Medieval History
In 2008 the John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester,
received funding from the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee to
digitise its important collection of over forty Middle English manuscripts,
including literary texts by Chaucer and Lydgate, and major collections of
manuscripts of the Brut Chronicles and Wycliffe's Bible translations.
To celebrate the completion of this project and the launch of the Manchester
Medieval Digital Library, the JRUL is hosting a major academic conference on
17-18 September 2009. The Manchester Middle English Manuscripts Conference
will consider the Rylands collection within the wider context of other
corpora of ME manuscripts, and explore the potential of digitisation to
enable novel methods and new avenues of scholarly enquiry.
Keynote speaker Professor Julia Boffey of Queen Mary University, London,
will open the conference with a public lecture on the evening of Thursday
17th September. Other speakers include Professor Wendy Scase (Birmingham),
Prof. Tony Edwards (De Montfort University) and Professor John Thompson
(Queen's, Belfast).
The conference will be of interest to medieval historians, students of
Middle English literature, linguists, codicologists, historians of the book,
archivists and manuscript curators.
For further information and to download a booking form, please visit
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/specialprojects/incipit/conference/.
The deadline for registration is Friday 28th August.
The project blog http://mmems.wordpress.com/ contains the latest news on the
progress of the digitisation work.
- Story Behind Faddan More Psalter Discovery Told At John Rylands Library
The fascinating story behind a 1,200-year-old book unearthed by a mechanical digger operator six years ago in an Irish bog was told by the man who is supervising its conservation. John Gillis, a Senior Conservator of books and manuscripts at Trinity College...
- 42nd Saint Louis Conference On Manuscript Studies, 16-17 October 2015
42nd Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, 16-17 October 2015 Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri Organized annually since 1974 by the Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library and its journal ?Manuscripta,? this two-day...
- Thomas Northcote Toller Memorial Lecture
Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies is pleased to announce that the Thomas Northcote Toller Memorial Lecture on Monday 2 March 2009 will be given by Professor Michelle Brown on 'Tha Anglo-Saxon Contribution to the History of the Book'. It...
- Parker Library Symposium
Parker Library Symposium On 6 - 7 September 2007, the Parker Library ("one of the most important small collections of English medieval manuscripts ever assembled") is hosting a Symposium on the topics of preservation ? digitisation ? scholarship ? public...
- Conference Announcement: England And The Continent
This is to circulate details about the up-coming conference: 'ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT IN THE TENTH CENTURY: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MEMORIAM PROFESSOR DR WILHELM LEVISON (DIED 1947)' The conference will be held from 14 December 2007 to...
Medieval History
Manchester Middle English Manuscripts Conference
In 2008 the John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester,
received funding from the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee to
digitise its important collection of over forty Middle English manuscripts,
including literary texts by Chaucer and Lydgate, and major collections of
manuscripts of the Brut Chronicles and Wycliffe's Bible translations.
To celebrate the completion of this project and the launch of the Manchester
Medieval Digital Library, the JRUL is hosting a major academic conference on
17-18 September 2009. The Manchester Middle English Manuscripts Conference
will consider the Rylands collection within the wider context of other
corpora of ME manuscripts, and explore the potential of digitisation to
enable novel methods and new avenues of scholarly enquiry.
Keynote speaker Professor Julia Boffey of Queen Mary University, London,
will open the conference with a public lecture on the evening of Thursday
17th September. Other speakers include Professor Wendy Scase (Birmingham),
Prof. Tony Edwards (De Montfort University) and Professor John Thompson
(Queen's, Belfast).
The conference will be of interest to medieval historians, students of
Middle English literature, linguists, codicologists, historians of the book,
archivists and manuscript curators.
For further information and to download a booking form, please visit
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/specialprojects/incipit/conference/.
The deadline for registration is Friday 28th August.
The project blog http://mmems.wordpress.com/ contains the latest news on the
progress of the digitisation work.
- Story Behind Faddan More Psalter Discovery Told At John Rylands Library
The fascinating story behind a 1,200-year-old book unearthed by a mechanical digger operator six years ago in an Irish bog was told by the man who is supervising its conservation. John Gillis, a Senior Conservator of books and manuscripts at Trinity College...
- 42nd Saint Louis Conference On Manuscript Studies, 16-17 October 2015
42nd Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, 16-17 October 2015 Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri Organized annually since 1974 by the Knights of Columbus Vatican Film Library and its journal ?Manuscripta,? this two-day...
- Thomas Northcote Toller Memorial Lecture
Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies is pleased to announce that the Thomas Northcote Toller Memorial Lecture on Monday 2 March 2009 will be given by Professor Michelle Brown on 'Tha Anglo-Saxon Contribution to the History of the Book'. It...
- Parker Library Symposium
Parker Library Symposium On 6 - 7 September 2007, the Parker Library ("one of the most important small collections of English medieval manuscripts ever assembled") is hosting a Symposium on the topics of preservation ? digitisation ? scholarship ? public...
- Conference Announcement: England And The Continent
This is to circulate details about the up-coming conference: 'ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT IN THE TENTH CENTURY: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MEMORIAM PROFESSOR DR WILHELM LEVISON (DIED 1947)' The conference will be held from 14 December 2007 to...