Friday, 11 May 2012
Villa Mondragone, Sala degli Svizzeri
08:30 - 18:00
Under the auspices of
Prof. Avv. Giorgio Lener, Preside della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia di Tor Vergata Rino Caputo.
LINK TO EVENT
at the
Villa Mondragone home page
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The Voynich MS was discovered and purchased in the Villa Mondragone, near Frascati, Italy, by Wilfrid M. Voynich in 1912. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of this event, a celebration is organised in the same Villa on 11 May 2012. It will take place in the Sala degli Svizzeri, which can host up to 170 people. The event will include presentations, a lunch and coffee breaks, and the opportunity to meet and discuss with fellow Voynich researchers.
The address of the Villa is:
Villa Mondragone
Via Frascati 51, 00040
Monte Porzio Catone (RM)
Additional maps and local travel information is prodived at a separate page.
The main day of the event (Friday 11 May) is dedicated to a series of presentations detailing the current state of knowledge about the Voynich MS. Doors open for registration of guests at 08:30. The event finishes at 18:00. The detailed programme will be published before end March 2012.
On the following day (Saturday 12 May) an opportunity will be presented for attendants to meet and discuss. This will be at a location outside the Villa Mondragone and will tentatively last from 10:00 to 15:00. Details will be provided in the first half of February.
The presentations at the event will be in English. Part of the welcome will be in Italian, for which a summary translation in English will be provided as part of the programme hand-out.
Registration has opened
Details of the simple registration procedure are provided
on this page.
Attendance to the conference is free of charge. Catering services for
lunch and coffee/tea breaks will be provided, and will most likely not
be free of charge.
2012/02/01 Latest date for opening of registration
2012/02/15 Announcement of day-2 venue
2012/03/31 Detailed programme available
There are many hotels in the area.
Special arrangements for attendants of the event have been made with
some hotels of different price
classes.
Hotel details are provided at this page.
The event is organised by:
Claudio Foti (overall organisation)
Michelle Smith (local organisation)
René Zandbergen (programme)
And with the kind support of the staff at the Villa Mondragone.
The Sala degli Svizzeri was kindly made available for the event by the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".
