Half-way through Hilary term, the History of the Book students presented their work-in-progress. In chronological order: Vincent Leung: A Catalogue Description of MS. Canon. Ital. 10 Maximilian Krümpelmann: 1520 – Luther’s Year of Freedom. A Taylorian Exhibition Caroline Godard: Jean Poldo d’Albenas and Guillaume Rouillé, Discours historial de l’antique et illustre cité de Nismes (1560) …
Author: Henrike Lähnemann
Professor of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and Course Convenor for the Method Option 'Palaeography, History of the Book, Digital Humanities' for the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages.
Launching the History of the Book Blog
At the last session of the History of the Book class for Michaelmas Term, the group officially launched this blog. Watch the short video-clip with reflections on what “studying History of the Book” means for all of us. …and – as a Christmas special – a DIY video on how to make your own (mock-)medieval …
Martin Luther at the Taylor Institution Library
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Institution Library weblog in March 2015 and reblogged at the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Ornate title page of a Luther Sermon Martin Luther was one of the most important figures in the Protestant Reformation …