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Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine and Japanese Manuscripts |
An introduction to the analysis of painted Byzantine and Japanese manuscripts by the Bodleian Libraries' new Heritage Scientist. |
Kate Fulcher |
04 Jul 2023 |
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Invisible and visible |
Lecture 2 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
01 Jun 2023 |
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Amanuenses in the longue durée |
Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series |
Ann M Blair |
01 Jun 2023 |
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ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Bodleian Collections |
A research collaboration between the Bodleian Libraries and the Factum Foundation |
John Barrett, Adam Lowe, Jorge Cano, Andrew Irving |
17 Feb 2023 |
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Talk 6: Tying up loose threads: the Textiles in Libraries project so far |
Join the Bodleian Conservation and Collection Care team to find out more about what the Textiles in Libraries project has involved so far. |
Alice Evans, Nicole Gilroy, Henrike Lähnemann, Katica Laza |
19 Jul 2022 |
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Making machines: Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace |
Join our experts in conversation as they consider the thinking of two great 19th century women writers exploring the boundary between human and machine |
Ursula Martin, Sharon Ruston, Helen Cook |
21 Jun 2022 |
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Meet the pigments: the art and science of early English decoration |
Discover how cutting-edge scientific techniques are transforming our understanding of medieval manuscripts, and how book production began to recover under King Alfred and his successors |
Matthew Holford, Richard Gameson, Helen Cook |
24 May 2022 |
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Talk 4: Textiles from East to West: case studies from the Leiden collections |
Building on earlier talks in the series that explored the uses of textiles in library collections, this talk focuses on examples of textiles in manuscript bindings in the Oriental collections of Leiden University Library. |
Karin Scheper, Alice Evans |
24 Jan 2022 |
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Meet the Manuscripts: Correcting Christmas Carols |
In the 3rd talk in our Meet the Manuscripts series, you will learn how singers lived with change in their favourite songs, and hear carols of the Middle Ages both familiar and new. |
Micah Mackay, Andrew Dunning |
14 Dec 2021 |
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Talk 3: Stitches, leaves and smelly old books: in conversation with textile artist Alice Fox |
Textile based artwork is well aligned with stitched or folded book structures. Giving book-related examples from her practice, artist Alice Fox describes how an experimental approach to materials can lead to a variety of creative outcomes. |
Alice Fox, Alice Evans, Andrew Honey |
09 Dec 2021 |
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Talk 2: Beyond the velvet cover: textiles and craft in Byzantine bookbinding |
Georgios Boudalis explores the subject of textiles and craft in Byzantine bookbinding, sharing techniques little known not only in the context of Byzantine bookbinding but also more generally in the context of Byzantine material culture. |
Georgios Boudalis, Alice Evans |
06 Dec 2021 |
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Meet the Manuscripts: Uncomfortable English Manuscripts |
In this lecture, we look at some beautiful, austere, and distinctively uncomfortable manuscripts and learn how the Middle Ages shaped the way we read today both in print and on screen. |
Dan Wakelin, Andrew Dunning, Helen Cook |
08 Nov 2021 |
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Meet the Manuscripts: Meet the Fragments |
Exploring their physical function in manuscripts – and the bad things that can happen when they are removed for study – as well as showing what they can contribute to book history. |
Andrew Honey, Matthew Holford |
20 Oct 2021 |
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Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop for Candlemas |
Building on the repertoire from our previous workshop, we will add further pieces for Candlemas where everybody is invited to join in by singing the communal response |
Henrike Lähnemann, Nick Swarbrick, Andrew Dunning |
29 Mar 2021 |
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Meet the Manuscripts: judging a book by its cover |
The covers can tell us as much about a book as its contents. This workshop explores the secrets which bookbindings reveal about the uses and histories of medieval manuscripts. |
Matthew Holford, Andrew Honey |
29 Mar 2021 |
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The First Tibetan Block Print: The Khara-Khoto Collection of Precious Dhāraṇīs with the Emperor's Postscript |
Alla Sizova discusses the role of translation activities in the spread of Buddhism in the 12th century and outlines the extent of Tibetan influence on the Tangut culture. |
Alla A. Sizova |
15 Oct 2020 |
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Teaching the Codex 22: 2019 Summary |
Philip Booth (Oxford) gives closing remarks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium. |
Philip Booth |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 21: Latin Palaeography 2 (Irish and beyond) |
Anne McLaughlin (Cambridge) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium on 'Many Books and Certain Books: Irish Manuscripts'. |
Anne McLaughlin |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 20: Latin Palaeography 1 (Irish) |
Anne Marie O'Brien and Andrea Palandri (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) speak at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about the Irish Script On Screen Project. |
Anne Marie O'Brien, Andrea Palandri |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 19: Arabic Codicology |
Yasmin Faghihi (Cambridge) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about the Islamic manuscript tradition. |
Yasmin Faghihi |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 18: Armenian Palaeography |
David Zakarian (Oxford) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about colophons in Armenian manuscripts. |
