25 Nov. 2021 (Day 1, 09:00–16:50, CET)
09:00–09:30 David Ganz (UZH) & Thomas Rainer (UZH): Introduction
09:30–10:20
Bridging the Gap: The Identification and Technology of Purple Parchment on the Example of the Vienna Genesis (Austrian National Library, Cod.Theol. Gr. 31)
Christa Hofmann (ÖNB) & Maurizio Aceto (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria)
Coffee Break
10:50–11:40
La pourpre dans les manuscrits d’apparat du haut Moyen Âge : de la caractérisation physico-chimique des matériaux à leur interprétation symbolique et sémantique
Charlotte Denoël (BnF) & Patricia Roger-Puyo (IRAMAT-CEB, Orléans)
11:40–12:30
The Brightest Colour of all in Medieval Illuminations
Maria João Melo (NOVA, New University of Lisbon) & Paula Nabais (NOVA, New University of Lisbon)
Lunch Break
14:00–14:50
Der Comes Parisinus und der Hof König Pippins von Italien
Fabrizio Crivello (Università degli Studi di Torino)
14:50–15:40
Shades of Purple in the Vienna Coronation Gospels and the Dagulf Psalter
Thomas Rainer (UZH)
Coffee Break
16:00–16:50
Aurea purpureis pinguntur scedis: The Apocalyptic Significance of the Godescalc-Evangelistary at Saint-Sernin of Toulouse
Catherine Fernandez (Princeton University)
26 Nov. 2021 (Day 2, 09:00–12:40, CET)
09:00–09:50
Rhetoric and the Purple Stripe in the Terentius Vaticanus
Beatrice Radden Keefe (UZH)
09:50–10:40
The Astor Lectionary (New York Public Library)
Joshua O’Driscoll (The Morgan Library and Museum, New York)
Coffee Break
11:00–11:50
Die purpurnen Flüsse – Topologie von Porphyr-Purpur und Purpur-Topoi im Evangeliar Kaiser Heinrichs II. und verwandten Handschriften
Stefan Trinks (Humboldt Universität, Berlin)
11:50–12:40
Purple Aesthetics in Middle Byzantine Manuscripts
Joseph Kopta (Temple University, Philadelphia)