Harvard’s books on skin: reporting results at the Hofer Lecture
Almost a year to the day, it was a pleasure to return to the Houghton Library at Harvard University to give the Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture entitled ‘Printing, Parchment, […]
Almost a year to the day, it was a pleasure to return to the Houghton Library at Harvard University to give the Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture entitled ‘Printing, Parchment, […]
One of the highlights of the last week in New York has been the opportunity to renew acquaintance with Spencer’s parchment copy of the 1502 Aldine editio princeps of Dante’s […]
Thanks to Maria Fredericks and colleagues at the Thaw Conservation Centre, and in conjunction with printed book curator John McQuillen, we spent the best part of a day collecting data […]
It is great to be back on the East coast for what seems to be becoming an annual Easter trip. We first visited the Morgan in April 2014 on the […]
We were delighted to be able to contribute a number of Aldines from the Rylands collection to the recently opened  exhibition ‘Aldo Manuzio: il rinascimento di Venezia’ hosted at the […]
In November the first fruits of the Books and Beasts collective appeared in print in an article published in the leading scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
As we look back at all the events which took place over the 500th Aldus anniversary year, probably the most enjoyable and specifically Mancunian experience, which drew on all the […]
As the anniversary year of Aldine celebrations draws to a close it was a delight to be invited to give a paper on the Manchester Aldines by Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian […]
Work has continued on matters Aldine over the summer, starting with a return trip to Cambridge in mid-July to meet up again with Dr Suzanne Reynolds, a longtime advocate of […]
We thought you might like to see what we got up to at the British Academy on Monday 22 June when we gave a lecture at the invitation of Professor […]