The Changing Faces of the Manuscript Facsimile Kenneth Clarke and Jane Raisch
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Manuscripts have been made more widely available in facsimiles for centuries. Some early examples are hand printed to look like the original manuscript, sometimes with specially designed typeface to mimic scribal letter forms. This technology of reproducing the page exactly changed radically with the introduction of photography in the 19th century and it’s a technology that continues to develop and change in the digital era.
Kenneth Clarke and Jane Raisch of the University of York will examine several examples of facsimiles of manuscripts of the work of Virgil and Dante and consider how the facsimile itself has changed over time.
Join them to learn more and for an opportunity to handle copies of the facsimiles and to examine them first hand.
‘The Changing Faces of the Manuscript Facsimile’ is one of a number of events taking place as part of a special edition of YorkTalks. Celebrating University of York’s research at its best, we invite you to explore a dynamic landscape of curated talks, live performances and hands-on activities staged in the historic Heslington Hall and its grounds on the theme Heritage Reframed.
About the speakers
Kenneth Clarke is Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and the Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. His research focuses on medieval Italian literary history, especially the work of Dante Alighieri.
Dr Jane Raisch is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. Jane is a specialist in the reception of Greek and the interconnected histories of fiction and scholarship.
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