Post-Secondary

Resources for third level of education

Page from a book inventory with text in Latin

What book inventories tell us about reading in monasteries: The 11th century book inventory of Corbie

Manuscript from Corbie Abbey containing the Categories of Aristotle

As well as ancient and late antique authors, through medieval manuscripts from Corbie Abbey

The seven liberal arts, depicted as women, with Philosophy at the top, carrying a sceptre. Folium from a 13th-century manuscript (Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. 12538, fol. 12r).

The medieval manuscript, the book market, Paris as important center for book trade, book makers, sellers and consumers

a detail of a manuscript illumination showing two people in elaborate draped clothing gesturing at each other

The first printed books, the book market, book makers, sellers and consumers

Woman sitting with a manuscript book and a man standing with a camera in a library

The video series introduces unique artefacts that were created with pen and ink in a distant past