Alison Ray (Royal Irish Academy Library) explores how medieval manuscripts were mass-produced at universities in the thirteenth century at low cost for members of the academic milieu.
In this eclectic program, Duo Sapientia (violinists Dongmyung Ahn and Mandy Wolman) seeks to explore the resonances that emerge from duo violin music from two periods.
September 11, 2026
6:15pm -
8:30pm
Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Join us for this annual Open House, where we will showcase the most exciting new acquisitions made by the Kislak Center over the past twelve months. We guarantee you’ll find something that suits your fancy!
September 16, 2026
2:00pm -
6:00pm
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Sixth Floor
On September 17, curator Dot Porter will be joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who will show us an illuminated maḥazor (a Hebrew prayer book)
For the Manuscript Studies Interest Group on September 17, we'll look at books about music - treatises and song books - from across time and around the world.
If you are curious about how you can integrate manuscript sources into your own research, join us for a series of free, informal monthly workshops on essential topics in this field, offered by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at Penn Libraries.
Select Thursday evenings, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Vitale II Lab for Book History and Digital Humanities (Rm 623, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library).
