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DTSTAMP:20130522T005622Z
DTSTART:20120219T141500Z
DTEND:20120219T160000Z
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
LOCATION:Pennington Room, Grey College, Durham
SUMMARY:From Sheep to Shelf: The making of books in the middle ages and re
 naissance
DESCRIPTION:'From Sheep to Shelf' is an illustrated exploration of the pro
 cess of making, writing, decorating and using books before the invention o
 f printing. As each book was wholly hand-made, every aspect of it - size, 
 shape, colour and decoration - was subject to variation. Thus we have exam
 ples that are tiny, gigantic, circular, golden, purple and black, not to m
 ention many that are masterpieces of calligraphy and illumination.While so
 me medieval and renaissance books were made by monks, very many were made 
 by secular professionals - including husband and wife teams - who, far fro
 m being anonymous, have left us notes about their labours, lives and loves
 . The session will include the opportunity to inspect some medieval manusc
 ripts.
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