Medieval Manuscript Masterclasses
Michaelmas 2008
In the presence of the manuscripts.
Alternate Fridays

Seminars will take place in the Bodleian Library’s Seminar Room, New Bodleian, from 2:15 pm.

31 October (week 3)
William Stoneman (Harvard), Richard Sharpe (Oxford), James Willoughby (Oxford)
Medieval library catalogues and records

14 November (week 5)
Henry Woudhuysen (University College London)
Simon Forman’s ‘Bocke of Plaies’ and beyond

28 November (week 7)
Michael Reeve (Cambridge)
Clarifying the transmission of Pliny’s ‘Natural history’

Summaries of proceedings

Lynne Mooney
The Scribe of MS Douce 322 and other London Manuscripts
Professor Mooney discussed the scribe of MS Douce 322 and his connections with the London book trade of the reign of Edward IV. She compared other manuscripts, including Trinity College, Cambridge MSS R.3.19 and R.3.21 with Bodley MS Douce 322 in terms of both the handwriting and the decoration.