{"id":7909,"date":"2016-08-26T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2019-08-13T20:07:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:07:47","slug":"seminar-on-the-evidence-of-manuscripts-april-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/seminar-on-the-evidence-of-manuscripts-april-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar on the Evidence of Manuscripts (April 1994)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“King Alfred and His Legacy”
\n20 April 1994<\/h2>\n
\"Statue<\/a>

Statue of King Alfred the Great. Photograph by Steve Daniels via Wikipedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Invitation<\/a>In the Series of Seminars on the Evidence of Manuscripts<\/a>
\nFaculty of English, University of Oxford
\n(20 April 1994)
\nInvitation<\/strong><\/a> in pdf.<\/p>\n

The previous Event in the series comprised a Workshop, which considered<\/p>\n

“Pigment-Analysis of Corpus Manuscripts”<\/a>
\nParker Library, 4 March 1994<\/p>\n

and which followed the Workshop on
\n“Image-Processing and Manuscript Studies”<\/a>
\nParker Library, 15 January 1994<\/p>\n

[First published on 26 August 2016<\/em>]<\/p>\n

This was the third of the Seminars in the Series on “The Evidence of Manuscripts” to be held at the University of Oxford and hosted by our Associate, Professor Malcolm R. Godden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Alfred Jewel, as depicted by Henry Shaw, ‘Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages’ (1843) via Wikipedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2 previous Seminars at Oxford had considered:<\/p>\n

“Research on Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Cambridge and Oxford”<\/a>
\nPembroke College, University of Oxford, June 1992<\/p>\n

“Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts from Worcester”<\/a>
\nPembroke College, Oxford, March 1993<\/p>\n

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Plan<\/h3>\n

The 1-page Invitation Letter sets out the plan for the Seminar:<\/p>\n

We will consider aspects of the life, achievement, and writings of King Alfred the Great<\/a>, together with the transmission of his texts and reputation through later centuries, both medieval and modern.<\/p>\n

Speakers will include members of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence and others.<\/p>\n

According to the plan, the speakers and their subjects were these:<\/p>\n