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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Exploring Chaucer Here and Now

In this webinar, Professor Marion Turner introduces some of the themes of Chaucer Here and Now, the exhibition currently on view at the Weston Library.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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'The hooly blisful martir for to seke' Manuscripts with Chaucer’s pilgrims

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tell the story of pilgrims 'from every shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende’. Experience these journeys, both real and imagined, through medieval manuscripts from the Bodleian collection live under the visualiser.
Lyell Lectures
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Mechanical and intellectual

Lecture 3 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Meet the Manuscripts: the Renaissance reform of the book

Dr Martin Holford and Dr David Rundle explore how the Italian Renaissance led to major changes in how manuscripts were made, written and decorated in England.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Singing Together; Apart: Gregorian Chant Workshop – Song of Simeon

In this online choir workshop you will learn to sing along with a simple voice part from the Candlemas Nunc Dimittis and see the 15th-century manuscript from the Cistercian nunnery of Medingen where the music is preserved in the Bodleian Libraries
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Islamic manuscripts and bindings as a window on East-West relations

The making, use and trade of manuscripts was an important part of Islamic culture, the technical developments influenced the making of books in the west from the later medieval period onward.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Plans and elevation: the development of architectural drawings

Dr Karl Kinsella introduces a 12th-century manuscript which explores the mystical visions of the prophet Ezekiel and contains some of the earliest architectural drawings in existence.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

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.
Medieval English

Old English Tour - British Library

Audio Only Tour of the Old English Manuscripts on display at the British Library by Dr S. D. Lee, Faculty of English, University of Oxford, 21st March 2007.

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