from manuscripts to the modern world - part 2
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HTAV Middle Years Conference presentation, 28 October 2011 - Part 2TRANSCRIPT
Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
13Le Roman de la Rose (love poem, c. 1330)
Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
14Bible – Genesis (Bologna, c. 1265)
Common features in manuscripts
Miniature
Historiated initial
Decorated initial
Rubric
Border
Move on
15Missal (England, c. 1430)
Teaching medieval history using manuscripts
Why use manuscripts?
• Primary source material• Ease of access• Variety of topics and concepts
can be covered with an overarching theme
16Gospels of St Luke and St John (c. 720)
Teaching medieval history using manuscripts
Where can I find them?
• Cultural institutions eg. State Library of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria
• Online • Print
17Book of hours (c. 1435)
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Medieval Manuscripts Education Resource:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/student-teacher-resources/medieval-imagination-education-kit
Contains:• Background information• Activities• Resources
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
State Library of Victoria catalgoue
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au
Search for:• ‘Medieval manuscript’• Resrict to online resources
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Mirror of the World
http://www.mirroroftheworld.com.au/
Contains:• Timeline• Images• Background information• Educational activities
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Fitzwilliam Museum
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/pharos/sections/making_art/index_manuscript.html
Contains:• Background information• Fact sheets• Education Resources• Interactive program to make a manuscript• Images
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
British Library – Medieval Realms
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/medieval/medievalrealms.html
Contains:• Background information• Education Activities• Images• Other medieval information and
activities
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
British Library – Manuscript Catalogue
http://prodigi.bl.uk/illcat/welcome.htm
British Library – Turning the pages
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
Contains:• Information and digital images for a large
collection of medieval manuscripts
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
Contains:• Contextual information
• Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
• Images
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Free Library of Philadelphia
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/medievalman/index.cfm
Contains:• Detailed Information• Images• Resources and Links
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Philadelphia Museum of Art – Leaves of Gold
http://www.leavesofgold.org/
Contains:• Information• Images• Education Resources
Manuscript resources
Online resources:
Museum of London
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/London-Wall/Whats-on/Galleries/medieval/Games/
Apprentice.htm
Contains:• A bit of fun…
Print based resources:
• The Medieval Imagination: Illuminated Manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand. Stocks, B. and Morgan, N. (Eds). 2008. State Library of Victoria, Australia
• The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Wieck, R.S. 1988. Sotheby’s Publications, UK.
• A Treasury of Hours. Faÿ-Sallois, F. 2002. Getty Publications: USA
Manuscript resources
Print based resources cont’d:
• Discovering Art: Illuminated Manuscript. Gill, D.M. 1996. Brockhampton Press, UK.
• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! – Voices from a medieval village. Schlitz, L.A. 2007. Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, USA.
• Medieval Illuminators and their methods of work. Alexander, J.J.G. 1992. Yale University Press: London, UK.
• The Cambridge Illuminations. Binski, P. & Panayotova, S. (Eds). 2005. Harvey Miller Publishers: London, UK.
Manuscript resources
Image credits
1. National Gallery of Victoria
2. Map of Europe – Georgraphic Guide
http://www.geographicguide.com/europe-map.htm
3. Map of Europe 1360BC – Internet Medieval Sourcebook:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html
4. Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
5. Advantage White Knight – photo by Joits: www.flickr.com • State Library of Victoria• Auckland City Libraries, Special Collections• Syndics of Cambridge University Library• State Library of Victoria • Master and Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge• University of Sydney • Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge • Master and Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge• Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne• State Library of South Australia • Master and Fellow of Corpus Christi College • State Library of Victoria
On display at the State Library of Victoria from 9 March – 1 July 2012
Preview video: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/node/3654
School programs for primary and secondary
•exhibition tour
•Persian puppets
•Comic Life
•extended calligraphy workshop (120min, same price as 90min workshop)
Teacher preview evening, free, 20 March 2012, 5.30 – 7.30pm
Online education resource and website launch 14 February 2012