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April 1993
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Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 16:02:00 EST
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From: "John D. Cox"
Subject: Politics and Medieval English Drama
I am interested in published and unpublished work on the political and
legal aspects of late medieval English drama--especially religious drama.
I know of dissertations and published articles by Theodore DeWelles, Theodore
Lerud, and Lynn Squires. Can anyone offer other references?
Thanks, John Cox
COX@HOPE.CIT.HOPE.EDU
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 10:21:41 CST
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From: Jody Enders
Subject: abraham and isaac
I can't remember if I saw this title come up in this earlier discussion;
but I just came across Barbara Craig's *The Evolution of a Mystery Play*
(Orlando 1983) in which she contrasts 3 French versions of the tale.
Jody Enders
Dept. of French and Italian, UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (805) 893-3111/4696 or (805) 569-3943
FAX: (805) 893-8826; E MAIL: jenders@humanitas.ucsb.edu
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:44:00 EST
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From: MILLA RIGGIO
Subject: Re: abraham and isaac
Dear Jody:
Dear Jody:
Dear Jody:
No, Barbara Craig's article has not been mentioned, and I have not read it.
Many, many thanks.
--Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 09:14:14 -0400
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From: REED Project
Subject: Sad News
Last week our friend and colleague Prudence Tracy died after a year's
illness. Prue was one of REED's founders, making the essential link
with the University of Toronto Press where she was a senior editor.
All of us working in mediaeval and Renaissance studies have reason to
be grateful to Prue for her faithful partnership with us. She will be
missed.
The Press has established a scholarship in her name for a student at
the University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies. Donations
made out to "Re Prudence Tracy Scholarship Fund" may be sent to:
The University of Toronto Press, Inc.
10 St. Mary's Street
Toronto
M4Y 1P9.
Alexandra F. Johnson
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 13:51:00 EST
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From: MILLA RIGGIO
Subject: Re: Sad News
Dear Sandy:
I am sorry to hear about Prue Tracy. I'll run a brief notice, as an announcemen
t from you, in the current newsletter.
Sorry I'll miss you at Kalamazoo. I tried to make the agenda a little more disc
ursive because of my impending absence, into a more or less self-explanatory
document. Hope all goes well. You might keep reminding people to announce the
business meeting at other sessions -- and do it yourself when you think ofit.
Saturday is ominous. It may be harder to get people there, and we have such
a good tradition now at Kalamazoo that it would be a shame to break it. As you
may or may not remember, I'm not coming because that is the last weekend of
a year-long Institute at the Folger which I'm part of. I tried to get out of
this weekend but was told that I could not; the NEH requires that we be there al
l
the time. And it's been a great experience, too, so that's good.
If we need to be in touch about anything else, you can write me directly through
my own private e-mail at "Milla.Riggio@Mail.Trincoll.edu".
AND FOR ALL WHO READ THIS: Please do come to the MRDS business meeting on
Saturday at 5:00 p.m. in the Stinson Lounge in Valley III at Kalamazoo ifyou
are attending the Medieval Congress there this year!
Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 15:44:04 EST
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From: sheila lindenbaum
Subject: Re: Sad News
quit
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 08:59:00 EST
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From: MILLA RIGGIO
Subject: LOGGING OFF AND ON: ATTENTION JESSE
Dear Jesse:
I need to logoff of PERFORM and log back on with a different address
because of some machinery changes at Trinity. The current Vax disappears
this weekend and I'm changing to another vax. I am now sending you my
new address. If you can take care of the change for me, great; if not,
can you instruct me on how to do that. The initial instructions on how
to join PERFORM are not readily available to me now.
My discarded address is: IN%"MRIGGIO@VAX1.TRINCC.BITNET"
My new address, the one I want to logon with, is: RIGGIO@ADS.TRINCOLL.EDU
Can you take care of this, or let me know how to do it? (Sorry to clog the
public line with this message -- and thanks).
Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 15:32:16 EDT
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Long Absences from Perform
Dear PERFORMers,
If you plan to be away from your e-mail account for an extended
period of time (during the Summer months, for example), it is important
to modify your settings to the listserv. Send a one-line message
to LISTSERV@IUBVM that reads as follows:
SET PERFORM NOMAIL
You should receive confirmation that your listserv options have been
modified and from that point on, none of the mail appearing on PERFORM
will be sent to your mailbox.
In order to switch the mail back on, send a one-line message to the
same address as follows:
SET PERFORM MAIL
Remember that all our mail is logged in files maintained by the list and
that you can easily retrieve any conversations you may have missed.
If you will be away, please try to make these arrangements.
It is possible for an unattended e-mailbox to fill to overflowing
(particularly with list-mail) creating horrific e-mail traffic jams.
If you have questions about resetting your listserv options, please
contact your local computer specialists.
