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The Art of knowledge: medieval manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier

Exhibition organized by the Bibliothèque Historique de Médecine

Date:September 19 to October 31, 2015 / October 3 conference day: program for the day
Times:free admission Tuesday to Saturday, 1pm to 5:30pm
Venue:Salle d'exposition de la Bibliothèque universitaire de médecine - 2 rue École de médecine - Montpellier

Poster
Catalog

The Art of Knowledge: medieval manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier, 2015, 82 pages, €8

The exhibition "L'art du savoir: manuscrits médiévaux de Clairvaux à Montpellier" (The art of knowledge: medieval manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier)presents a selection of these manuscripts, showing the variety of subjects covered and the diversity of their decoration, underlining the monks' ambition to bring together all forms of knowledge. You can virtually leaf through all these manuscripts, which have been restored and digitized as part of the Bibliothèque virtuelle de Clairvaux project.
These manuscripts are also accessible in Foli@, the BIU's digital library.
The showcases also explain the methods, materials and different stages in the production of a manuscript.
Several events accompany the exhibition.

  • Guided tours Saturdays at 2:30 pm (Saturday, October 17 at 1:30 pm) and by appointment (groups)
  • Teaching pack and class visits (student version, teacher version, appendix: decomposed lettering)
  • Illumination workshops at the Faculty of Medicine in collaboration with the Archives départementales de l'Hérault on September 30, October 7 and 21 from 2pm to 4pm (open to all aged 8 and over, free but registration required on 04 34 43 35 80 or bu.medecine@univ-montp1.fr).
  • Illumination demonstration by Aline Bonafoux at the Faculty of Medicine: presentation of the illuminator's equipment, the support, the production of colors and the laying of gold in relief on Saturday October 17 at 3 pm. Breakdown of illumination work
  • A day of lectures on the Clairvaux manuscripts, aimed at the general public, on Saturday October 3 (Saint-Charles university site, salle des colloques 2).