Event Calendar
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Lecture
Canon Daffern: ‘Rubrics for Royalty: The story of the Coronation Service in 2023’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonCanon Adrian Daffern was commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be the principal author of the revised Coronation service used for HM the King on May 6 this year. […]
Fit for a King: The Symbolism of a Coronation
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonDanny Johnson was appointed The Archbishop’s Coronation Planning Director in October 2022, working closely with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Westminster Abbey, The Royal Household, and a host of others on […]
Richard Palmer: ‘This august tribunal’ – The Court of Arches: sex, money and the church in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThis talk is about the Court of Arches, the ancient appeal court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and its rich archive in Lambeth Palace Library. It outlines court procedure and […]
From Inspiration to Illumination, an Introduction to The Saint John’s Bible
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonIn Tim Terne's lecture guests will learn about the processes, tools, methods and materials behind the making of The Saint John’s Bible, as well as explore several artworks through guided […]
From Inspiration to Illumination, an Introduction to The Saint John’s Bible
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonIn Tim Terne's lecture guests will learn about the processes, tools, methods and materials behind the making of The Saint John’s Bible, as well as explore several artworks through guided […]
Charlie Rozier (UEA): Depicting Historical time in Anglo-Norman Manuscripts
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThis talk will attempt to answer a single, fundamental question: how does a medieval scribe draw time? Specifically, it aims to consider how decisions regarding the placement of historical text […]
Andrew Foster (University of Kent & Lincoln College, Oxford): ‘The Restoration and Revival of Chichester Cathedral Library, 1670-1735’
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonFor the redoubtable Dr Mary Hobbs, the return of Bishop Henry King’s Library marked the rebirth of Chichester Cathedral Library post 1671, yet close analysis of The Old Catalogue before 1735 reveals […]
Helen Smith (University of York): Voices in Ink: Early Modern Women and Print
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonProfessor Helen Smith’s book, Grossly Material Things, and edited collection, Renaissance Paratexts, have shaped debates about the presence of women as actors and agents in the literary marketplace, highlighting women’s […]
Julia King: Remember the Scrybeler: Syon Abbey’s Books at Lambeth Palace Library
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonSyon Abbey was England’s first and only Birgittine abbey, founded by Henry V in 1415. By the time of the Dissolution, it had become one of the richest monastic houses […]
Curator’s Forum: Julia King (Lambeth Palace Library) and Eleanor Jackson (British Library)
Lambeth Palace Library Lambeth Palace Road, LondonThe lead curators on the exhibitions ‘Her Booke’: Early Modern Women and their Books (Lambeth Palace Library) and ‘Medieval Women: in their Own Words’ will come together for a Q&A […]
