History of the Book 2017-2019

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An international and interdisciplinary series which explores the interaction between the history of the book and other areas of research. Oxford, Weston Library, Visiting Scholars' Centre (VSC) - Hilary Term, Fridays 2.15. Convenor: Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College and 15cBOOKTRADE)

  1. 03/08/2019

    15cHEBRAICA: Capturing the former owners of Hebrew incunabula and their annotations in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database

    Marco Bertagna gives a talk for the History of the Book seminar series on 1st March 2019.

    41 min

  2. 02/06/2019

    Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700

    Jane Stevenson, Senior research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford, gives a talk fo the History of the Book seminar series on 1st February 2019.

    35 min

  3. 01/30/2019

    Bumble-Bee Witches and the Reading of Dreams: Spectacular and Speculative Marginalia in a Renaissance Reader’s Montaigne

    Earle Havens (Johns Hopkins), gives the first talk in the new term for the Centre for the Study of the Book on Friday 18th January 2019.

    49 min

  4. 03/13/2018

    Digital Typography - Did you mean incurable? Searching and Finding Incunabula in the World Wide Web

    Dr Falk Eisermann (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin), gives a talk for the History of the Book Seminar series on 9th March 2018.

    1h 18m

  5. 03/06/2018

    History of Art - The De Spira Brothers vrs. Nicolaus Jenson, 1469-1472: A Rivalry Traced through Hand-illuminated Copies of their Editions

    Professor Lilian Armstrong (Wellesley College) gives a talk for the History of the Book seminar series on 2nd March 2018.

    53 min

  6. 02/23/2018

    Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence

    Dr Irene Ceccherini (Lyell-Bodleian Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies, Bodleian Library, Dilts Research Fellow in Palaeography, Lincoln College, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Seminar in the History of the Book on 9th February 2017.

    38 min

  7. 02/23/2018

    Early Modern Publishing Policies - Andreas Frisius of Amsterdam and the search for a niche market, 1664-75

    Professor Ian Maclean (All Souls College), gives the third seminar in the History of the Book series, looking at the early modern period publishing policies in Europe on February 2nd, 2018.

    57 min

  8. 02/23/2018

    Arabic - Scrolls into codices: Jilyani's picture-poems for Saladin

    Professor Julia Bray (Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the new series for the Centre for the Study of the Book.

    28 min
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An international and interdisciplinary series which explores the interaction between the history of the book and other areas of research. Oxford, Weston Library, Visiting Scholars' Centre (VSC) - Hilary Term, Fridays 2.15. Convenor: Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College and 15cBOOKTRADE)

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