/ en /medieval-monster-mash-fantastical-creatures-new-college-librarys-manuscripts-twelfth-fourteenth <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-12/New%20²ÝÁñÊÓƵ%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%2034%2C%20f.%2077r.jpg.webp?itok=vIWaTjJU" width="655" height="435" alt="²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 34, f. 77r" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Medieval Monster Mash: Fantastical Creatures in ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s Manuscripts from the Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jessica Hodgkinson</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 22</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/339" hreflang="en">William de Brailes</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/340" hreflang="en">MS 322</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/595" hreflang="en">MS 34</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/399" hreflang="en">Boethius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/596" hreflang="en">MS 264</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/597" hreflang="en">MS 255</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/598" hreflang="en">MS 116</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/599" hreflang="en">MS 134</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/600" hreflang="en">MS 174</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Fantastical creatures and mythical monsters abound in medieval manuscripts. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library’s spectacular collection of manuscripts plays host to a wide variety of weird and wonderful beings. As we draw upon the field of ‘monster studies’, what can these fantastical creatures reveal about the people who made and used the volumes in which these creatures are found?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 34, f. 77r</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-12/22NCN2%20%282024%29%20Hodgkinson%20on%20Medieval%20Monster%20Mash.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1954558" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">22NCN2 (2024) Hodgkinson on Medieval Monster Mash.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1.86 MB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:08:50 +0000 Christopher 3256 at