Events at the Kislak Center

Oct 09

• Workshop

Open to the Public

2024 New Acquisitions Showcase: Building Collections, New Directions

Once again, the curators in the Kislak Center will welcome in the new academic year by sharing some of the exciting acquisitions made during the past year.

• October 9, 2024
• 2:00pm - 6:00pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

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 18

• Workshop

Open to the Public

Making Movables Workshop: Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers

In conjunction with the exhibitions The Movement of Books and Material World, we invite you to make your own “movable” book.

• October 18, 2024
• 1:00pm - 4:00pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

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 25

• Lecture

Open to the Public

With Brush in Hand: How Ursula Sternberg Viewed the World

Holly Mengel, Head of Archives and Manuscripts Processing, shares vivid visual documentation from the archive of artist Ursula Sternberg-Hertz.

• October 25, 2024
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)

Oct 25

• Lecture

Open to the Public

Modelling the Middle Ages: VisColl as a Digital Tool for Manuscript Research

Suzette van Haaren, post doctoral researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, presents a meta-analysis of VisColl, in particular its implementation software VCEditor, as a digital tool developed at the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Stdues for as a tool for studying the codicology of medieval manuscripts.

• Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
• 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Virtual

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

Nov 08

• Concert

Open to the Public

Music in the Pavilion: Odean Pope Saxophone Choir: Philadelphia’s Jazz Legacy

Saxophonist and composer Odean Pope and his Choir will honor the enduring influence that Philadelphia has had on Pope's artistic vision with a performance and pre-concert talk.

• November 8, 2024
• 6:15pm - 9:00pm
• Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center