Their field of research should be in a discipline related to the study of medieval and early modern manuscripts, such as history of art, history, languages and literature. International students are eligible to apply, subject to meeting any UK visa residency requirements. Students who have undertaken previous doctoral placements or internships with the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts team at the British Library have subsequently gone on to hold academic positions at universities in the UK and USA, to become curators, cataloguers and researchers in major libraries, or to work in heritage organisations.Īpplicants for this position should be engaged in doctoral research at a university or higher education institution in the United Kingdom. The Medieval and Renaissance Women PhD placement is intended to support early career development and is suitable for students who may wish to pursue further academic research or are considering a career in a library, museum or similar heritage organisation. During their time at the Library, the placement student will also have access to a wide range of workshops, talks and training. They will gain insight into the Library’s digitisation processes, and they will benefit from day-to-day contact with the curators and hands-on access to the Library’s collection of pre-1600 manuscripts. This placement will provide the successful candidate with a broader understanding of curatorial roles in a major research library, as well as experience of working with manuscripts (including rolls and charters) in a variety of genres and languages. They will gain experience of cataloguing pre-1600 western manuscripts, and they will promote the Library’s collections by writing blogposts and text for the British Library website. The successful candidate will be based for the duration of the placement with the Library’s Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts section at St Pancras, London. 1rĪs part of the Medieval and Renaissance Women project, the funders, Joanna and Graham Barker, are providing financial support for a six-month PhD placement, starting in summer 2022. The opening page of the Book of Margery Kempe, the oldest autobiography in English: Add MS 61823, f. You can read more about the project on the Medieval Manuscripts Blog. The British Library is currently digitising some of its manuscripts, rolls and charters connected with women from Britain and across Europe, from the period between 11. An accompanying book Gold: Spectacular Manuscripts from Around the World is available from the British Library shop. You can read more about the exhibition in our previous blogpost and you can book tickets online now.
Our Goldexhibition is open from Friday 20 May - Sunday 2 October 2022. With its rich use of gold, the Psalter of Queen Melisende is a splendid expression of this incredible queen’s power. ‘she was a very wise woman, fully experienced in almost all affairs of state business, who completely triumphed over the handicap of her sex so that she could take charge of important affairs’. William of Tyre, the contemporary historian, wrote this about the queen: The wedding of Fulk and Melisende in William of Tyre, Histoire d'Outremer ( Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum in French), Royal MS 15 E I, f. The exhibition is supported by the Goldhammer Foundation and the American Trust for the British Library, with thanks to The John S Cohen Foundation, The Finnis Scott Foundation, the Owen Family Trust and all supporters who wish to remain anonymous. An accompanying book Gold: Spectacular Manuscripts from Around the World is available from the British Library shop. It runs from Friday 20 May - Sunday 2 October 2022, and you can book tickets online now. The Library’s Gold exhibition is a feast for the eyes, with 50 manuscripts and books from many different cultures, languages and time periods, all illuminated or bound in gold. For another example of a prefatory cycle in a Psalter digitised as part of the same project, see our previous blogpost on Prefacing the Psalms.
These leaves were digitised as part of the Polonsky Medieval England and France 700-1200 project. Beginning of the poem Heliand, an account of the life of Jesus in Old Saxon epic verse: Cotton MS Caligula A VII, f.
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