International Conference: Book design at the Officina Plantiniana and beyond: Forms, models and influences
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE organized by the Bibliothèque Mazarine (Paris) and Cultura Fonds (De Eik nv, Dilbeek), in collaboration with the Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp)
Paris, 17-18 November 2021 (Bibliothèque Mazarine)
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 13:30–18:00
- 13:30 : Welcome of participants
- 14:00 : Opening of the colloquium: Typographic expediency and seduction, the first century of the Officina Plantiniana / Yann SORDET (Bibliothèque Mazarine)
Session 1: TYPOGRAPHY & BOOK DESIGN
Chair: Christine BENEVENT (École nationale des chartes, Paris)
- 14:30-15:00 : Christophe Plantin, un itinéraire / Christophe VELLET (Bibliothèque Mazarine)
- 15:00-15:30 : A typographical shift from Renaissance to Baroque / Joran PROOT (Cultura Fonds)
- 15:30-16:00 : Les enjeux économiques du choix du format bibliographique et du papier dans la politique éditoriale de Christophe Plantin (1555–1589) / Renaud MILAZZO (EMoBookTrade project)
- 16:00-16:30 : Q&A & break
- 16:30-17:00 : From Arnold Nicolai to Maarten de Vos: book illustration at the officina Plantiniana / Dirk IMHOF (Museum Plantin-Moretus)
- 17:00-17:30 : Plantin on the page: The format and visual presence of Plantin’s music publications / Louisa HUNTER-BRADLEY (Royal Holloway, University of London)
- 17:30-18:00 : Q&A
Thursday 18 November 2021, 9:00–18:00
Session 2: SUBJECTS AND STRATEGIES AT THE OFFICINA PLANTINIANA
9:00: Reception of the participants
Chair: Thierry CLAERR (France, Ministère de la culture, Centre Jean-Mabillon)
- 9:30-10:00 : Christophe Plantin imprimeur-libraire en musique : des audaces typographiques aux marchés européens / Laurent GUILLO (Versailles, Centre de Musique baroque).
- 10:00-10:30 : Reliures exécutées par l’officine plantinienne pour le cardinal de Granvelle / Fabienne LE BARS (BnF)
- 10:30-11:00 : Q&A & break
- 11:00-11:30 : Benchmarking the Missale Romanum. The 1640 folio editions of the Officina Plantiniana and Jan van Meurs / Kristof SELLESLACH (Museum Plantin-Moretus)
- 11:30-12:00 : In Antverpiae: False Imprints, Pious Branding and the Officina Plantiniana in the Dutch Catholic Book Trade, 1579–1700 / Elise WATSON (University of St Andrews)
- 12:00-12:30 : Q&A
Session 3: PLANTIN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: INFLUENCE AND COMPETITION
Chair: Malcolm WALSBY (ENSSIB)
- 14:00-14:30 : Le compas et la licorne. Réussites parallèles de Christophe Plantin et de Jacques Kerver dans les arts du livre au XVIe siècle / Thierry CLAERR (France, Ministère de la culture, Centre Jean-Mabillon)
- 14:30-15:00 : Abel L’Angelier et le modèle de Plantin / Jean BALSAMO (Université de Reims)
- 15:00-15:30 : From Antwerp to Krakow or how the designs of late 16th-century Polish books were influenced by the Officina Plantiniana / Magdalena KOMOROWSKA (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
- 15:30-16:00 : Q&A & break
- 16:00-16:30 : Description of Journey to Jerusalem by Radvila Našlaitėlis: Publishing and Illustrations / Jolita LIŠKEVIČIENĖ (Vilnius Academy of Arts)
- 16:30-17:00 : Research into the Officina Plantiniana since the publication of The Golden Compasses by Leon Voet: a 50th anniversary overview / Johan HANSELAER (KH Sint-Lucas, Ghent).
- 17:00-17:30 : « The Golden Compasses » and the current publishing activities at the Officina Plantiniana (2020–2021)
- 17:30-18:00 : Q&A
18:30 : Inauguration of the exhibition A century of typographical excellence (19 November 2021 – 19 February 2022)