Medieval Manuscript Videos

Dr. Christopher de Hamel of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, discusses the medieval view of religion, natural history and the known animal kingdom. This manuscript was an exhibit at the "Medieval Imagination Exhibition" at the State Library of Victoria in 2008, which featured illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge in the UK, as well as from Australia and New Zealand .




Dr. Stella Panayotova, Keeper of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, discusses the artwork in a 15th century Dutch family Bible. This bible was an exhibit at the "Medieval Imagination Exhibition" at the State Library of Victoria in 2008, which featured illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge in the UK, as well as from Australia and New Zealand.