Roman de la Rose Digital Library

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Roman de la Rose Digital Library

• A New View of Medieval Manuscripts

Nadia Altschul and David Reynolds The Johns
Hopkins Univesity
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Material Philologyradically changed scope of
research

• How does medieval originality work?
• Why do medievals introduce changes when copying
  someone elses text?
• How do text and image interact?
• What is the meaning of variance?
• How does each exemplar interact with the social
  context of its production?

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The French Roman de la Rose

• It was a best-seller
• Lavishly illustrated
• Some 300 surviving manuscripts
• Re-internationalizes Medieval Studies

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Dangerthe most challenging and ambiguous
characterHe was large and black, with bristly
hair, and his eyes were as red as fire, his nose
was flat, his face hideous
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Orientalized Dangier

• Morgan 948 f.32v

• Ferrell f.16r

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Dark-skinned savage Dangier

• Morgan 948 f.144r

• Morgan 948 f.78r

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Uncouth and animalized Dangier

• Douce 332 f.143r

• Douce 332 f.142r

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Development of Rose Site

• Phase 1, 1998-2005
• Mellon Grant I, 2005-2007
• Mellon Grant II, 2007-2008
• Self-sustaining service, 2009-

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Narrative Sections