Join us at Merton College on Friday at 5 pm for two engaging presentations by Dr Emma Nelson and Elliott Cobb on medieval manuscripts' donors and viewers!
Image: Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS 700, Britain, c. 1200, f. 29r (detail).
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We are excited to share our programme for Hilary Term!
We start with a reading group discussion online this Friday, at 5 pm GMT, on dissemination.
To join us, please write to oxfordmedievalmss@gmail.com.
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Join us for a reading group discussion online this Friday at 5 pm GMT! The theme will be scientific manuscripts, from astronomy to alchemy.
Image: Signature of 'Lewys Caerlyon in medicinis doctoris'. Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.3.61, England, 1481–1484, f. 14v.
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Our Work in Progress session this Friday 14 November will feature papers on the theme of "Science and Manuscripts" by Mathilde Mioche (The Courtauld) and Blanche Darbord (Cambridge). See you at St. Catherine's College or online!
📷 London, Wellcome MS 49, Germany, 1420, f. 31r.
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Joumana Medlej, artist-scholar and former Merton Visiting Research Fellow, will open our science-themed term with a workshop entitled 'Pocketing Cosmos'.
Join us at 5 pm on Friday 24 October in the John Roberts Room at Merton College!
📷 Joumana Medlej, 'Circles of Time' (2025).
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We are very excited to share our new programme for Michaelmas Term 2025, with a variety of events in Oxford and online on the theme of 'Science and Discovery'.
Please note that some venues have yet to be confirmed.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Happy September! As we prepare a crop of events for the new academic year, look out for our Michaelmas Term programme. We will share it with you soon.
Image: the September harvest in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Chantilly, Musée Condé, MS 65, 15th century, folio 9v.
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"Fragments of Devotion" is live!
Discover a sensory history of illuminated manuscript cuttings in this online exhibition curated by MA students at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Connoisseurship and Medieval Manuscripts: A Roundtable, will take place this Friday, 6 June, at 4 pm. Join us at the Weston Library for a lively discussion with Emily Guerry, Peter Kidd and Michael Michael!
Image: Sydney Cockerell, The Gorleston Psalter (London, 1907), pl. IX.
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We are looking forward to welcoming Irene Van Eldere (Leiden University) and Elvira Miceli (Wolfson College, Oxford) to this week's work-in-progress session, held in the Hawkins Room at Merton College on Friday 30 May, 5pm.
Brussels, Royal Library (KBR) Ms. IV 12, f. 19v-20r.
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The workshop on medieval book illumination was a huge success. Thanks @saracharles.bsky.social for another wonderful session!
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The countdown for our gold workshop with @saracharles.bsky.social has started!
We couldn’t be more excited!
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Some of the stars of the show this evening in Merton College Library.
Thank you @juliawalworth.bsky.social for the wonderful visit!
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Amazing evening in Merton College Library analysing this beauty! Thank you @juliawalworth.bsky.social
and @oxfordmedievalmss.bsky.social
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This term's programme is now available!
Come and join us if you are around Oxford!
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Gearing up for our visit to Merton College Library today at 5pm. Stay tuned for more events soon.
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