The funny thing about doing undergraduate research on a 500 year old book is that I was most definitely the only undergraduate on campus doing…
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Blog posts written by undergraduate students
Passion material was the central focus of Dr. Camp’s manuscripts class last fall, and we learned all about some pretty interesting medieval devotional practices, like…
For the last year, René d’Anjou has consumed my life. If he has yet to take over your life, click here to learn more. Most…
The best part of manuscript studies (arguably) is getting to look at amazing writing and painting that was produced a long, long time ago. The…
By Emily Walls Introduction Of all the books you’re ever going to touch, medieval manuscripts will most likely be the most delicate, most valuable, and…
Down the Rabbit Hole Like Alice down the Rabbit Hole, my research took so many twists and turns, I had no idea where I would…
The Fall 2018 iteration of the Hargrett Hours Project has been working all semester towards a digitized edition of our lovely Book of Hours. Lo…
Co-authored by Kristina Going and Katherine Haire with Kara Krewer and Ceciley Pangburn As young, naive English majors fresh from our codicology lessons, we approached…
One thing we can be certain of is that medieval society was absolutely obsessed with death. Be it the avoidance of purgatory, or a veneration…
This particular Book of Hours is London, British Library, Add. MS 54782. It’s often called “The Hastings Hours” due to its only known owner during…