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Sep 17
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Manuscript Studies Interest Group: Contemplating the Cosmos

The theme for September is Contemplating the Cosmos and will include manuscripts focused on cosmology, astronomy, and astrology.

  • September 17, 2025
  • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Kislak Center Vitale II, Rm 623, 6th Floor
Photo of a manuscript page containing several astronomical diagrams
Sep 18
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Prayer Book & Processional

For Coffee With A Codex on September 18, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 141, an illuminated prayer book with a processional, and a prayer added in German. Written in Germany ca. 1450.

  • September 18, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Sep 19
  • Lecture
Open to the Public

For Future Generations: Indigenous Materials in the Archives

How do archives best care for the Indigenous knowledge in their collections? Emily Leischner will reflect on lessons learned during a year in residence at the Kislak Center.

  • September 19, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)
A black and white etching-style drawing creature with a large head, and long, flowing hair that covers the body, with only the feet and ankles visible underneath
Sep 19
  • Lecture
Open to the Public

Pages of Stars: Case Studies in the History of the Astral Sciences from the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection

Michael Zellman-Rohrer offers a progress report on a larger project to place manuscripts on the astral sciences (astronomy and astrology) from Europe and the wider Mediterranean world in social context and to bring these products of premodern science and their producers and users, in the fullness of their languages and faiths, into dialogue with social history and the history of science.

  • Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Virtual
Circular diagram of the lunar phases from an illuminated manuscript.
Sep 25
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Arabic Dictionary

For Coffee With A Codex on September 25, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 394, the second volume of a 10th-century dictionary of the Arabic language. It was written in Egypt or Syria in the 14th century.

  • September 25, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Photo of a manuscript page with an illuminated decorative header and a gold mandela with arabic text inside it.
Sep 26
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Wood Engraving with Rebecca Gilbert

In this three-hour workshop, students will be introduced to basic wood engraving tools and will have the opportunity to begin a block of their own design.

  • September 26, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Common Press, Fisher Fine Arts Library, Lower Level
A detailed black and white woodcut print depicts a bustling urban scene. In the foreground, a sign reads "Haircuts 4 Homeless"; next to it a standing figure is giving a haircut to a seated one. A passing bus has a large foreboding skeletal image on its facade, and additional skeletal figures are seen on the balconies of the homes in the background.
Oct 02
  • Workshop
Open to the Public

Coffee with a Codex: Ferial Psalter

For Coffee With A Codex on October 2, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1057, an illuminated Ferial psalter containing the psalms, antiphons, hymns, short chapter readings, and other prayers. It was written in Trento c. 1350.

  • October 2, 2025
  • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
  • Online
Oct 03
Open to the Public

Reinventing Aristotle: Between Manuscripts and Printed Books

Join us to celebrate the opening of Reinventing Aristotle, a new exhibit exploring how perceptions of Aristotle have evolved over the centuries.

  • October 3, 2025
  • 4:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor
A rustic, aged book cover features a faded, brown sketch of a robed man with a beard and cap, looking forward. Above his head, the word "ARISTOTELES" is handwritten.

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