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History and Materiality of the Book Seminar series

🗓️ Wednesdays 2-3:30pm
🗺️ @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Weston Library
Organisers: Matthew Holford, Andrew Honey, Laure Miolo. Wednesdays 2-3.30pm. Venue: Weston Library, Horton room. Anyone interested in manuscript studies is welcome. No registration required. For questions, please e-mail laure.miolo@history.ox.ac.uk The series of seminars has been designed to introduce participants to the various material aspects of the book, thereby laying the foundations for the reconstruction of manuscripts' production and history. The objective is to provide the indispensable elements for the analysis of the manuscript. The seminars also provide a forum for specialists from different fields of manuscript studies to share their expertise. The sessions bring together curators, librarians, researchers and conservators to provide a comprehensive understanding of the various components of the codex from diverse perspectives. These components include the writing surface, ink, binding, decoration, manuscript production in its broadest sense, and its provenance. The seminars thus represent a valuable opportunity to demonstrate the necessity of close collaboration between researchers, curators/librarians, and conservators for a comprehensive consideration of the manuscript in its entirety. Such collaboration facilitates a more profound comprehension of the diverse contexts in which the manuscript was created, copied, and utilised. A full screen-readable programme is available via the link in the first post.
January 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM