Medieval Manuscripts on Exhibit at Bryn Mawr College

The spring exhibition in Bryn Mawr College's Canaday Library, Intimate Devotion: The Book of Hours in Medieval Religious Practice, features some of Bryn Mawr's most gorgeous medieval manuscripts and printed books and an extraordinary group of novice curators. The exhibition is the work of the students in Professor Martha Easton's undergraduate seminar last fall, "The Book of Hours and the Art of Devotion." It opened on Thursday, January 31, with a panel discussion featuring the student curators, and runs through May 30, 2008. Thirteen Bryn Mawr. Haverford, and Swarthmore students participated in the class.  Special Collections Librarian Marianne Hansen helped the class with expertise on the physical production of medieval manuscripts and also served as the exhibition coordinator.

On Tuesday, April 8, Kathryn Ann Smith, of the Department of Art History, New York University, will give a talk: "The Taymouth Hours: Stories and the Construction of the Royal Female Self in Late Medieval England."

The exhibition will be open from January 31 through May 30. The exhibition hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact the Special Collections Department at 610-526-6576.  Bryn Mawr's exhibitions and teh related programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Learn more at http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibitions.shtml.