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Fig. 5 – London, British Library, Harley MS 3487 (13th century): marginal notes preceded by tiemarks
Title Page, Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis Sixti V Pont. Max. ivssv recognita atque edita (Antwerp: Ex officina Plantiniana apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605), Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania (BS75 1605).
Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture and St. Patrick’s Parish are pleased to co-present this special event that will explore new research on the history of Catholic Bibles and their readers. We will explore what kinds of Bibles were used in the medieval and early modern periods, how contemporary Catholics engage with the Bible, and why the Bible we use matters.
Featured speakers include Fr. Innocent Smith, OP (Assistant Professor of Homiletics at St. Mary’s Seminary & University), and Dr. Daniel Cheely, Director of Collegium Institute and Executive Director of the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) at the University of Pennsylvania. A reception will follow the event.
Daniel J. M. Cheely, Ph.D is a historian of the Renaissance and Reformation. He serves as Executive Director of the Collegium Institute as well as the Executive Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS) and also its Perry Family Scholar of History, Religion, and Culture. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. His scholarship has been published in The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Duke UP), Church History: Studies in Christianity & Culture (Cambridge UP), The European Legacy (Routledge), and The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (DeGruyter), and has been presented at the Institute for Historical Research, the American Academy of Religion, Sixteenth Century Society & Conference, the Renaissance Society of America, the American Society for Church History, the Mid-Atlantic Conference of British Studies, and other conferences in the United States and Europe.
Innocent Smith, op is Assistant Professor of Homiletics at St. Mary’s Seminary & University. His research interests are at the intersection of liturgy and theology, including sacramental theology, homiletics, liturgical manuscripts, ecclesiology, and sacred music. He is a Roman Catholic priest and a member of Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers. He is presently assigned to the Dominican community of Sts. Philip and James in Baltimore, MD. Smith’s recently completed doctoral dissertation, “Doers of the Word: Bible Missals and the Celebration of the Dominican Liturgy,” focused on medieval bibles which contain liturgical texts for the celebration of the Mass.
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 7:00pm ET
Location: St. Patrick’s Church Hall (242 S 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103)
RSVP: This in-person event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Click the button below to RSVP.