Podcasts: Dr. Albrecht Classen
"Everyday Life in the Margins of the Medieval Book : The Luttrell Psalter" - February 10, 2009
Outline of Podcast
Additional Notes
- Bonnie Travers' Welcome
- Bonnie Travers welcomes guests and thanks the Friends of the University of Arizona Libraries. Mentions the February 27, 2009 event being put on by the Friends, "Talkies Come to Town".
- Bonnie Travers' Introduction
- Bonnie Travers introduces lecturer, Dr. Albrecht Classen, Distinguished Professor of German Studies.
- Dr. Classen's Lecture
- Lecture "Everyday Life in the Margins of the Medieval Book: The Lutrell Psalter" by Dr. Albrecht Classen. (Begins a couple of minutes into the talk.) Discusses the Lutrell Psalter, a religious book for private mediation written in England in the second half of the 14th century. Classen touches upon the secular themes in a religious manuscript, the careful calligraphy, script work and drawings found throughout the psalter as a great example of the medieval mind.
- Questions and Answers
