The hand in the machine: Facsimiles, libraries and the politics of scholarship
The University of Cambridge is home to one of the world's richest collections of medieval illuminated manuscripts. In this lecture, Dr David McKitterick provides a fascinating introduction to the study of medieval manuscripts, focusing on Cambridge’s rich collection and its historical and contemporary connections to the State Library of Victoria's collection.
Director of Collections and Access at the State Library, Shane Carmody, introduces the lecture. The event concludes with remarks and a thankyou from Professor Wallace Kirsop, of Monash University's Centre for the Book.
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Dr David McKitterick is Fellow and Librarian at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. His many publications as author, editor or contributor include Print, Manuscript and the Search for Order, 1450-1830 and The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, Vice-President of the Bibliographical Society and President of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society.
Professor Wallace Kirsop is Director of the Centre for Book, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
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