the moving word french medieval manuscripts in cambridge

It must be noted, however, that after Meyer, none of these three fields has primarily concentrated on French texts considered in their totality, and that there is currently no overarching study of medieval French culture in Cambridge. Scholars essentially followed three paths of investigation: 1) the history of art, illuminations and decorations and the book history angle 2) the history of archives, studying the formation of medieval Cambridge collections and 3) in-depth studies of matters pertaining to individual texts or individual manuscripts. Almost a century and a half later, thanks to a rich tradition of studies, we benefit from a more advanced and ever-broader bibliography and on precious catalogues and indices. The modern scientific approach to texts and manuscripts starts with the legendary visits of the philologist Paul Meyer (with the first one dating back to May-June 1871), and his decennial collaboration with Henry Bradshaw, one of the greatest University Librarians. The presence of medieval French manuscripts in Cambridge has been the subject of uninterrupted attention.

Here Dr Nicola Morato writes about the display and how the Peterhouse materials play a role in the structure of the exhibition. Contributors include a group of graduate, PhD and post-doc students from the Department of French, the Department of Italian, the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, and the Faculty of English, directed by Professor Bill Burgwinkle and Dr Nicola Morato. French Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge is the product of a collaboration between the AHRC project ‘Medieval Francophone Literary Culture Outside France’ and the University Library. A number of manuscripts from Peterhouse collections are currently on display in the Milstein Exhibition Centre at the University Library.

The moving word french medieval manuscripts in cambridge