Interested in learning more about the medieval world and its rare and precious illuminated manuscripts? Explore these online, interactive materials and activities.
| See the glorious beauty of selected medieval manuscripts up close and read brief explanatory notes about their history, the meaning of their artwork, the significance of their text, the artists and scholars who created them and those who have owned the manuscripts over the centuries. |
| Enhance your visit to The Medieval Imagination by downloading our audio tour and listening as you move through the exhibition. It also makes an excellent 'virtual tour' if you can't attend the exhibition in person. Narrated by exhibition curator Professor Emeritus Margaret Manion AO. |
| Use this teaching resource to help students get the most out of their visit to The Medieval Imagination and learn about medieval history, art traditions and book production. Includes classroom activities, resource sheets and references. Aligned with VELS Level 5 requirements. |
| Discover how a manuscript such as the Metz Pontifical, an early 14th-century book made for French bishop Reynaud de Bar, was made. An educational Flash animation produced by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. |
| Take a brief journey through the conservation process of the Library's 15th-century English manuscript 'Pilgrimage of the life of man, and Pilgrimage of the soul'. This major conservation work was undertaken to allow the manuscript to be exhibited in The Medieval Imagination. |
| View a short (33 seconds) video promoting The Medieval Imagination. This moving feast - with accompanying soundtrack - shows glimpses of the sumptuous colour and gold leaf, illustrative detail and themes of the manuscripts you can expect to see in the exhibition. |
| See some of the manuscripts on display and hear key players behind The Medieval Imagination, including the curator Margaret Manion and Christopher de Hamel, of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, talk about the exhibition in this 2:52 min documentary trailer. |
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