Designing Graphics on the Medieval Page/ Designing English - Bodleian Library

Today I received a beautiful invitation to the PV of the Bodleian Library's new exhibition starting on December 1st ....see my post earlier in the year when I went to a workshop looking at medieval hand-written books. The book I subsequently made has been shortlisted and chosen to be included - hopefully exhibited in the flesh if not digitally, I think the display arrangements may still being finalised...
My post for March 24th under BABE Arnolfini has images from the Bodleian study day and other details - I should have given it its own heading....( it has been a busy year )
and see the images below for the exhibition details or look up on the Bodleian Library's own site...

[revisit the post Women in Print  -20th september post - as well for details of the symposium/study day in Sheffield accompanying the Rav&Co exhibition...coming up soon - 24th November]

Here is a taster of my piece, called
The Wise Woman's Girdle Book 
maybe I will post images of it opened up nearer the time - it is very small when closed up and lives in a little soft leather bag that can be worn on a belt....opens up in various positions to a large spread...

Designing English

1 December 2017 — 22 April 2018

Venue:

ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library (Map)

Contact:

Weston Library Information desk 01865 277094

Graphics on the medieval page

This exhibition will illustrate the graphic design of handwritten
manuscripts and inscriptions for the first thousand years of
English, across the Middle Ages.

Showcasing the Bodleian Library's rich holdings of medieval
manuscripts in English, ranging from Old English picture books
or notes scratched into herbals, through fragments of medieval
songs scribbled on spare pages, to masterpieces framed with
illustrations and gold, or new page designs for practical tasks,
such as manuals for handling swans. It will cover the experiences
of both the makers and the users of writing: how craftspeople
planned and made books, and how readers responded to their
designs.

To show the likeness to modern craft, Designing English will be
shown for the first two months alongside
Redesigning the medieval book:
a display of contemporary book arts inspired by the exhibition,
through a workshop and competition.
We asked over a hundred contemporary book artists to redesign
the medieval book - the best of these will be on display in
Blackwell Hall and three winning entries will be announced.