Dirty Digital Books

with Dr. Kathryn Rudy

Professor, School of Art History, University of St. Andrews

 

Join us for a dynamic lecture exploring the intersections of technology and medieval book history. Esteemed manuscript scholar, Dr. Kathryn Rudy, will discuss new research related to her project "Dirty Books" which uses technology to understand how books of hours were read and handled in the late Middle Ages. The most used sections became darkened with fingerprints which she has analyzed with a machine called a densitometer. Her new project makes use of digital resources in addition to hands-on study, benefiting from recent initiatives to digitize manuscripts and make them available online.

 

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

4:30 p.m.

Helmerick Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library

Reception to Follow

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