David Zakarian |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 17: Armenian Palaeography 1 |
Robin Meyer (Oxford) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about Armenian palaeography. |
Robin Meyer |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019; 16: Chinese Palaeography and Codicology |
Imre Galambos (Cambridge) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about teaching with manuscript codices from northwest China. |
Imre Galambos |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 15: Hebrew Palaeography 2 |
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (Oxford) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium about the aims, methods, and challenges of teaching Hebrew palaeography. |
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 2019 14: Hebrew Palaeography 1 |
Stewart Brookes (Oxford) speaks at the 2019 Teaching the Codex colloquium on Hebrew palaeography in a digital age. |
Stewart Brookes |
16 Dec 2019 |
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Secrets from Missing Manuscripts |
Oxford’s libraries house many beautiful books copied by hand before the arrival of print. What, though, about the many more books from the past which have not survived? |
Daniel Sawyer |
10 Dec 2019 |
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Medingen Manuscripts |
For the launch of the Polonsky Foundation funded digitisation project of Manuscripts from the German Speaking Lands, Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford) talks about manuscripts from the Cistercian Abbey of Medingen (Lower Saxony). |
Henrike Lähnemann |
27 Mar 2019 |
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Second part of the masterclass: The Medingen Manuscripts in the Bodleian |
Masterclass for the Leverhulme Doctoral Students with Henrike Lähnemann, filmed by Natascha Domeisen. |
Henrike Lähnemann |
27 Mar 2019 |
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Teaching the Codex 6: Teaching Art History in Manuscripts |
Spike Bucklow (Cambridge) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the materiality of manuscript images. Introduction by Emily Guerry (Kent). |
Spike Bucklow, Emily Guerry |
28 Aug 2018 |
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Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence |
Dr Irene Ceccherini (Lyell-Bodleian Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies, Bodleian Library, Dilts Research Fellow in Palaeography, Lincoln College, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Seminar in the History of the Book on 9th February 2017. |
Irene Ceccherini |
23 Feb 2018 |
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Curating the exhibition 'Designing English' |
Daniel Wakelin talks about the concept behind the exhibition 'Designing English: Graphics on the Medieval Page' in the Weston Library, Oxford, and about the thrill of working with original material from the Bodleian collection at Oxford Medieval Studies. |
Daniel Wakelin, Henrike Lähnemann |
23 Feb 2018 |
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Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence |
Dr Irene Ceccherini (Lyell-Bodleian Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies, Bodleian Library, Dilts Research Fellow in Palaeography, Lincoln College, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Seminar in the History of the Book on 9th February 2017. |
Irene Ceccherini |
16 Feb 2018 |
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Maya Literary Traditions and Present-day Concerns |
Manuel May Castillo discusses Maya literary traditions and present-day concerns. |
Manuel May Castillo |
27 Jul 2016 |
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Learning from the Tlamatque |
Raul Macuil discusses learning from the Tlamatque. |
Raul Macuil |
27 Jul 2016 |
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The Materiality of Codex Mendoza |
Jorge Gomez Tejada discusses the materiality of the Codex Mendoza. |
Jorge Gomez Tejada |
27 Jul 2016 |
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The Codex Laud: Materiality and the problem of its provenance |
Maria Isabel Alvarez Icaza discusses the Codex Laud: Materiality and the problem of its provenance. |
Maria Isabel Alvarez Icaza |
26 Jul 2016 |
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MOLAB non-invasive investigations of Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian libraries |
Constanza Milliani discusses MOLAB non-invasive investigations of Mesoamerican codices in the Bodleian libraries. |
Constanza Milliani |
11 Jul 2016 |
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Cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on mesoamerican codices |
Davide Domenici discusses cultural and historical implications of non-destructive analyses on mesoamerican codices. |
Davide Domenici |
11 Jul 2016 |
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Elite Folktales: An Exquisite Sixteenth-Century Persian Illustrated Manuscript in the Bodleian Library’s Ouseley Collection |
A conversation with Dr Nasrin Askari, Bahari Visiting Fellow in the Persian Arts of the Book 2016 & Alasdair Watson, Bahari Curator of Persian Collections, Bodleian Library |
Nasrin Askari, Alasdair Watson |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Panel Discussion 04 |
Day 2 afternoon speakers gather to answer questions from the audience. Chaired by Dr Joris Dik. |
Joris Dik |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Panel Discussion 03 |
Day 2 morning speakers gather to answer questions from the audience. Chaired by David Howell. |
David Howell |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Panel Discussion 02 |
Day 1 afternoon speakers gather to answer questions from the audience. Chaired by Martin Jansen. |
Maartin Jansen |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Technical Study of the Codex Borbonicus through non-invasive material characterization |
Fabien Pottier discusses the technical study of the Codex Borbonicus through non-invasive material characterzation. |
Fabien Pottier |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Anute Palimpsest: Full Body Scan |
Tim Zaman discusses the Anute Palimpsest: a full body scan. |
Tim Zaman |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Mixtec Colonial Maps and Land Tenure |
Omar Aguilar Sanchez discusses Mixtec colonial maps and land tenure. |
Omar Aguilar Sanchez |
08 Jul 2016 |
