A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography
Title
Document Type
Presentation
Date of this Version
4-2008
Abstract
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography for 2008
"The Latin Bible as Codex"
Paul Saenger, The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
April 14, 15, and 17, 2008
5:30PM
Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
University of Pennsylvania
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19104-6206
Monday, April 14, 2008: "Christian Versification"
Tuesday, April 15, 2008: "The Birth of Modern Chapters"
Thursday, April 17, 2008: "The Printed Codex"
The distinguished scholar of medieval reading practices Paul Saenger
presents three lectures on the development of the medieval and early
printed Bible. Co-editor of the 1999 The Bible as Book: The First
Printed Editions, Dr. Saenger has also published Space Between Words:
The Origins of Silent Reading (1997) and the Catalogue of the Pre-1500
Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library (1989).
Additional Files
Saenger1Hi.mp3 (65185 kB)Lecture 1 (high fidelity, 64 kbps MP3 audio)
Saenger1Lo.mp3 (32592 kB)
Lecture 1 (medium fidelity, 32 kbps MP3 audio)
Saenger2Hi.mp3 (62206 kB)
Lecture 2 (high fidelity, 64 kbps MP3 audio)
Saenger2Lo.mp3 (31103 kB)
Lecture 2 (medium fidelity, 32 kbps MP3 audio)
Saenger3Hi.mp3 (57048 kB)
Lecture 3 (high fidelity, 64 kbps MP3 audio)
Saenger3Lo.mp3 (19016 kB)
Lecture 3 (medium fidelity, 32 kbps MP3 audio)
Date Posted: 19 July 2010
Comments
A series of three lectures presented 14, 15, and 17 April, 2008 in the Rosenwald Gallery of the Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania