An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators.
Coffee with a Codex is open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend. Note that the Zoom links for Coffee With a Codex are reusable - register once and attend every Thursday at 12pm EDT / 5pm BST.
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On May 23, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1566, an illuminated Book of hours, use of Metz, with a calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Penitential Psalms and Litany, and the Office of the Dead. Written in Metz, France, between 1375 and 1399.
On May 30, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 51, a collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. Written in Syria in the 15th century.
On June 6, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1881, a late 15th-century collection of Latin astronomical treatises and tables of the 12th through 14th centuries, illustrated with six volvelles and numerous diagrams. Written in Germany, circa 1481.
On June 13, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1634, plans of fortifications for use at the royal academy of artillery and fortification founded in Turin in 1678, consisting entirely of figures of plans and elevations, some with landscape elements added in the background. Written in Turin, 1759.
On June 20, Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman will bring out CAJS Rar Ms 700, Geleitsbatzen ledger, for the record of sales of travel papers for and by the Jewish community of Worms, Germany. Written in Worms, 1685-1686.
