shape the identities of the Liège monasteries through a comparative study of their textal contents and material presentation.

Augustine's sermons on the New Testament Letters. Critical edition and contentanalysis from a rhetorical point of view. KU Leuven

Gert Partoens

Latin Literature, Leuven

The sermons 151-183 pf Saint Augustine (354-430) focus on the New testament Letters and especially on those of Saint Paul (151-178), who played a pivotal role in the development, theology, and pastoral activity of Augustine. This research project has two parts: (1) the critical edition of sermons 151-183 in the Series latina of the Corpus Christianorum; (2) a content analysis of these texts from a rhetorical point of view. (1) The edition aims ...

MITT - Mobility of Ideas and Transmission of Texts Vernacular Literature and Learning in the Rhineland and the Low Countries (ca.1300-1550). University of Antwerp

Thom Mertens

Centre for Philosophical Psychology, Research centre Ruusbroec Institute

"Mobility of Ideas and Transmission of Texts" (MITT) is a research training programme (2009-2013) that studies the medieval transmission of learning from the ecclesiastical and academic elites of the professional intellectuals to the wider readership that could be reached through the vernacular. The programme focuses on the medieval dynamics of intellectual life in the Rhineland and the Low Countries, nowadays divided over five countries ...

Picturing the Roman Army in Third-Century Egypt. Roman Tombstones from the Military Necropolis at Nicopolis. KU Leuven

Katelijn Vandorpe

Ancient History, Leuven

Following the defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra in 30 B.C., a Roman fortress was established southwest of the newly founded town of Nikopolisnear Alexandria in Egypt. Its necropolis was located close to the fortress and produced more than 140 tombstones, most of them associated with legio II Traiana fortis</>. Only a small minority has been discovered in situ</>; the major part has been sold on the antiquities market in the late ...

Tituli honorarii: honorary monuments. Comparative and social research on the epigraphic habit on the Italian peninsula, the western provinces and Asia Minor. Ghent University

Koenraad Verboven

Department of History, Department of Archaeology

Monumental commemorative monuments form the basis of epigraphic research, shedding new light on aspects of Roman society, such as social mobility. Did the degree of romanization in the provinces ensure an imitation of the model? The influence of provincial subcultures will be investigated. Attention is paid to the social stratification and mobility within the provinces and the relationship to the Roman model of society.

Life and death of legionary soldiers in third-century Agypt. An interdisciplinary study of tomb monuments of Legio II Traiana Fortis. KU Leuven