Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Thomas Schmidt (Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature and Curator of the papyrus collection of the Bibel+Orient Museum, University of Fribourg), The Typology of the Ancient Book: Papyrological Evidence from Houghton Library. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. Space in this workshop is limited; to register, please click here.

For more than a century and a half, numerous papyrological discoveries in Egypt and elsewhere have greatly enriched our understanding of the physical nature of ancient books. Drawing on a selection of papyri from Houghton Library’s extensive collection, this hands-on workshop will invite participants to explore the main bibliological characteristics of Greco-Roman books (material, format, script, layout, etc.) and introduce them to some aspects of papyrological research.