Father Christmas was very kind to me, bringing the catalogue for the current major exhibition on illuminated manuscripts at the British Library.
While I had reservations about how well the exhibition communicated with the public I’d still been bouncing up and down with excitement on seeing so many old friends in the flesh – or maybe that should be parchment. There’s so many stunningly beautiful and evocative manuscripts on display so it’s great to see the BL education department offering workshops on what can perhaps be best described as sense of period – what can we learn about the Middle Ages, its people and their preoccupations from these wonderful manuscripts? Workshops for both primary and secondary students are available until 13th March.
Workshops for Primary students will look at heraldry, symbolism and how the manuscripts were made. Secondary groups will focus on developing skills in looking at primary sources to gain new insights into faith, learning, the monarchy and international politics in medieval times.
For more information and to book:
Ian