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The Codex Anute Palimpsest |
Ludo Snijders discusses the Codex Anute palimpsest. |
Ludo Snijders |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Non-Destructive Analysis of the Colombino Codex |
Jose Luis Ruvalcaba Sil discusses the non-destructive analysis of the Colombino Codex. |
Jose Luis Ruvalcaba Sil |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Panel Discussion 01 |
Day 1 morning speakers gather to answer questions from the audience. Chaired by Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán. |
Virginia M. Lladó-Buisán |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Contemporary K'iche Ritual Dance and the Dresden Codex |
Paul Van Den Asker discusses the contemporary K'iche ritual dance and the Dresden Codex. |
Paul Van Den Akker |
08 Jul 2016 |
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The Materiality of Colour in Pre-Columbian Codices: An Historical Approach |
Elodie Dupey Garcia discusses the materiality of colour in pre-Columbian Codices: An historical approach. |
Elodie Dupey Garcia |
08 Jul 2016 |
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Depicting the Mesoamerican Spirit World |
Alessia Frassani discusses the depiction of the Meso-american spirit world |
Alessia Frassani |
08 Jul 2016 |
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The Materiality of Medieval Manuscripts |
Henrike Lähnemann’s Inaugural Lecture for the Chair in German Medieval Literature and Linguistics. |
Henrike Lähnemann, Richard Ovenden, Sally Mapstone, kristin püttmann |
15 Feb 2016 |
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Scenes from Disraeli’s Extraordinary Life: Curating the Bodleian 2004 Exhibition and Widening Its Reach |
An inside look at the 2002 Bodleian Library exhibition about Disraeli's extraordinary life. |
Helen Langley |
08 Jul 2015 |
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Shining Light on Medieval Manuscripts |
Prof. Andrew Beeby, Durham University and Keble Senior Academic Visitor, discusses his current project on the chemical analysis through Raman spectroscopy of Medieval manuscripts, and how his work can contribute to the historical record. |
Andrew Beeby |
02 Mar 2015 |
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Ancient Lives: Classics and Digital Humanities at Oxford |
James Brusuelas from the Faculty of Classics, Oxford University, gives a talk at DHOxSS 2014, around the Ancient Lives project. |
James Brusuelas |
23 Jul 2014 |
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Scribal correction and literary craft: English manuscripts 1375-1510 |
Adam Smyth talks to Professor Daniel Wakelin about his new book on cultures of correction in later medieval manuscripts. |
Daniel Wakelin, Adam Smyth |
08 Jul 2014 |
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Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored |
Professor Kathyrn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane Austen, what we can learn from them about her family life but also her writing style and techniques. |
Kathryn Sutherland |
08 Jun 2012 |
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Jane Austen's Manuscripts Explored |
Professor Kathyrn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks around the manuscripts of Jane Austen, what we can learn from them about her family life but also her writing style and techniques. |
Kathryn Sutherland |
08 Jun 2012 |
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The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising |
Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen's manuscripts from the novel "The Watsons" and what we can learn about her from these. |
Kathryn Sutherland |
08 Jun 2012 |
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The Watsons: Jane Austen Practising |
Professor Kathryn Sutherland from the University of Oxford talks about some of Jane Austen's manuscripts from the novel 'The Watsons' and what we can learn about her from these. |
Kathryn Sutherland |
08 Jun 2012 |
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Conclusion to Crossing Borders |
The conclusion to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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Sciences |
Piet looks at how the works of famous ancient thinkers such as Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid or Ptolemy traveled from culture to culture and formed the basis of Muslim, Christian and Jewish science and philosophy alike. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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User-produced Hebrew Prayer Books and Shared Iconography |
Some Hebrew manuscripts were produced in Christian workshops, others were made by Jewish artists themselves for their own use. Piet looks at examples of these and explores the shared iconography between Christian and Jewish faiths, such as the unicorn. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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Hebrew Prayer Books for Public Use |
Piet looks at the three great Bodleian mahzorim (large and elaborately decorated prayer books for the festivals), which were illuminated by Christian painters in collaboration with and under the supervision of Jewish scribes. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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Arabic Art Forms in Spanish Book Production |
Piet explains Arabic design and illustration in Spanish books, looking in particular at the Kennicott Bible, produced in La Coruna, Spain, in 1476. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May 2010 |
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From Roll to Codex |
Piet explains codices, the oldest manuscripts in book form, looking in particular at a fragment of the Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (ch. 40) from the Cairo Genizah, and the four Gospels in Syriac. |
Piet van Boxel |
06 May 2010 |
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Introduction to Crossing Borders |
An introduction to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. |
Piet van Boxel |
06 May 2010 |
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Pre-1500 Printed Books |
The earliest printers spread from Mainz in Germany where Gutenberg first had his printing house to Venice, Rome, Paris, and the Netherlands. Examples from all of these centres of 15th-century printing are found in Bodleian collections. |
Paul Nash |
05 Mar 2010 |