Oct
03
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Alchemy & Medicine
- October 3, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Coffee with a Codex
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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Watch recordings of previous Coffee With A Codex events on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
Oct
10
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Incomplete Book of Hours
On October 10, Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts Nick Herman will bring out Ms. Codex 2030, a book of hours on parchment with incomplete miniatures, written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris, circa 1500.
- October 10, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Oct
17
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Latin Dictionary of Grammar
On October 17, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 722, a 14th century French dictionary of grammatical forms and definitions of theological, religious, and secular terms, arranged alphabetically; it includes Latinized Hebrew words and gives equivalents in Old French in various instances.
- October 17, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Oct
24
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Dictionary of the Arabic Language
On October 24, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 387, an illuminated 14th or 15th century copy of al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ, a dictionary of the Arabic language originally compiled between 1368 and 1392.
- October 24, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Oct
31
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Occult Collection for Halloween
On October 31, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1677, a collection of occult texts copied and compiled by Charles Rainsford and mainly comprising prayers, lists of divine names for invocations (p. 180-189), and instructions for conjurations taken from works attributed to well-known occultists such as John Dee and Richard Napier.
- October 31, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Past Events
Sep
26
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Ritual Dagger
- September 26, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Sep
19
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy in Hebrew
- September 19, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Sep
12
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: James DePreist and Marian Anderson
- September 12, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Sep
05
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Ymage du monde
- September 5, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jul
18
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Italian Book of Hours
- July 18, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jul
11
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Golden Legend
- July 11, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jun
27
Jun
20
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Geleitsbatzen ledger
- June 20, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jun
13
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Plans of Fortifications
- June 13, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jun
06
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomical treatise
- June 6, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
May
30
May
23
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Book of Hours
- May 23, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
May
09
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Humanist History of Rome
- May 9, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
May
02
Apr
25
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Arithmetic & Geometry
- April 25, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Apr
18
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Japanese Drawings
- April 18, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Apr
11
Apr
09
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex Special Tuesday Edition: Petrarch Unboxing!
- April 9, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Apr
04
Mar
28
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: French List of Rents
- March 28, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Mar
14
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Pentateuch in Arabic
- March 14, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Mar
07
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomical Compilation
- March 7, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Feb
29
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Indian Music
- February 29, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Feb
22
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Canon Law
- February 22, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Feb
15
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomical Volvelles
- February 15, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Feb
01
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: World and Church History
- February 1, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Jan
25
Jan
18
Jan
11
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy
- January 11, 2024
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Dec
14
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Breviary collages
- December 14, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Dec
07
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Medical and astrological miscellany
- December 7, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Nov
30
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Joint event with McGill University
- November 30, 2023
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Online
Nov
09
Nov
02
Oct
26
Coffee with a Codex: De institutione musica
- October 26, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Oct
19
Oct
12
Coffee with a Codex: Book of Hours with Dragons
- October 12, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Oct
05
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Scientific miscellany
- October 5, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Sep
28
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Prayers for the Prophet Muḥammad
- September 28, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Sep
21
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Paraphrase of the Bible
- September 21, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Sep
14
- Workshop
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: The Book of Esther
- September 14, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Sep
07
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Boethius and Aristotle
- September 7, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jul
27
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Reconstructed book of hours
- July 27, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jul
20
Jul
13
Jul
06
Jun
29
Jun
22
Jun
08
Coffee with a Codex: Scrolls of Esther
- June 8, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jun
01
May
25
May
11
Coffee with a Codex: Live from Western Michigan University!
- May 11, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
May
04
Apr
27
Apr
13
Apr
06
Mar
30
Mar
23
Mar
16
Mar
09
Mar
02
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Commentary on Aristotle
- March 2, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Feb
23
Feb
16
Feb
09
Feb
02
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Secretum Secretorum
- February 2, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Jan
26
Jan
19
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Medical Miscellany
- January 19, 2023
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Dec
13
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Genealogical Roll
- December 13, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Dec
06
Nov
29
Nov
22
Nov
15
Oct
11
Oct
04
Open to the Public
Coffee with a Codex: Medical miscellany
- October 4, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Sep
20
Sep
13
Sep
06
Aug
31
Coffee with a Codex: Illuminated Missal
- August 31, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Aug
24
Coffee with a Codex: Grammar and Definitions
- August 24, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Virtual
Aug
17
Coffee with a Codex: Ethics
- August 17, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Aug
10
Coffee with a Codex: Logic
- August 10, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Aug
03
Coffee with a Codex: Papal Letters Online
- August 3, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jul
27
Coffee with a Codex: Encyclopedia
- July 27, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jul
06
Coffee with a Codex: Manipulus florum
- July 6, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jun
29
Coffee with a Codex: Canon Law
- June 29, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jun
22
Coffee with a Codex: Natural Philosophy
- June 22, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jun
08
Coffee with a Codex: Treatises on munitions and explosive devices
- June 8, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Jun
01
Coffee with a Codex: Book of Hours
- June 1, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
May
25
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy & Astrology
- May 25, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
May
18
Coffee with a Codex: Medicine & Magic of Women
- May 18, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
May
11
Coffee with a Codex: Philosophy
- May 11, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
May
04
Coffee with a Codex: Star Wars
- May 4, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Apr
27
Coffee with a Codex: Theology
- April 27, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Apr
20
Coffee with a Codex: Live from Glasgow!
- April 20, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
Apr
13
Coffee with a Codex: Correspondence
- April 13, 2022
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Zoom
