Research Group on Manuscript Evidence

06/01/2026

With 1 June and its deadlines fir proposals for sessions for the 2027 iCMS, we report plans for next year.

For reasons we do not understand, they do not include any with the Societas Magica. The 2026 ICMS, with 2 sessions co-sponsored by the RGME and the Societas, marked the successful completion of 22 consecutive years of co-sponsorship between our organizations at the ICMS. Our celebrations of this collaboration are earnest, with thanks to all involved, as we recognize the unrequited end of an era.

05/23/2026

We apologize. The RGME official website has been offline since Thursday at about 5:40 pm EDT. Repeated efforts, taking about 7 unpaid hours altogether by our Director, to find remedy with our website manager BlueHost have failed, with a succession of failures. Not only have they revealed that the problems are even greater (it would appear at their end), but also the tech specialists with the necessary access to the site have bailed out by saying that they call back (within 1 to 2 hours or very soon, neither happening). Trying again only received disconnects (three times).

We are trying to find the support and remedy that are paid for and promised. It is not for lack of our trying that our site is not working. We worry about what other failures have arisen (see above) because or alongside the online access. We enter a holiday weekend wondering when our website might communicate with our community again, and, alas, what might have been lost because of larger issues with the website management which, after careful consideration and consultation, we chose a couple of years ago.

We hope for remedy. Watch this space! We live in hope, wondering what might fix this lifeline.

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05/14/2026

Today we start our activities, in hybrid format, at the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo. We offer 5 co-sponsored sessions and an Open Business Meeting, starting soon!

05/08/2026

Next week! The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies begins on Thursday and ends on Saturday, in hybrid and other formats. We have 5 co-sponsored Sessions and an Open Business Meeting. See you there!

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04/14/2026

“Life with Books”
An Interview with
John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller
Episode 24 of "The Research Group Speaks"
Saturday 18 April 2026
1:00-2:30 pm EDT (GMT-4) by Zoom

For Episode 24, we invite our friend John Windle to reflect upon his life with books and share stories about experiences with them and their readers, makers, collectors, and devotees.
Information and registration:

In a time of pandemic, the RGME commences a series of online events in the forms of webinars, interviews, workshops, and more.

04/14/2026

A medieval manuscript that vanished in the upheaval of the Second World War has surfaced on the shelves of an American university, and is now heading home to Poland.

04/13/2026

We report on the success of our 2-part 2026 RGME Colloquium at The Grolier Club in Manhattan. See our website blogpost and the free downloadable companion 64-page illustrated Colloquium Booklet.
We give thanks to the contributors, staff at The Grolier Club, RGME Production Team, RGME Publications, advisers, and participants!

Successfully accomplished, the 2026 RGME Colloquium at The Grolier Club (11 February 2026) has a Report, with photographs, news, and souvenirs.

04/08/2026

We announce the Launch of RGME Bembino WP:
A High-Quality Font for Word-Processing"

We are celebrating! Our high-quality multi-lingual digital font RGME Bembino is now compatible with Word-Processing, and went live for download on March 25th.
Tonight we will be joining Reid Byers, Jennifer Larson, and Matthew Young at the Baxter Society for an online conversation about the free font, its history, development, and future.

More information:

The RGME announces the Launch (25 March 2026) of RGME Bembino WP and a companion series of events (online or hybrid) for the Launch.

03/21/2026

An accomplishment to celebrate. Join us on 25 March 2026!

The RGME announces the Launch (25 March 2026) of RGME Bembino WP and a companion series of events (online or hybrid) for the Launch.

02/21/2026

Today the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence holds its Episode 23 on our multilingual digital font Bembino, as we announce the launch of Bembino WP for Word-Processing on 25 March 2026. https://manuscriptevidence.org/the-resesrch-group-speaks-the-series/