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 February 6, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 107, a cartulary of the monastery of San Andrés de Fanlo in Aragon (Spain). Contains 13th-century copies of documents that date between the 10th century and the 1250s.
On February 13, curator Dot Porter will bring out fragments of two 16th century choirbooks from Spain, Ms. Oversize 4 and Ms. Oversize 33.
On February 20, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 446, sections from Book I of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia القانون في الطب (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb).
For Coffee With a Codex on February 27, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1329, a 13th-century copy of Haimo's 9th-century commentary on the Song of Solomon.
Coffee with a Codex featuring LJS 477, a collection of sermons, probably compiled from multiple sources, belonging to a preacher.
Coffee With A Codex featuring CAJS Rar Ms 375, a 13th century copy of a Biblical lexicon in Hebrew.
Coffee With A Codex featuring an Ms. Codex 2076, an illuminated missal written and decorated in Italy, probably between 1456 and 1482.
Coffee With A Codex featuring Ms. Codex 105, a collection of papal bulls and documents concerning privileges granted to the Order of Teutonic Knights. (Not recorded)
Coffee With A Codex featuring an as-yet uncataloged book of hours, written in the late 19th century.
Coffee With a Codex featuring Ms. Codex 760, a 15th century Italian copy of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.
Coffee With A Codex featuring Ms. Roll 1563, a 15th century roll of prayers in Latin and Middle English.
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