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History of the Book 2017-2019

An international and interdisciplinary series which explores the interaction between the history of the book and other areas of research. Oxford, Weston Library, Visiting Scholars' Centre (VSC) - Hila... Read more

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15cHEBRAICA: Capturing the former owners of Hebrew incunabula and their annotations in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database

15cHEBRAICA: Capturing the former owners of Hebrew incunabula and their annotations in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database

Marco Bertagna gives a talk for the History of the Book seminar series on 1st March 2019.

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Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700

Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700

Jane Stevenson, Senior research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford, gives a talk fo the History of the Book seminar series on ... Read more

6 Feb 2019

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Bumble-Bee Witches and the Reading of Dreams: Spectacular and Speculative Marginalia in a Renaissance Reader’s Montaigne

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Earle Havens (Johns Hopkins), gives the first talk in the new term for the Centre for the Study of the Book on Friday 18... Read more

30 Jan 2019

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Digital Typography - Did you mean incurable? Searching and Finding Incunabula in the World Wide Web

Digital Typography - Did you mean incurable? Searching and Finding Incunabula in the World Wide Web

Dr Falk Eisermann (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin), gives a talk for the History of the Book S... Read more

13 Mar 2018

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