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On Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:18:53 -0500  I.V.Chang Fong wrote:
>Hello CyberScribes,
>
>        Just received this in the mail from The Hill Monastic Manuscript
>Library, Saint John's Universty.
>
>                Bella
>
>15 November 1995
>
>                        FRO IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>        The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library at Saint John's Universtity,
>Collegeville, MN, announces Servi Textus: The Servants of the Text, a
>conference to take place July 10-14 1996. The conference will focus on the
>history and tradition of the book arts, with special emphasis on the
>interaction amoung the scholar, the collector, and the calligraphic artist.
>Under the direction of Jo White, St Paul, Minnesota, Servi Textus will
>feature keynote presentations by Fr. Leonard Boyle, O.P., prefect of
>Vatican Library: Dr. Christopher de Hamel, director of Westeren Medieval
>and Oriental Manuscripts at Sotheby's London: and Donald Jackson, M.V.O.,
>Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11, Crown Office at the House of
>Lords, London.
>
>        Additional lectures, exhibitions and panel discussions will address
>the ways in which the skills of the calligrpher have played a major role in
>advancing the historu and traditions of the book arts. Ancillaries to the
>central theme are: Dr. Richard H. Rouse, Professor of History, UCLA; Ann
>Anninger, Curator, Houghton Library, Harvard University; Elizabeth
>Teviotdale, Curator, J. Paul Getty Museum; Liz Armstrong, Curator, Walker
>Art Center, Minneapolis; Bernard M. Rosenthal, Bookseller, Berkley, CA;
>Lyndel King, Director, Frederick R. Weisman art Museum, Minneapolios.
>Negotiations are pending with Mary Rouse, Los Angeles, CA; Ewan Clayton,
>Brighton, England; Thomas Loome, Stillwater, MN; and John Boyle, St. Paul,
>MN, a former student Fr. Leonard Boyle. An accreditation program will be
>offered.
>
>        Complementing the symposium will be an exhibit of contemporary
>calligraphic art. Textus will feature work by Donald Jackson, Suzanne
>Moore, Charles Pearce, Susan Skarsgard, Thomas Ingmire, Sheila Waters,
>Karen O'Neil Neuman, Julian Waters, Brody Neuenschwander, Ann Hechle, Ewan
>Clayton, Christine Hartman, Mark Van Stone, Dennis Ruud, Carol Pallesen
>Hicks, and Paul Herrera. The artists will also attend the symposium.
>
>        As sponsor of the symposium, the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
>brings a thirty year commitment to the work of preserving the contents of
>medieval manuscripts. With nearly 90,000 manuscripts on microfilm from
>Europe, the Middle East, and East Africa, HMML has become the largest such
>repository in the world. In its sponsorship of Servi Textus, HMML seeks to
>advance the study of its own vast collection as well as to encourage the
>study of the book arts among comtemporary artists and scolars.
>
>        As director of the conference, Jop White brings to Servi Textus a
>wealth of ideas, enthusiasm and personal experience, both as a calligraphic
>artist and as past director of three previous conferences at Saint John's
>Universty.
>
>       Conference participatioen will be limited. If you wish an early
>regitration number, complete the pre-registration form, include the
>resgitration fee and send to the address listed on the attached from.
>Confirmation will be issused by return mail.
>
>
>If you wish a registration from, or more information, fax  (612) 363-3222 or
>write:
>                Hill Monastic Manuscript Library,
>                Servi Textus - P.O. Box 7300
>                Saint Joh's University,
>                Collegeville, MN 56321-7300
>                USA
>
> Estimate of the Symposium fees: Approx. $500.00US per person double room:
>$550.00 per person private room. Transportation and Accreditaion Fees are
>not included.
>
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> "True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is
>  what you become" - Sri Aurobindo
>
>  Isabella V.Chang Fong (Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto)
>  North York, Ontario, Canada
>  ivcf at astral.magic.ca
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