Unreadable Rolls

Unreadable Rolls

Dr Katherine Hindley, Acting Director of the London International Palaeography Summer School, Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature at NTU, Singapore Anyone who has worked with manuscripts will know the feeling of trying to puzzle out an unreadable word. ...
Why I Got Into Palaeography

Why I Got Into Palaeography

Our London International Palaeography Summer School (LIPSS) tutors offer specialized training in a wide variety of subjects, but they share a love of manuscripts. Here five of the team tell us about why they are passionate about palaeography and how they got into...
Introducing the Book of Kells

Introducing the Book of Kells

Dr Carol Farr, Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies A super-star attraction of Trinity College Dublin, the Book of Kells is known to many people across the globe. Besides being a recognisable emblem of Irish culture, it is a complex object. Probably...
Puzzle Books

Puzzle Books

Clare Lees, Director of the Institute of English Studies, Professor of Medieval Literature In 2013, I worked with a group of poets associated with the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts, commissioned to respond to the ‘return’ of the great early medieval manuscript,...

Call for Papers: Engaging with Screens: Art, Archive, Book

Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 31 May, 2017. Deadline: 10 March, 2017   This interdisciplinary workshop invites participants to debate ways in which readers, publishers, archivists, and curators engage with the computer screen and its...