# Medieval Manuscripts

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Sally Dormer
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/medieval-manuscripts)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Illuminated manuscripts are some of the most beautiful artefacts to survive from the Middle Ages. Their production involved transforming animal skins into parchment; copying texts; painting and gilding minatures; and binding folios between boards, a process that reveals much about medieval scribal and artistic practice. The other lectures in this series are:

## Lectures

1. [The Making of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-medieval-manuscripts/7ab86cc8aba3) (YouTube)
2. [Drawings in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-medieval-manuscripts/e4f41115f017) (YouTube)
3. [Illuminated Psalter Manuscripts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-medieval-manuscripts/d41d8df74518) (YouTube)