I will be happy to help in any way possible,
Jesse Hurlbut
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 17:45:35 -0400
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From: Jane Peppler
Subject: Unsubscribe jpeppler@acpub.duke.edu from perform
In-Reply-To: from "Jesse Hurlbut" at Apr 27, 93 03:32:16 pm
I forget how to get off this list! But take me off if you can.
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 18:30:00 EDT
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: Hildegard in New York
I just came across this announcement in the most recent issue
of the _New Yorker_ (3 May) and thought I'd pass it along for what it's
worth:
"Vox Feminae-- The women's ensemble (drawn from the Cologne-based
medieval music group Sequentia) presents an evening of responsories,
sequences, antiphons, and motets from the liturgical cycle
"Symphoniae Harmoniae Caelestium Revelationum" by the twelfth-century
German abbess Hildegard von Bingen. An enormously talented
aristocrat--her expertise extended beyond music and art to natural
and medical science, diplomacy, theology, poetry, and what we might call
metaphysics--Hildegard took the veil at Disibodenberg and later founded
a monastery on the Rupertsberg...where she spent the decade of the
1140s experiencing apocalyptic visions ("scivias" she called them)
which provided the basis for the "Symphoniae." When she died at the'
ripe age of eighty-one, Hildegard left behind an oeuvre of some sixty such
monophonic musical settings, which she viewed as sonic manifestations of
the same harmony that ruled over the workings of the universe and the
inner accords of the human body and soul. At the Church of St. Mary
the Virgin, 145 W. 46th Street, 921-2939, April 29 at 8."
If any subscribers to PERFORM are lucky enough to be able to
attend the concert, perhaps they'd be so kind as to post a brief
summary and review?
--Steve Wright
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 21:50:36 EDT
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From: Jesse Hurlbut
Subject: Teasers
*** SNEAK PREVIEW ***
Kalamazoo Session 386
CONTINENTAL MEDIEVAL DRAMA
(Sponsored by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society)
Sunday, May 9, 10:00 A.M.
Room 1045 Fetzer
K. JANET RITCH, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
A Critical Analysis of the Staging of an Unedited French
_Resurrection de Jesus Christ_ by Eloy Du Mont
The unedited _Resurrection_ play (Paris: B.N. fr. 2238) was
written in sixteenth-century Normandy by a teacher at the
University of Caen. Close textual analyses of both the
unedited manuscript and its sources, principally the pseudo-
Bonaventura _Meditationes Vitae Christi_ and the recently
edited _Resurrection d'Angers_, provide some solutions to the
questions of staging.
ERIC T. METZLER, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Playwork in Medieval German Easter Drama
The dual presentation of both playful frivolity and serious
religious content in German Easter drama from the late Middle
Ages presents an interesting problem for modern scholars.
While some have dismissed the scatological, bawdy, or
slapstick components of these plays to focus exclusively on
their religious aspects, others have ignored their serious
side in order to discuss only their subversive or liminal
characteristics. This paper will seek to rescue Medieval
German Easter drama from these traditional polarized
categorizations by taking both their playfulness AND
seriousness into account.
JAY E. MOORE, MUSKINGUM COLLEGE
Love, Reason, and Salvation in Late-Medieval French and Spanish
Moral Drama
The personified character, Love, is problematic for modern
readers of the sacramental plays (autos sacramentales) of
sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and the moralitis of
fifteenth-century France. The frequency of _Amor_ in the
Spanish plays and the scarcity of _Amour_ in the French plays
point in fact to a cultural and theological basis on which to
distinguish moralitis from autos sacramentales.
WIM HUSKEN, NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Politics and Drama: The City of Bruges as Organizer of Drama
Competitions
In the Burgundian Netherlands, civic authorities used to
incite the inhabitants of large towns to celebrate the birth
of a prince or a princess, the conclusion of a peace treaty
or any other main political event. This paper takes the case
of the town of Bruges in order to examine in detail why,
precisely, and when authorities invited competitors,
individuals and companies alike, to perform drama within
their walls.
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 21:35:00 EST
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From: RIGGIO@ADS.TRINCOLL.EDU
Subject: Re: Teasers
TO ALL:
I encourage everyone going to Kalamazoo to stick around for Jesse's
Sunday morning session. It looks spectacularly good to me. Jesse is
especially to be commended for getting Wim Husken here from Europe. I
can't be at Kalamazoo this year, and I do regret missing these papers.
Good luck, and again I encourage ALL to attend.
