Exploring the world of books at Oxford
Posts about ongoing research in book history at Oxford.
Jane Eagan and Matthew Shaw Librarians and conservators see a lot of books. As such, they are often only passing acquaintances at best with many of them, and large numbers in their collection or care are positively strangers. It’s also unusual to know much at all about what researchers do with the books that they …
A panel discussio with Sarah Werner (independent scholar), Francesca Galligan (Bodleian Library) and Tiffany Stern (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham) When? – Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 5:15 p.m.Where? – Online via Zoom (for the link please contact sarah.cusk@lincoln.ox.ac.uk) All welcome!
On 29 October 2021, there will be a festive in-person launch of the ‘Passional Christi und Antichristi’, edited by Edmund Wareham. In June, there was already a launch of the online edition, 500 years and three weeks after the first edition of the pamphlet came out in Wittenberg. The paper version, part of the Taylor …
by Henrike Lähnemann On 4 August 2021, Mark Butler, an Oxford medical researcher working in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine , entered the Sobell House Charity Shop on Little Clarendon Street where a batch of framed leaves, prints and other miscellaneous donations had been placed at the back of the shop. Recently, while talking about my teaching of …
From the Bodleian Events Team: Thank you for booking to attend our digital event, Singing Together, Apart: drama and medieval chant on 14 June 2021. The recording of the event is available here. Please complete our short feedback form, if you have not already done so. Your comments will help us improve future events and …
Wanted: Oxford Graduates for ‘History of the Book and Digital Humanities’ UNIQ+ graduate internship project Emma Huber and Henrike Lähnemann are looking for two Oxford graduate students to work from Monday 5 July to Friday 13 August for overall 35 hours each at the tutorial rate of £27.76 per hour (£31.30 per hour including holiday …
Oxford Bibliographical Society, Publication beyond printing. 27th May 2021, 5.15 pm. In a series of ‘lightening talks’, eight Leverhulme Doctoral Students will present their research: Aoife Ni Chroidheain, Natascha Domeisen, Edward Jones, Daria Kondakova, Micah MacKay, Rosemary Maxton, Katie Noble and Daniel Wojahn This event will be held virtually, by ZOOM. To attend please contact …
Why this manuscript? Although I myself grew up in the Lower Rhine region, my path to Arnold von Harff led me via the manuscript reading room in Oxford. Years ago, when I attended the course ‘Palaeography & History of the Book’ as part of my studies abroad, I looked at the travelogue of the knight …
On 10 May 2021, the 500th anniversary of the death of Sebastian Brant, the show-and-tell session brought together a multilingual array of his European bestseller, the Ship of Fools, live from the Bodleian Library, the British Library and the Staatsbibliothek Bamberg. Copies presented: Sebastian Brant: Narrenschiff. Basel: Johann Bergmann von Olpe, 12.II.1499.4° (GW 5047) Copy …
A personal encounter with MS. Lat. liturg. f. 4 by Marlene Schilling For my generation it is perfectly normal to meet a partner first online, with dating apps on the rise during the pandemic – but the ultimate desire is to meet in person. This is the story of such a longed-for encounter in the flesh, …