Sonja Drimmer's guest appearances

Sonja Drimmer

Discovery & Inspiration

Les Enluminures

Inside My Favorite Manuscript

Richard Davies

David Christian

Laurent Dubois

Andrea Brady

Christopher Moore

Laura Murphy

Matthew Smith

Marsha Gordon

Hollis Robbins

Marc Smith

Gregg Mitman

Jennifer Williams

Rachel Watson

Julia Nguyen

Elizabeth Otto

OwlTail

In Episode 5 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Dot and Lindsey chat with art historian Sonja Drimmer about British Library Royal MS 12 C iii, an early 16th century manuscript that purports to be a guide for translating Egyptian hieroglyphs but in reality is so much more than that. Complete show notes are on our blog: https://tinyurl.com/imfm-episode5 Visit our website and say hi: https://insidemyfavoritemanuscript.tumblr.com/ Sign up for our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/ihBlbv

In Episode 5 of Inside My Favorite Manuscript, Dot and Lindsey chat with art historian Sonja Drimmer about British Library Royal MS 12 C iii, an early 16th century manuscript that purports to be a guide for translating Egyptian hieroglyphs but in reality is so much more than that. Complete show notes are on our blog: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/imfm-episode5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/imfm-episode5</a> Visit our website and say hi: <a href="https://insidemyfavoritemanuscript.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://insidemyfavoritemanuscript.tumblr.com/</a> Sign up for our mailing list: <a href="http://eepurl.com/ihBlbv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/ihBlbv</a>

Episode 5: Sonja Drimmer on Hieroglyphs, the wonder of creativity, and the Abduction of Ganymede

Join host Sandra Hindman and Sonja Drimmer on a special episode of the Les Enluminures podcast! Sandra and Sonja sit down to discuss her most recent article in Speculum “Connoisseurship, Art History and the Paleographical Impasse in Middle English Studies,” as well as her recent work on the “rollodex,” framing the relationship between hybrid parchment objects living between the roll and the codex. Drimmer is an associate professor at U Mass Amherst specializing in medieval European art with expertise in illuminated manuscripts and early print. She received her BA from Brown University and PhD from Columbia University. Drimmer’s research is largely concerned with premodern notions of authorship and authority, the collaborative nature of artistic production, media theory, reproduction, and the aesthetics and material culture of politics. She maintains a strong interest in historiography and in particular how reproduction and restoration shape the reception of objects over time.    Publications and References for Sonja Drimmer: Sonja Drimmer, The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403-1476 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) Sonja Drimmer in Speculum “Connoisseurship, Art History and the Paleographical Impasse in Middle English Studies” 2022. 

Join host Sandra Hindman and Sonja Drimmer on a special episode of the Les Enluminures podcast! Sandra and Sonja sit down to discuss her most recent article in Speculum “Connoisseurship, Art History and the Paleographical Impasse in Middle English Studies,” as well as her recent work on the “rollodex,” framing the relationship between hybrid parchment objects living between the roll and the codex. Drimmer is an associate professor at U Mass Amherst specializing in medieval European art with expertise in illuminated manuscripts and early print. She received her BA from Brown University and PhD from Columbia University. Drimmer’s research is largely concerned with premodern notions of authorship and authority, the collaborative nature of artistic production, media theory, reproduction, and the aesthetics and material culture of politics. She maintains a strong interest in historiography and in particular how reproduction and restoration shape the reception of objects over time.  Publications and References for Sonja Drimmer: Sonja Drimmer, <a href="https://www.academia.edu/37593765/Sonja_Drimmer_The_Art_of_Allusion_Illuminators_and_the_Making_of_English_Literature_1403_1476_Philadelphia_University_of_Pennsylvania_Press_2018_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Allusion: Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403-1476 </a>(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) Sonja Drimmer in Speculum “<a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/718763?af=R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connoisseurship, Art History and the Paleographical Impasse in Middle English Studies” </a>2022.

Thinking Broadly:  Rolls, Codices, Codicology, Connoisseurship, Paleography, and Media ”Revolutions” with Sonja Drimmer

The 15th-century Wars of the Roses between Yorkist and Lancastrian factions often summon images of royal intrigue and courtly splendor. Whether it is one of Shakespeare’s plays or a more scholarly account, histories of this struggle for the English throne tend to privilege the nobility. Art historian and NHC Fellow Sonja Drimmer offers a far different perspective of the era. By extending the political sphere beyond the royal court and into the court of public opinion, Drimmer explores how a newly-formed, larger public played an important role in this decades-long conflict.  In this podcast, Drimmer turns to objects that tell a broader story about how the public participated in a shifting landscape of political language. Ranging from the “funny, to the inept, to the gruesome,” these objects include everything from scrolls testifying to the genealogical legitimacy of nobility, to livery badges that functioned like campaign buttons, to descriptions of severed heads. By delving into the art and objects of 15th-century England, Drimmer recasts the Wars of the Roses as an extended political campaign that cultivated, and depended upon, public support and engagement.https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sonja-drimmer-wars-of-the-roses-and-the-court-of-public-opinion/

The 15th-century Wars of the Roses between Yorkist and Lancastrian factions often summon images of royal intrigue and courtly splendor. Whether it is one of Shakespeare’s plays or a more scholarly account, histories of this struggle for the English throne tend to privilege the nobility. Art historian and NHC Fellow Sonja Drimmer offers a far different perspective of the era. By extending the political sphere beyond the royal court and into the court of public opinion, Drimmer explores how a newly-formed, larger public played an important role in this decades-long conflict. In this podcast, Drimmer turns to objects that tell a broader story about how the public participated in a shifting landscape of political language. Ranging from the “funny, to the inept, to the gruesome,” these objects include everything from scrolls testifying to the genealogical legitimacy of nobility, to livery badges that functioned like campaign buttons, to descriptions of severed heads. By delving into the art and objects of 15th-century England, Drimmer recasts the Wars of the Roses as an extended political campaign that cultivated, and depended upon, public support and engagement. <a href="https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sonja-drimmer-wars-of-the-roses-and-the-court-of-public-opinion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sonja-drimmer-wars-of-the-roses-and-the-court-of-public-opinion/</a>

Sonja Drimmer, “Wars of the Roses and the Court of Public Opinion”