from manuscripts to the modern world - part 2
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HTAV Middle Years Conference presentation, 28 October 2011 - Part 2TRANSCRIPT
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Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
13Le Roman de la Rose (love poem, c. 1330)
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Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
14Bible – Genesis (Bologna, c. 1265)
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Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
15Missal (England, c. 1430)
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Teaching medieval history using manuscripts
Why use manuscripts?
• Primary source material• Ease of access• Variety of topics and concepts
can be covered with an overarching theme
16Gospels of St Luke and St John (c. 720)
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Teaching medieval history using manuscripts
Where can I find them?
• Cultural institutions eg. State Library of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria
• Online • Print
17Book of hours (c. 1435)
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Medieval Manuscripts Education Resource:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/student-teacher-resources/medieval-imagination-education-kit
Contains:• Background information• Activities• Resources
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
State Library of Victoria catalgoue
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au
Search for:• ‘Medieval manuscript’• Resrict to online resources
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Mirror of the World
http://www.mirroroftheworld.com.au/
Contains:• Timeline• Images• Background information• Educational activities
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Fitzwilliam Museum
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/sections/making_art/index_manuscript.html
Contains:• Background information• Fact sheets• Education Resources• Interactive program to make a manuscript• Images
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
British Library – Medieval Realms
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/medieval/medievalrealms.html
Contains:• Background information• Education Activities• Images• Other medieval information and
activities
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
British Library – Manuscript Catalogue
http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/welcome.htm
British Library – Turning the pages
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
Contains:• Information and digital images for a large
collection of medieval manuscripts
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
Contains:• Contextual information
• Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
• Images
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Free Library of Philadelphia
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/index.cfm
Contains:• Detailed Information• Images• Resources and Links
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Philadelphia Museum of Art – Leaves of Gold
http://www.leavesofgold.org/
Contains:• Information• Images• Education Resources
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Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Museum of London
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/London-Wall/Whats-on/Galleries/medieval/Games/
Apprentice.htm
Contains:• A bit of fun…
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Print based resources:
• The Medieval Imagination: Illuminated Manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand. Stocks, B. and Morgan, N. (Eds). 2008. State Library of Victoria, Australia
• The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Wieck, R.S. 1988. Sotheby’s Publications, UK.
• A Treasury of Hours. Faÿ-Sallois, F. 2002. Getty Publications: USA
Manuscript resources
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Print based resources cont’d:
• Discovering Art: Illuminated Manuscript. Gill, D.M. 1996. Brockhampton Press, UK.
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! – Voices from a medieval village. Schlitz, L.A. 2007. Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, USA.
• Medieval Illuminators and their methods of work. Alexander, J.J.G. 1992. Yale University Press: London, UK.
• The Cambridge Illuminations. Binski, P. & Panayotova, S. (Eds). 2005. Harvey Miller Publishers: London, UK.
Manuscript resources
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Image credits
1. National Gallery of Victoria
2. Map of Europe – Georgraphic Guide
http://www.geographicguide.com/europe-map.htm
3. Map of Europe 1360BC – Internet Medieval Sourcebook:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html
4. Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
5. Advantage White Knight – photo by Joits: www.flickr.com • State Library of Victoria• Auckland City Libraries, Special Collections• Syndics of Cambridge University Library• State Library of Victoria • Master and Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge• University of Sydney • Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge • Master and Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge• Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne• State Library of South Australia • Master and Fellow of Corpus Christi College • State Library of Victoria
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On display at the State Library of Victoria from 9 March – 1 July 2012
Preview video: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/3654
School programs for primary and secondary
•exhibition tour
•Persian puppets
•Comic Life
•extended calligraphy workshop (120min, same price as 90min workshop)
Teacher preview evening, free, 20 March 2012, 5.30 – 7.30pm
Online education resource and website launch 14 February 2012