Professor Nigel Morgan, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Bible stories in a medieval English Psalter: educating Margaret de Lacy, Lady of Meath

Nigel Morgan, Honorary Professor at Corpus Christi College Cambridge, is one of the world’s leading historians of medieval art. His lecture focuses on a richly illustrated English Psalter (called today the Munich Golden Psalter) which will be published in facsimile later in 2011. Professor Morgan has written the commentary for this facsimile. He will discuss the educational impact of the Psalter’s illustrations, in the light of its probable owner, Margaret de Lacy, Lady of Meath.

Date: 6.00 – 7.00pm, Thursday 27 January 2011
Venue: The Oratory, Newman College, University of Melbourne, 887 Swanston Street, Parkville (Melways Map 2B E5)
All Welcome. Free Entry. Bookings essential
Seminar on digitisation of Medieval Manuscripts

Professor Morgan is also giving a seminar at The State Library of Victoria on the digitisation of medieval manuscripts. He was head of the research team involved with the digitisation of some 800 manuscripts in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College. If you would like to come to this seminar on Tuesday 18 January at 9.30am-11am please email Merilyn Gleeson MGleeson@slv.vic.gov.au

http://www.academiccentre.stmarys.newman.unimelb.edu.au/