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The Art of Knowledge: Medieval Manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier

Exhibition organized by the Historical Library of Medicine

Dates:September 19–October 31, 2015 / October 3: Conference Day: Day’s program
Hours:Free admission Tuesday through Saturday from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location:Exhibition Hall of the University Medical Library – 2 Rue École de Médecine – Montpellier

Poster
Catalog

The Art of Knowledge: Medieval Manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier, 2015, 82 pages, €8

The exhibition “The Art of Knowledge: Medieval Manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier” presentsa selection of these manuscripts, showcasing the variety of subjects covered and the diversity of their decoration, and highlighting the monks’ ambition to compile all knowledge. You can virtually browse through all these manuscripts, which have been restored and digitized as part of the Clairvaux Virtual Library project.
These manuscripts are also available in Foli@, the BIU’s digital library.
The display cases also highlight the methods, materials, and various stages involved in the production of a manuscript.
Several events accompany the exhibition

  • Guided tours on Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. (Saturday, October 17 at 1:30 p.m.) and by appointment (groups)
  • Educational Resource Kit and Class Tours (student version, teacher version, appendix: letter form broken down)
  • Illuminated manuscript workshops at the Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with the Hérault Departmental Archives, on September 30, October 7, and October 21, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (open to everyone ages 8 and up; free, but registration is required at 04 34 43 35 80 or bu.medecine@univ-montp1.fr)
  • Illumination demonstration by Aline Bonafoux at the School of Medicine: a presentation of the illuminator’s tools, the medium, the process of making pigments, and the application of raised gold on Saturday, October 17, at 3:00 p.m. A breakdown of the illumination process
  • A day of lectures on the Clairvaux manuscripts, open to the general public, on Saturday, October 3 (Saint-Charles University Campus, Seminar Room 2).

Photo credits: University of Montpellier / SCDI Montpellier – Photography Department