Exploring the world of books at Oxford
In celebration of the first three years of the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC) and the launch of the centre’s open-access journal with its inaugural issue, Monumentalization, there will be a CMTC festival in Trinity Term 2022. Public events include the formal launch of the journal Manuscript and Text Cultures (Wednesday 11th May), …
When? – Thursday 10 March 2022 at 5:15 p.m.Where? – Oakeshott Room, Lincoln College, and online via Zoom The bibliography of J.K. Rowling was first published in 2015 and became an unexpected best-seller. Join us for insights into the wizarding world of Harry Potter bibliography and some thoughts about the challenges of writing a book …
When? – Thursday 24 February 2022 at 12:30 p.m.Online via ZOOM(for the link please contact sarah.cusk@lincoln.ox.ax.uk) An introduction to the Bodleian Conservation team’s work on textiles in libraries, an area that merges the artificially separate disciplines of textile, book and object conservation, drawing on the expertise of textile historians, craftspeople, embroiders and artists to create …
While book production increased during the long fifteenth century, older books were still used and efforts were made to sustain them. Hannah Ryley will explore a range of late medieval manuscript re-uses in England, focusing on the practices and processes of parchment production, repair, recycling and sharing. Thursday 10 February 2022 at 5:30 p.m. Balliol …
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!
When? – Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 5:15 pm (BTS) Where? – T.S. Eliot Theatre, Merton College This event will also be streamed via ZOOM; for the link please contact sarah.cusk@lincoln.ox.ac.uk Syon Abbey is well known for its extensive libraries and its close relationships with London printers and late-medieval nobility. Julia King argues that the …
Event, 11 October 2021
Members of the Oxford Scribes and printers from the Bodleian Bibliographical Press race to produce a page of text. Settle the 500-year-old question – which is faster?
Genetic Criticism. A Rapprochement – A lecture by Dirk van HulleWhen? : Tuesday 8 June 2021 at 5:15 p.m.(the lecture to follow the formal business of the AGM, which will begin at 4:30 p.m.Where? : Zoom (To attend, please comtact the e-mail below)