University of Oxford
JAMES P. R. LYELL LECTURES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1998-99
Professor M. B. Parkes, FBA, will deliver a series of lectures, entitled Their hands before our eyes: a closer look at scribes, in Lecture Theatre 2, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford, on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. as follows:
| 4 May |
Which came first, the reader or the scribe?: the function and processes of handwriting. |
| 11 May |
The hasty scribe: cursive handwriting in antiquity and the Middle Ages. |
| 18 May |
Set in their own ways: scribes and bookhands c. 800-1200. |
| 25 May |
Features of fashion: scribes and style c. 1200-1500. |
| 1 June |
In the eyes of scribes and readers: handwriting as image. |
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