Best,
Milla Riggio
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 12:09:00 EDT
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From: tc19
Subject: Re: Hildegard in New York
In-Reply-To: <9304272235.AA09261@umailsrv0.UMD.EDU>
Message for Steve Wright and others in Washington DC area:
The Hildegard concert in New York that Steve described in his message looks
very much like a concert to be
given in DC on May 7, at 8:00 pm at the National Presbyterian Church at 4101
Nebraska Ave. NW. The Concert Society of the Univ. of Maryland is
sponsoring "Vox Feminae: The Ecstatic Devotions of Hildegard von Bingen" by
Sequentia. Info at: 301-403-4240.
Unfortunately, the concert coincides with Kalamazoo.
Best,
Theresa Coletti
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 18:25:26 -0400
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From: Steve Wright
Subject: Re: Hildegard in New York
Theresa: Thanks for the tip about the Hildegard performance right
here in town! I guess I should have been reading _The Washingtonian_
instead of the _New Yorker_ -- it serves me right.
--Steve Wright
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 11:59:31 GMT
Reply-To: T.A.McAllister@mailer.leeds.ac.uk
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From: Alec McAllister
Subject: Leeds Medieval Congress 4-7 July 93.
Dear Colleague,
I have been asked to post this message on behalf of colleagues who
have no network connections. Please accept my apologies for any
multiple postings. Please forward the message to anyone who might be
interested.
Please feel free to send replies to me by email: I will forward them
to the organizers.
Alec McAllister
University of Leeds
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The first International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds
will take place on 4-7 July 1994. This congress will cover all
aspects of the European Middle Ages (c.450-1500). We wish to make
this a forum in which scholars worldwide may meet to exchange
information and develop recent research.
In order to achieve this aim, we would like to have a balanced
representation from mainland Europe, North America, the U.K. and
other parts of the world. We have already received a large number of
proposals for sessions and individual papers from North America, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom. While we have several proposals
from elsewhere in the world, we would like very much to increase
participation from other colleagues in Europe.
We are already assured of 130 complete sessions out of a maximum 192;
we expect many of the remainder to be filled shortly and that we will
have to make some selection from among the proposals. Therefore the
following guidance concerning our aims and agenda may help you to
produce a session proposal that stands an excellent chance of success.
We would particularly welcome session proposals which have two or
more European participants and sessions that ensure comparative
dialogue between medievalists. For instance we received three
separate paper proposals on Chaucer, Christine de Pizan and Dante;
all dealt with allegory. Therefore, rather than group these into ME,
OF or Italian sections we produced a comparative session of allegory
in late medieval literature.
Following this page is the general information on our Medieval
Congress. This file includes forms for proposals of both sessions
and individual papers. Please look over the information, and make
use of the proposal format to send us your suggestions for sessions.
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Guidelines for Organisers of Sessions at the
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994
I Location and Probable Prices
The Congress will take place in a self-contained green-field site in
the historic village of Adel which is 5 km. north of Leeds city
centre. Accommodation and lecture rooms will be in Bodington Hall, a
University hall of residence, and the new Weetwood Conference Centre.
Leeds is England's fourth city, at the heart of a metropolitan area
of two million people. It has an international airport approximately
7 km. from the conference site. There are regular flights to London,
Paris, Amsterdam, etc. There are also direct, hourly train services
to London (a 2 hour, 15 minute journey) and to Manchester and
Manchester Airport (a one hour journey).
Likely costs for the conference are as follows:
Registration & full residential package at Bodington Hall: 135 pounds
sterling
Registration & self-catering package at Bodington Hall: 100 pounds
sterling
Registration & luxury residential package at Weetwood Centre: 335
pounds sterling
II The Concept of the Session
This conference will welcome sessions on any topic relating to the
European Middle Ages (c. 450 - 1500). The conference will run from
midday Monday 4 July to midday Thursday 7 July (with some optional
excursions in Yorkshire on the Thursday afternoon). There will
therefore be eight 90-minute blocks of time during which sessions
will run. During any one of these eight blocks of time up to 24
different sessions may be running simultaneously. That means that up
to 192 separate sessions can be accommodated. Organisers of sessions
are invited to submit proposals for any number of sessions from one
to eight (though the conference administrators may not be able to
allocate the full number requested).
A) Who May Organise a Session?
1) Individuals (post-graduate students, independent scholars,
university faculty, etc.)
2) A named individual acting on behalf of an academic
society, University department, research project, a journal or
publisher, etc.
In the latter case the body on whose behalf the organiser is acting
is termed the 'sponsor', though the use of this term does not imply
any financial contribution.
B) What is Involved in Organising a Session?
The organiser of one or more sessions is required to do the
following:
1) Gather three speakers to present 20-minute papers on a
related topic in each session, plus a moderator who will introduce
the speakers and preside over the question period
2) Have one or two substitute speakers in hand in case of
unexpected withdrawal of one of the three named speakers
3) Submit the official application form for the proposed
sessions (including the information sheets for each speaker) to Leeds
by 1 June 1993 - samples are enclosed of: Special Session Organiser
Information Sheet and Individual Speaker's Information Sheet
4) Liaise with speakers to ensure their participation and
take any appropriate initiatives to publicise the session(s) to
interested parties in advance of the conference
C) Participation
Speakers are welcome regardless of their origin and status.
