Program for Saturday, 18 April 2009
Host: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Organizer and Local Arrangements: Lynn Ransom (University of Pennsylvania)
Location: Parlor of Henry Walter’s house, Walters Art Museum (Entrance at 5 West Mt. Vernon Place)
- 10:30 Coffee
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Special Presentation on the Roman de la Rose Digital Library
David Reynolds (Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University), The Roman de la Rose Digital Library
Stephen Nichols (Johns Hopkins University), Digital Humanities: New Challenges - 12:00-1:30: Lunch (picnic lunch provided)
12:45: First tour of The St. Johns Bible exhibition - 1:30-3:30 pm
Giles Constable (Institute for Advanced Study), Cluny and Rome
Martha Easton (Bryn Mawr College), Nudity and Dress in the Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry - 3:30 pm: Second tour of The St. Johns Bible exhibition
The meeting will take place in the Parlor of Henry Walters’ house, which is directly behind the main building of the museum. The entrance is on 5 West Mt. Vernon Place, ½ block west of the George Washington Monument.
For directions to the museum and parking, go to: http://www.thewalters.org/visit_plan_museum/planavisit_parking.aspx.
The Walters is within easy walking distance of Baltimore-Penn Station for those who might want to take the train.