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Jane
Subject: | [LIS-RAREBOOKS] Lecture series: The material history of the Bible in England 1200-1600 |
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Date: | Tue, 15 May 2018 08:13:58 +0000 |
From: | Suzanne Paul <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | Suzanne Paul <[log in to unmask]> |
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Dear all,
You may be interested in a series of
lectures taking place at Cambridge University Library over the
next few weeks on the material history of the late medieval
and early modern Bible:
From
the rise of mass-produced Vulgates in the thirteenth century
to the proliferation of innovative vernacular prints in the
sixteenth, five lectures will chart the history of the Bible
in England across print and reform. Manuscript and early
printed bibles from the collections of Cambridge University
Library will support a new history of the Bible in England,
one which blurs the boundaries between reform and
conservatism, and between the Church and heresy. Among their
pages we will encounter a hidden portrait of Jane Seymour,
the marks of scholars, children and crooks, and the
discovery of America.
Each
lecture will be accompanied by a display of manuscripts and
books from the Library’s collections and will be followed by
a discussion led by a respondent.
22
May— The Late Medieval Bible: Beyond Innovation
29
May— Wycliffite Bibles and the Limits of Orthodoxy
5
June— 1535 and the First Two English Bibles
12
June— The Great Bible as a Useless Book
19 June— The
Bibles of Edward VI and Beyond: Moving Fast Forward
The
lectures are given by Dr Eyal Poleg, senior lecturer in
material history at Queen Mary University of London. Each
lecture will take place at 5:30pm in the Milstein Room at
CUL. The lectures each stand alone and everyone is welcome.
Please do circulate this among your networks.
Best
wishes,
Suzanne
Dr
Suzanne Paul
Keeper
of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts
Cambridge
University Library
West
Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DR
Tel:
01223 333149