In particular, the organisers of the conference wish to form a
balance of speakers; both young and established scholars with a
balance between the European mainland, North America and elsewhere.
D) Languages
Speakers are welcome to present their papers in any language
whatsoever.
III Individual Submissions for General Sessions
Those wishing to offer a 20 minute paper within so-called General
Sessions may do so. In this case an individual would complete the
enclosed form entitled Submissions for General Sessions. The Leeds
Academic Committee would assess submissions, place the selected
papers into groups of three, and thereby organise sessions that share
a common theme. Deadlines for submissions (1 June 1993) and guidance
on participation (section C above) and languages (section D above)
apply as elsewhere.
IV Summary
A session organiser is responsible for organising a mini-conference
within a much larger conference setting. The Leeds organisers are
primarily responsible for organising the general sessions, providing
accommodation and facilities, and the processing of registrations.
V Further Advice
Please contact the conference organisers immediately.
Dr. Simon Forde or Miss Keren H. Wick
International Medieval Bibliography
School of History
The University of Leeds
LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K.
Tel: +44 (532) 333614
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VI Leeds Academic Committee
Assessment and approval of session proposals will be made under the
direction of the following committee who will consult specialists in
other subject areas where appropriate:
Dr. Richard Byrn (German Department)
Dr. Joyce Hill (School of English)
Mr. Peter Meredith (School of English)
Mr. Brian Richardson (Italian Department)
Dr. Ian Wood (School of History)
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Special Session Organiser Information Sheet
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994
(Please type the information on this form and complete addresses for
all participants.)
Session Title:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Sponsored by:
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Organiser Name:
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(See Reverse)
Paper 1 Title:
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Speaker Name:
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Affiliation:
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Address:
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Paper 2 Title:
_________________________________________________________________
Speaker Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Address:
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Paper 3 Title:
_________________________________________________________________
Speaker Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Address:
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__________________________________________________________
Substitute Paper 1:
__________________________________________________________
Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Substitute Paper 2:
__________________________________________________________
Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Organiser
Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________
(Home)
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Telephone:
_________________________________________________________
(Home)
Address:
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(Office)
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__________________________________________________________
Telephone:
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(Office)
Moderator (if different from organiser)
Name:
__________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
__________________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________
(Home)
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Telephone:
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(Home)
Address:
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(Office)
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Telephone:
_________________________________________________________
(Office)
N.B. Affiliation: Indicate your University, Research Institute or
Project, or other similar body with which you may be associated.
International Medieval Bibliography
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Individual Speaker's Information Sheet
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994
Paper Title:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Name:
______________________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
______________________________________________________________________
Address:
______________________________________________________________________
(Home)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Telephone:
______________________________________________________________________
(Home)
Address:
______________________________________________________________________
(Office)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Telephone:
______________________________________________________________________
(Office)
Language of delivery:
__________________________________________________________
Session Organiser's Name:
__________________________________________________________
I shall need the following equipment (tick as appropriate):
_____ Overhead Projector
_____ Slide Projector
_____ Cassette Tape Deck
_____ Video Tape Player _____ US Format _____ VHS
_____ European Format _____ Beta _____ Other Format
_____ Electric Plug Adapter (to fit UK plugs/jacks)
_____ Other (please specify)
N.B. Affiliation: Indicate your University, Research Institute or
Project, or other similar body with which you may be associated.
International Medieval Bibliography
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LEEDS LS2 9JT U.K.
Tel: [Voice] Leeds +44(0)532.333614 [Fax] +44(0)532.342759
Submissions for General Sessions
(Individual Papers Not in Pre-Organised Sessions)
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds 4-7 July 1994
Paper Title:
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Name:
______________________________________________________________________
Affiliation:
______________________________________________________________________
Address:
______________________________________________________________________
(Home)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Telephone:
______________________________________________________________________
(Home)
Address:
______________________________________________________________________
(Office)
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Telephone:
______________________________________________________________________
(Office)
Language of delivery:
__________________________________________________________
I shall need the following equipment (tick as appropriate):
_____ Overhead Projector
_____ Slide Projector
_____ Cassette Tape Deck
_____ Video Tape Player _____ US Format _____ VHS
_____ European Format _____ Beta ______ Other Format
_____ Electric Plug Adapter (to fit UK plugs/jacks)
_____ Other (please specify)
N.B. Affiliation: Indicate your University, Research Institute or
Project, or other similar body with which you may be associated.
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