Secrets from Missing Manuscripts

Oxford’s libraries house many beautiful books copied by hand before
the arrival of print. What, though, about the many more books from
the past which have not survived? Dr Daniel Sawyer, Research Fellow
in Medieval English Literature, Merton College, Oxford Secrets from
Missing Manuscripts - Oxford’s libraries house many beautiful books
copied by hand before the arrival of print. What, though, about the
many more books from the past which have not survived? How might we
study lost manuscripts, and what might the process teach us about
the experience of losing things more generally? Humanities Light
Night – Oxford Research Unwrapped! As part of the national Being
Human Festival, and Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival, Humanities
Light Night - Oxford Research Unwrapped! was a spectacular
explosion of colour, sound and activity for all, including a huge
video projection onto the 3-storey Radcliffe humanities building,
premiering SOURCE: CODE which featured the work of Oxford
Humanities Professors Jacob Dahl, Richard Parkinson and Armand
D'Angour, and co-created by Oxford Humanities researchers and The
Projection Studio, world-class projection and sound-artists. A
series of talks took place during the evening, relating to the
theme ‘Discovery’. This event was part of the Humanities Cultural
Programme.