Sonja Drimmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Technologies of Reproduction and Representation. This workshop will focus on medieval manuscripts and early print from northern Europe as technologies of reproduction and representation, considering: representations of history and the Christian religion; representative politics; and modern representations of medieval books themselves through facsimile reproduction. Sponsored... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Sonja Drimmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Technologies of Reproduction and Representation.  This workshop will focus on medieval manuscripts and early print from northern Europe as technologies of reproduction and representation, considering: representations of history and the Christian religion; representative politics; and modern representations of medieval books themselves through facsimile reproduction.... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Sonja Drimmer (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Representative Bodies: Mass Production and the Parliamentary Manuscript in Late Medieval England. Sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library.... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History

Anne D. Hedeman (University of Kansas), Making the Past Present: Illustrations in Early Modern France. Participants will explore how illustrations interacted with their texts in manuscripts and early printed books in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These new visual cycles reshape established Latin texts, French translations from Latin, and new French texts and create new horizons of expectations for their reception. Space in the workshop is... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Anne D. Hedeman (University of Kansas), Making the Past Present: Illustrations in Early Modern France. Participants will explore how illustrations interacted with their texts in manuscripts and early printed books in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. These new visual cycles reshape established Latin texts, French translations from Latin, and new French texts and create new horizons of expectations for their reception. Space in the workshop is... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Anne D. Hedeman (Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History, University of Kansas), Power and Authority in Visual Paratext. Sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. This lecture is open to the public, but registration is required; please click here to register. Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History

Ludger Lieb (University of Heidelberg), A Fascination with Writing on Things: The Materiality of Texts in the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Houghton Library and the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. CANCELLED Read more about Houghton Library George Parker Winship Lecture

Dr. Simon Rettig (Assistant Curator of Islamic Art, Freer | Sackler Galleries), An Introduction to Codicology and the Arts of the Book of the Islamic World. This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Houghton Library. Space in the workshops is limited; to reserve a space, please click here.... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

Dr. Simon Rettig (Assistant Curator of Islamic Art, Freer | Sackler Galleries), An Introduction to Codicology and the Arts of the Book of the Islamic World. This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Houghton Library. Space in the workshops is limited; to reserve a space, please click here.

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Dr. Simon Rettig (Assistant Curator of Islamic Art, Freer | Sackler Galleries), Praying for the Ottoman Sultan: A New Look at Manuscripts of Selected Surahs after 1500. Free and open to the public; please RSVP here. This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Houghton Library.... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History

Sylvia Huot (Pembroke College, University of Cambridge), The Roman de la Rose: From Medieval Manuscripts to Modern Editions. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. Space in the 10 am and 2 pm workshops is limited; to register, please click here... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshops in Early Book History

Sylvia Huot (Pembroke College, University of Cambridge), The Roman de la Rose: From Medieval Manuscripts to Modern Editions. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. Space in the 10 am and 2 pm workshops is limited; to register, please click here... Read more about Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshops in Early Book History

Sylvia Huot (Pembroke College, University of Cambridge), Nuanced Readings: Iconographic Shifts in Manuscripts of Christine de Pizan's "Epistre Othea". This lecture is co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library.

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Brigitte Bedos-Rezak (New York University), Medieval Seals and the Rhetoric of Materiality. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Harvard Art Museums, the Houghton Library, and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture. This lecture is part of Lasting Impressions: Coins and Seals as Material and Message in the Middle Ages, the 2018 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture and Workshop Series.

Lasting Impressions: Coins and Seals as Material and Message in the Middle Ages, the 2018 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture and Workshop Series. Featuring lectures by Princeton University's Alan Stahl on Monday, 19 March and NYU's Brigitte Bedos-Rezak on... Read more about Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lectures and Workshops