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  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, leather slipcase

    2. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, leather slipcase with typed labels

  • Research degrees

    Study with us and you will become part of an internationally-renowned research community. Find out more about PhDs in Museum Studies at Leicester.

  • University of Leicester building officially reopened as Kathleen Kenyon Building

    The University of Leicester's home for the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and the School of Museum Studies has been named after Dame Kathleen Kenyon.

  • Arch-I-Scan blog Museum of London photography – University of Leicester

    Arch-I-Scan project's first session of pottery photography in the Museum of London

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover

    3. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover. The book board is only partially covered in tanned leather and has been repaired. The nature of the repair suggests it may have been made 'on the fly'.

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    4. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The first folio contains some drawings and what appears to be a talismanic verse seeking protection from harmful forces. This may have been added by the manuscript's owner.

  • Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018

    Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    6. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. A decorated border and rubrics helped the reader to navigate the book, marking the start of a new section of text. (Red ink was often used for this purpose).

  • Contents of display case draw

    9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.

  • Contents of display case draw

    7. Display case draw containing oak galls, inks and pigments used by medieval scribes and illuminators.

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