Workshop "Networks of Knowledge Transfer. Ecclesiastical, Liturgical, and Linguistic Connections"
On Monday, the 4th of May, the workshop Networks of Knowledge Transfer – Ecclesiastical, Liturgical, and Linguistic Connections will take place at the campus UAB, Torre Vila Puig.
The workshop Networks of Knowledge Transfer – Ecclesiastical, Liturgical, and Linguistic Connections brings together specialists in medieval studies to examine the transmission of texts, manuscripts, and musical notation across Latin Europe.
Structured in three thematic sessions and opened by Joan Curbet (Institut d’Estudis Medievals), the programme focuses on the dynamics of cultural exchange between Catalonia, Italy, and the broader South-Frankish sphere. Particular attention is given to the circulation of manuscript witnesses, the mobility of intellectual networks, and the material and textual features that shaped the preservation and dissemination of knowledge from the early to the high Middle Ages.
The contributions combine palaeographical, philological, and musicological approaches to address issues such as the presence of Catalan manuscripts in Italian contexts, the transmission of Carolingian homiletic and mnemonic texts, and the development and regional diversification of early musical notation systems. Several papers also reassess the role of transregional connections—across Northern Iberia, Southern Francia, and the Italian peninsula—in the formation of shared liturgical and notational practices.
By fostering dialogue across disciplines, the workshop aims to advance current debates on cultural entanglement, textual transmission, and the evolution of written and musical traditions in medieval Europe.
SCRIBEMUS. Scribes of Musical Cultures. Decoding Early Technologies of Music Writing in Latin Europe (ca. 900–1100) is a five-year interdisciplinary project (2023–2028) funded by the European Research Council.
The project aims to reconstruct and understand the phenomena underlying the first large-scale diffusion of neumatic notation in 10th- and 11th-century Europe, as well as to study the historical (political and ecclesiastical) dynamics that may have favoured its spreading.
More information on scribemus on www.scribemus.unipv.it