5th International Conference

on the science of
Computus
July 11-13, 2014
programme
Welcome to the 5th
international conference on
the science of computus
Tis conference brings together again those scholars
who attended the previous conferences in 2006,
2008, 2010 and 2012, and also welcomes colleagues
for whom this is a frst visit to Galway.
Tis gathering is another opportunity for experts
in the feld to present new research to qualifed
peers and to make those discoveries known to a
wider audience.
It is also an opportunity to explore and experience
Galway and the west of Ireland. We hope that you
enjoy your stay with us in extremis terrae fnibus!
we wish to thank . . .
Te President, Registrar, Academic Secretary, Dean
of Science, Director of Medieval Studies, and
History Department of NUI Galway.
Hewlett-Packard, Galway
International Investment & Underwriting
Brendan Halligan
Killian Lannen
Royal Irish Academy
saturday lunch & walk-about
You might like to try one of the following cafes
and restaurants:
Te Kitchen, Galway City Museum
High Cafe, High St
Goyas, Kirwans Lane
Mc Donaghs Fish Restaurant, Quay St
Kappa Ya, Middle St
Da Tang, Middle St
Sheridans Wine Bar, Churchyard St
Cava Bodega , Middle St
Il Vicolo, Bridge Mills
Or explore and fnd an eatery for yourself. Te
famous Galway Saturday Market has stalls
selling savoury crepes, Indian food, falafel and
other delights, which you can enjoy outdoors,
weather permitting.
Around Galway
Te Galway Arts Festival runs from July 14-17.
An international festival of visual art, drama,
street theatre and music. Join us for a preview
of Star of the Sea on Friday, July 11!
Manuscript Image:
Boulogne Ms 188, f. 30v
Galway Arts Festival
medieval galway mobile apps
Two interactive apps exploring medieval
Galway are available free to try at your leisure:
Musical Tour of Medieval Galway and
Carolans Last Tune: Galway Ghost hunt.
Info in your packs!
Galway Heron (Photo: Bonnie Blackburn)
16:00 -16:30 Welcome to the Conference
16:30-18:00 Session 1
Charles Burnett Te Abacista, companion to
the Computista
Susan Rankin Remembering the kalendar:
singing Nonae Aprilis
Micha Choptiany Late-17th-century
Cracow manuscripts of computus: Cracow,
Jagiellonian Libr., MS. 3377, and Warsaw,
Nat. Libr., MS. 9102 II
9:30 - 11:00 Session 2
Immo Warntjes Hermannus Contractus and
the revolution of computus in the 12th century
Alfred Lohr Computus und Computer,
Prinzipien und Methoden bei der Edition der
Computi von Abbo, Gerland, Roger von
Hereford und Constabularius
C. P. E. Nothaft Arabic Science and Natural
Computus in 12th-century England. Computus
Constabularii and its context
11:00 - 11:30 Tea / Cofee
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:30 Session 4
Michael Norris Digital resources and the
classifcation of the manuscripts of Bedes
De natura rerum
Mirn Mac Carron Te origins of Bedes
Anno Mundi dating
Ulrich Voigt Did the Venerable Bede under-
stand the 532-year cycle?
16:30 - 17:00 Tea / Cofee
17:00 - 18:30 Session 5
Robert Gallagher Te intellectual context of
the Metrical Calendar of Hampson
Tony Harris Te language of medieval
computus and the surprising vocabulary of
Aelfrics De temporibus anni
Christian Etheridge Te Venerable Bede in a
12th-century Icelandic context: from discoverer
of Iceland to computistical authority
9:30 - 11:00 Session 6
Dan Mc Carthy Changing interpretations
upon the Paschal tract of Anatolius, Bishop of
Laodicea
Luciana Cuppo Something old, something
new. An insular twist on the Easter Prologue of
AD 395
Alden Mosshammer A neglected Iberian
Computus: Paris, BNF, MS. lat. 609
11:30 - 13:00 Session 7
James Palmer Irish computistics in 8th-century
Lombardy
David Ganz Milan, Bibl. Ambr., MS. F 60
sup.: an 8th-century Irish compendium
David Howlett Dicuill on Astronomy
18:00 Book Launches
11:00 - 11:30 Tea / Cofee
20:30 Conference Dinner in Ard Bia
Friday, July 11
Saturday, July 12
Sunday, July 13
11:30 - 13:00 Session 3
Leofranc Holford-Strevens Te computistical
fragment in Brussels, KBR, MS. 10127-44
(s. VIII ex), fols 80r-82r
Ivana Dobcheva Were computistae stargazers?
Te shared readership of computistics and star-
catalogues, with a special emphasis on Aratea
manuscripts
Jacopo Bisagni A newly-discovered Irish (?)
copy of the Sphere of Life and Death