The Perspective of the Medieval Scribe
Mon 29 January 2024 - Sat 24 February 2024
Magdalene College
This unique double exhibition of manuscripts from the Magdalene collections, taking place in the iconic Pepys Library and the Stirling Prize-winning Robert Cripps Gallery, reveals medieval perspectives on the physical world, on other worlds, and on the creative potential of image and word.
The Pepys Building houses the Library of Samuel Pepys, whose collection of manuscripts and fragments of medieval calligraphy, specially displayed for this exhibition, were as famous in his own day as they are now. In dialogue with these treasures, and on view in the adjacent Robert Cripps Gallery, a range of rarely-displayed secular and devotional manuscripts from the Magdalene College Old Library will contribute their own perspectives, from scientific representations of the physical universe to apocalyptic vision.
In conjunction with the Magdalene College Triennial Festival 2024: Perspective.
To arrange access to the exhibition please call into the Porters’ Lodge on Magdalene Street. Entrance will be to the Gallery and Pepys Library only.
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
In person
2:00pm-4:00pm Monday-Saturday every week from Monday 29 January 2024 until Sunday 25 February 2024
All times
Mon 29 January 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Tue 30 January 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Wed 31 January 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Thu 1 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Fri 2 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Sat 3 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Mon 5 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Tue 6 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Wed 7 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Thu 8 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Fri 9 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Sat 10 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Mon 12 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Tue 13 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Wed 14 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Thu 15 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Fri 16 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Sat 17 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Mon 19 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Tue 20 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Wed 21 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Thu 22 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Fri 23 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Sat 24 February 2024 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Venue
To arrange access to the exhibition please call into the Porters’ Lodge on Magdalene Street. | |
Address: | Magdalene College The Pepys Library & The Robert Cripps Gallery Magdalene St Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0AG |
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