Medieval Books

‘The Skin of our Teeth’: Medieval Book Production

Hotel Soho, Davey Street, Hobart

Thursday 27 August, 2020 (to be confirmed)

6.00 pm, followed by two-course dinner, $35 per person (drinks not included), booking essential

The survival of Western Civilisation is almost entirely due to the monks and nuns who copied books by hand in the so-called Dark ages and in the Middle Ages that followed.  This talk will describe the methods of writing, assembling and distributing the precious documents that have come down to us.  Examples of original manuscripts will be on display and can be handled.