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Reimagining Illumination: Illuminated Manuscripts

On Tuesday, September 16, Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts Nick Herman will talk about the practice of illumination in premodern manuscripts, showing us a variety of manuscripts from Penn's collections.

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September 16, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Kislak Center Vitale II (Room 623), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 6th Floor
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Open to the Public

Hosted by: SIMS and Kislak Center

Photo of a manuscript page with gold letters shining in the light

Reimagining Illumination is a series of workshops designed to interrogate and expand the concept of illumination (i.e., the use of light) in books and manuscripts.

How can we use light to make our books beautiful, interesting, fun, or informative? Through a series of workshops, scheduled over the 2025-2026 academic year, we will investigate this question. Over the course of the year we'll look at books from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts, and we'll make some of our own. The series will culminate in an open exhibition with manuscripts and books viewed under candlelight, and featuring our creations, too.

On Tuesday, September 16, Schoenberg Curator of Manuscripts Nick Herman will talk about the practice of illumination in premodern manuscripts, showing us a variety of manuscripts from Penn's collections.

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