Monthly Archives: February 2012

Handwritten in the news

Recently a number of news items have highlighted that many of the manuscripts and people in Handwritten still have relevance today. While defending Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against extradition to Sweden his lawyers quoted from the Codex Iustinianus.  Originally … Continue reading

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Junior Music Makers

For many visitors to Handwritten over the past few months, the exhibition’s music manuscript section has been a highlight. We had expected that interest in this section would not just be confined to the adults, and so organised a school … Continue reading

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Thinking about Medieval manuscripts

Professor Margaret Manion, the renowned, Melbourne-based international scholar of the art of the medieval manuscript joined us last Thursday evening and gave a wonderfully knowledgeable and entertaining lecture about the remarkable group of medieval manuscripts in Handwritten. Professor Manion spoke … Continue reading

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Upcoming events

If you’re reading this post today (Thursday 2nd Feb) it’s not too late to book for a fascinating lecture being held at the Library tonight. Margaret Manion, one of Australia’s pre-eminent Art Historians, is speaking tonight about the Medieval manuscripts … Continue reading

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