Recent conservation and research on the two Winchester Bibles One day symposium, Tuesday 27th June 2017 Registration is free (including lunch) but booking is required. http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2017/jun/winchester-bibles-conservation
In 2014 Winchester Cathedral began the process of conservation, digitization and rebinding of the Winchester Bible, 'a candidate for the greatest work of art produced in England' (Dr Christopher de Hamel), in preparation for its redisplay at the Cathedral as the centrepiece of the of 'Kings and Scribes<http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/conservation-action/kings-and-scribes-the-birth-of-a-nation/>' exhibition. The conservation was begun by the late Chris Clarkson, pioneer of book conservation and the first Conservation Officer of the Bodleian Library, and has been based at the Bodleian, Oxford since 2015. The work has been continued by Bodleian conservation staff and this symposium will mark the end of conservation of volume 3 and the beginning of work on the last volume. The Bodleian will mark this important occasion by displaying the newly bound volume 3 and one bifolium from volume 4, alongside both volumes of the 'other' Winchester Bible (Bodleian Library, MSS. Auct. E. inf. 1 and 2) in the Weston treasures gallery (10 - 30 June 2017). During conservation work at the Bodleian a group of scholars were invited by the Bodleian and the Winchester Dean and Chapter to undertake research on the disbound manuscript and the symposium will bring together these conservators, art historians, palaeographers, manuscript and textual historians, with the Vice-Dean and Librarian of Winchester Cathedral to discuss their findings. The work has prompted fresh study of the closely connected Bodleian 'Auct.' Bible and the symposium will be an opportunity to explore the state of current knowledge of these two manuscripts, as well as outline areas for future work. Andrew Honey, ACR Book Conservator, Research and Teaching Bodleian Libraries Oxford OX1 3BG ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
