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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Subject: Ann: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts-Update From: Dr Catherine Yvard <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2008 12:35 pm Since Wednesday 25 June, over 400 new entries for Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts (with at least one image per record) from the British Library Harley Collection have been made available online as part of the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts (http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm). Please note that some new images have also been added to records which were already online. A few novelties: - we are in the process of illustrating the glossary, a particularly useful resource for teaching http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/glossary.asp (letters A-D are now completed) - 'Treasures known and unknown in the British Library', a talk given by Prof. John Lowden (Courtauld Institute) in June 2007 as part of the British Library 'Treasures' conference is now available online, with all relevant images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/tours.asp - a short paragraph on the Harley conference, scheduled for 29-30 June 2009 at the British Library has been added in the 'About' section. http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/introduction.asp The full call for papers has kindly been made available in full by Jean-Luc Deuffic on his Pecia blog (http://blog.pecia.fr/post/2008/04/16/Divers-Manuscripts-both-Antient-Curious). It is not too late if you intend to send in a proposal, we are accepting proposals for papers on an on-going basis and have not yet set a deadline. Dr Catherine Yvard Project Officer - Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United Kingdom ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html