User-produced Hebrew Prayer Books and Shared Iconography |
Some Hebrew manuscripts were produced in Christian workshops, others were made by Jewish artists themselves for their own use. Piet looks at examples of these and explores the shared iconography between Christian and Jewish faiths, such as the unicorn. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May, 2010 |
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Hebrew Prayer Books for Public Use |
Piet looks at the three great Bodleian mahzorim (large and elaborately decorated prayer books for the festivals), which were illuminated by Christian painters in collaboration with and under the supervision of Jewish scribes. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May, 2010 |
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Arabic Art Forms in Spanish Book Production |
Piet explains Arabic design and illustration in Spanish books, looking in particular at the Kennicott Bible, produced in La Coruna, Spain, in 1476. |
Piet van Boxel |
10 May, 2010 |
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From Roll to Codex |
Piet explains codices, the oldest manuscripts in book form, looking in particular at a fragment of the Hebrew text of the book of Ecclesiasticus (ch. 40) from the Cairo Genizah, and the four Gospels in Syriac. |
Piet van Boxel |
6 May, 2010 |
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Introduction to Crossing Borders |
An introduction to the Crossing Borders exhibition. The exhibition tells the story of how Jews, Christians and Muslims have contributed to the development of the book. |
Piet van Boxel |
6 May, 2010 |
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Pre-1500 Printed Books |
The earliest printers spread from Mainz in Germany where Gutenberg first had his printing house to Venice, Rome, Paris, and the Netherlands. Examples from all of these centres of 15th-century printing are found in Bodleian collections. |
Paul Nash |
5 March, 2010 |
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BODcast: P.D. James in conversation with Colin Dexter (short) |
Special footage celebrating the launch of Talking about Detective Fiction by PD James, the latest Bodleian Library publication. PD James is donating all royalties from the hardback edition to the Bodleian and hopes it will encourage further philanthropy. |
P. D. James, Colin Dexter |
30 September, 2009 |
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BODcast: P.D. James in conversation with Colin Dexter (long) |
Special footage celebrating the launch of Talking about Detective Fiction by PD James, the latest Bodleian Library publication. PD James is donating all royalties from the hardback edition to the Bodleian and hopes it will encourage further philanthropy. |
P. D. James, Colin Dexter |
30 September, 2009 |
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Magna Carta and Wind In The Willows |
A short history of how the Bodleian library stores original copies of the Magna Carta and the original Wind in the Willows letters. |
Bodleian Library |
11 September, 2008 |
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Reading at the 'Archipelago Poetry Evening' |
Reading at the 'Archipelago Poetry Evening'. |
Bernard O'Donoghue |
30 April, 2008 |
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The Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Wanderer' |
Reading from his translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Wanderer'. |
Greg Delanty |
30 April, 2008 |
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A poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian) |
An introduction and excerpts from a poem by Osip Mandelshtam (read in Russian). |
Andrew Kahn |
30 April, 2008 |
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Reading of a poem in Scottish Gaelic |
Reading of a poem in Scottish Gaelic. |
Mark Williams |
30 April, 2008 |
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Reading from his poem 'Flood' |
Reading from his poem 'Flood'. |
Paul Abbot |
30 April, 2008 |
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Reading from his poem 'Muck' |
Reading from his poem 'Muck'. |
Mick Imlah |
30 April, 2008 |
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Paradise Lost Book One: Milton's ambitions |
Milton's ambitions as a poet. |
Sam Dastor |
29 April, 2008 |
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Paradise Lost Book Four |
Satan first spies Adam and Eve. |
Sam Dastor |
29 April, 2008 |
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Paradise Lost Book One: Satan's first speech |
Satan's first speech. |
Sam Dastor |
29 April, 2008 |
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Samson Agonistes |
The Biblical hero Samson bewailing his political and personal state. |
Sam Dastor |
29 April, 2008 |
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Aeropagitica |
Milton's defense of the freedom of the press written to Parliament. |
Sam Dastor |
29 April, 2008 |
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Magna Carta at Oxford |
Richard Sharpe explains that the seventeen surviving manuscripts on the Magna Carta are engrossments, not copies: official documents from Royal Chancery bearing the ruler's seal. Prof. Sharpe also reveals why so many examples of the Magna Carta survive. |
Richard Sharpe |
29 April, 2008 |
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The origins of 'Archipelago' |
The origins of 'Archipelago'. |
Andrew McNeillie |
29 April, 2008 |
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Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening |
Introduction to the Archipelago Poetry Evening. |
Chris Fletcher |
29 April, 2008 |
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Seamus Heaney reading two contributions |
Two contributions to the first issue of "Archipelago". |
Seamus Heaney |
29 April, 2008 |
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Citizen Milton Exhibition Talk |
Citizen Milton Exhibition Talk |
Philip Pullman |
29 April, 2008 |
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The Creation as told in the Qu'ran |
World Book Day 2008 Talk. |
Professor Yahya Michot |
29 April, 2008 |
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The Creation as told in the Bible |
World Book Day 2008 Talk. |
Alister McGrath |
29 April, 2008 |
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The Creation as told in the Torah |
World Book Day 2008 Talk. |
Norman Solomon |
29 April, 2008 |
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