Meet the Manuscripts: the Renaissance reform of the book

Speaker
Dr Matthew Holford, Dr David Rundle
Event date
Event time
16:30 - 17:30
Venue
Bodleian Libraries - Online Event
Event type
Lectures and seminars
Event cost
Free
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Required

The renewed appreciation of classical eloquence in the Italian renaissance led to major changes in how manuscripts were made, written and decorated.

Join us as we look through some lesser-known treasures from the Bodleian Library to learn more about these transformations and how they reached England.

With Matthew Holford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, and David Rundle, Lecturer in Latin and Manuscript Studies at the University of Kent, and author of The Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2019).