The Wollaton Library Collection: Recent Episodes
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A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award enabled Manuscripts and Special Collections to conserve, catalogue and provide access to the remains of the Collection.
Access to the ten medieval manuscripts and 42 printed books had been limited both because of their fragile condition and the specialist nature of the manuscripts. The volumes include texts in Middle English, Old French and Anglo-Norman French as well as Latin.
For more information on the project please visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss
In this, the fourth video in the Wollaton series, Kathryn Summerwill (Assistant Archivist) takes you on a tour of the manuscripts and books in the collection and reveals some of their stories.
A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award enabled Manuscripts and Special Collections to conserve, catalogue and provide access to the remains of the Collection.
Access to the ten medieval manuscripts and 42 printed books had been limited both because of their fragile condition and the specialist nature of
In this, the third video in the Wollaton series, Mark Bentley (Scanning Technician, Manuscripts and Special Collections) explains the process of digitising manuscripts and books, both to protect them and to make their contents as widely accessible as possible.
A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award enabled Manuscripts and Special Collections to conserve, catalogue and provide access to the remains of the Collection.
Access to the ten medieval manuscripts and 42 printed books had been limited b
In this, the second video in the Wollaton series, Robert Pearce (Conservator) explains the difficulty and importance of preserving these manuscripts and books for the future.
A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award enabled Manuscripts and Special Collections to conserve, catalogue and provide access to the remains of the Collection.
Access to the ten medieval manuscripts and 42 printed books had been limited both because of their fragile condition and the specialist nature of the manuscripts. T
In this video Dr Dorothy Johnston (Keeper of Manuscripts & Special Collections) introduces this project to conserve and make available to the public, some rare items in the Wollaton Library Collection, at The University of Nottingham.
A Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) award enabled Manuscripts and Special Collections to conserve, catalogue and provide access to the remains of the Collection.
Access to the ten medieval manuscripts and 42 printed books had been limited both because of their fragi