Exploring the world of books at Oxford
By Godelinde Gertrude Perk Featured image courtesy of the University of Oxford Development Office This masterclass focused on the materiality of medieval manuscripts, that is, medieval manuscripts as material objects, and their conservation. It explored how manuscripts were made in the Middle Ages and how modern conservators (for instance in the Bodleian Conservation Studio) conserve …
By Isabelle Riepe A library must not always be just books. Libraries established before the 20th century mostly originated from collections, alongside objects, like porcelain, clocks, furniture, or paintings. Sometimes those also find their way into a newly founded library of the 19th century. The Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian) opened in 1849, following the will of architect Sir Robert …
By Luise Morawetz and Vincent Leung In the fourth week of our History of the Book methodology module, the topic was palaeography. Dr. Colleen Curran, a researcher at the Faculty of English of the University of Oxford and expert in Insular scripts, took us to the Weston Library’s Visiting Scholar’s Centre to introduce us to …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. This service is based on the service of Vespers (Abendgebet) from the Protestant Church in Saxony, Germany. Vespers forms the framework for the main spiritual offering of this service, Bach’s …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Exactly 500 years after the Lutheran Reformation started off in the German city of Wittenberg, the historic event was now commemorated in Oxford. On 31st Oct 2017 Martin Luther, surrounded …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Reformation Recipes at Oriel College, Oxford, November 6th 2017hosted by Marjory Szurko I have been hosting Edible Exhibitions at Oriel College over many years – translating and transcribing the recipes …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. After the successes of the last three years’ competitions jointly organised by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the IMLR, they are joining forces again to launch the fourth writing …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. Reformation500 at Oxford would not be the same without the many events kindly sponsored by the German Embassy. If you take a look at our events page, you will see …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. The Taylorian is fortunate to hold many Reformation pamphlets, by Martin Luther and others. These pamphlets were acquired from several University Libraries, notably Heidelberg in 1878. One of them, an …
This article was originally posted on the Taylor Reformation blog which has now become part of the Taylor Editions website with a dedicated Reformation Pamphlets series. The TORCH Women in the Humanities-sponsored workshop, Women’s Responses to the Reformation took place in Oxford on 23rd June 2016. We welcomed around twenty participants from a variety of UK …