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May 15
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: New Testament

On May 15, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1560, a complete New Testament with prologues, written in a tiny script and including extensive marginal notes.

  • May 15, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Page from a manuscript
May 28 - 30
  • Conference
Open to the Public

Textual Remediations: The Society for Textual Scholarship 2025 Conference

This conference aims to bring new voices into dialogue and present innovative approaches for expressing cultural heritage, communal knowledge, and historical memory.

  • May 28 - 30, 2025
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Collage of vintage posters, magazines, and documents
May 29
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Persian Romance

On May 29, guest host Neha Tiwari, PhD student in South Asia Studies, will present LJS 422, a 16th-century copy in Persian of a 12th-century romance about the life of Bahrām Gūr, a 5th-century king of Iran

  • May 29, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Photo of a manuscript page in Persian with an illuminated header

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