Brian Spencer Conference

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1st November 2004 (All Saints' Day)
Day conference in honour of the late Brian Spencer
To be held at the Museum of London.
 

This day will highlight the major contribution made by the late Brian Spencer, with papers from some of his close colleagues.

9.55 Welcome 

10.00 John Clark (Museum of London):
Contemporary Illustrations of Medieval Horse Ornaments 

10.30 John Cherry (former Keeper, Dept. of Medieval & Later Antiquities, British Museum):  Objects on the Edge: Jewellery Depicted in Manuscripts

11.00 Arthur MacGregor (Dept. of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford): The Cult of John Schorn

11.15-11.45 Coffee break

11.45 Frances Pritchard (Curator, Dept. of Textiles, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester): A Mid 15th century Chasuble Embroidered in a London Workshop for a Lucchese Merchant Family

12.15 Geoff Egan (Museum of London Specialist Services): The Axis of the Commonwealth: Charting London's Textile Exports through Cloth Seals

12.45 - 14.15 Lunch (not provided)- several cafés and restaurants, including the Museum's own, nearby.

12.45-13.10  AGM of the Finds Research Group, in the Lecture Theatre (open to all FRG members)

14.15 Nick Griffiths (Freelancer Researcher and illustrator): Coldharbours, Blacklands and Day Trippers - Medieval Finds on Roman Sites

14.30 Mark Redknap (National Museum of Wales): Pilgrims in the West - Souvenirs of  Cambrians' Devotion 

15.00 Peter Saunders (Director, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum): Brian Spencer - The Salisbury Connexion 

15.15-15.45 Tea break

15.45 Malcolm Jones (Dept. of English, University of Sheffield): The Mystery of the Missing Warming Pan

16.15 Helen Geake (Portable Antiquities Scheme):  Brian Spencer and Portable Antiquities

17.15 Annemarieke Willemsen (National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden):  A Thin Line Between Piety and Play, functional aspects of badges and toys 

17.30 Representative (Society of Thames Mudlarks, London): The Brian we knew

17.45-18.00 Discussion, comments etc.

18.15-19.45  Reception in the Medieval Gallery, with refreshments provided by MOL Early Dept. and FRG.   
This may be the last opportunity for some visitors to see the displays essentially as Brian- who was (with John Clark) responsible for the gallery which opened with the Museum in 1976 - knew them. (A new medieval gallery is scheduled to open in late 2005, replacing the present one, which will close next Easter)

Cost  (to cover refreshments, including the evening reception):
£5.00 for current members of the FRG
£8.00 for non-members

Please return a printout of the slip below with remittance by 14th October to;
Geoff Egan c/o MoLSS, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED  (you will only be contacted in the very unlikely event of cancellation.)

Location:
The Museum is at 150 London Wall, London EC2. The Museum entrance is above street level on the Highwalk and for those familiar with it the main front entrance has moved and is now further along the Highwalk in the direction of Moorgate Station.

Getting to the Museum:
Local tube stations are St Paul’s, Barbican and Moorgate. By rail to Moorgate, Liverpool Street or City Thameslink. Local bus services are nos 4, 56, 100, 172, 242, 501, 521 and 825

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