In this online talk, Sarah Griffin, curator of the exhibition, and Megan McNamee, a collaborator, will introduce the concertina corpus and discuss the process of putting these frighteningly fragile, fiendishly complex, and wonderfully dynamic little books on public view.
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Online Lecture: ‘Luxury for All? Jewelry and People in the East Roman Empire’, with Georgios Makris, 11 March 2025, 4pm (GMT)
Join this online lecture with Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art & Culture, where Dr Georgios Makris (University of British Columbia) explores issues of taste in the East Roman Empire.
Online Lecture: Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar, ‘Playing with Fools?’ with Dr Krisztina Ilko, 17 February 2025 (5-6:30pm, GMT)
Join the second Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar of 2025, Krisztina Ilko (Queens’ College, University of Cambridge) will speak on her new research project on medieval chess pieces.
Online lecture: ‘Golden Wreaths for Hippocrates: Art, Learning, and Lineage on a Medieval Cup’ with Dr Mary Franklin-Brown, 4 February 2025 (5:30 – 7pm GMT)
Join this lecture on a medieval cup made for Humfrey & Eleanor, Duke & Duchess of Gloucester, and owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort.
Murray Seminar: ‘Charles of Luxembourg as a visitor at the papal court in Avignon’, Dr Alexandra Gajewski, 21 January 2025 (5-6.30pm GMT)
The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Alexandra Gajewski, focusing on the Charles of Luxembourg at the papal court in Avignon.
Murray Seminar: ‘The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts c. 1890-1929 and its Consequences’, with Dr Laura Cleaver, Birkbeck, 4 December 2024 (5-6.30pm GMT)
The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Laura Cleaver, focusing on the The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts.
Lecture: ‘Hands That Heal, Looks That Kill: Towards a Fabulous History of Marian Architecture’ with Matthew Reeve, Paul Mellon Centre, London, 4 December 2024 (5pm–7pm GMT)
Join the Paul Mellon Centre for a lecture that focuses on Marian devotion during the Middle Ages with Matthew Reeve.
Mmmonk School 2024: Webinars on Medieval Books
Join Mmmonk and Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (UGent) for their interdisciplinary practice-focused programme about medieval Flemish manuscripts. Experts introduce the main concepts, skills and methods of their given field of expertise. The lessons are online, free and open to everyone.
Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2024-2025
The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House and online.
Zoom talk: ‘Claus Sluter’s Well of Moses for the chartreuse de Champmol, Philip the Bold and the battle of Nicopolis’ with Susie Nash and Alexandra Gajewski, Wednesday 16 October, 5pm (BST)
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, 16 October 2024, at 5 PM for an exciting discussion on Claus Sluter’s ‘Well of Moses’, a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist, at the monastery at the Chartreuse de Champmol.
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