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  • Contemporary Issues in Media and Cultural Studies

    Module code: MS7009 This module will give you an overview of media and cultural studies research across a plethora of fields. You will be immersed in the central debates and issues that have shaped the historical developments of these fields.

  • 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).

  • Parchment used in immersive experience

    10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

    Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    5. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The blank final page seems to have been used by the owner of the manuscript to record his or her own illustrated interpretation.

  • 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'.

  • Yunci Cai

    The academic profile of Dr Yunci Cai, Associate Professor in Museum and Heritage Studies at University of Leicester

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