All are welcome to our next Lincoln Unlocked lecture, which will be jointly held with the Bodleian’s Centre for the Study of the Book in the Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, Weston Library. 

This ‘Lincoln Unlocked’ lecture showcases Linc. Coll. MS lat. 27, a medieval manuscript containing the first-century CE epic poem of the life of Achilles, the Achilleid, by the Latin poet Statius. Owned by prominent Lincoln College donor and English humanist Robert Fleming, the manuscript unlocks a world of medieval and humanist intellectual culture. Examining the extensive notes added to this manuscript poem illuminates the ways in which the Classics were read and valued in the Middle Ages.

A display of Bodleian and Lincoln College manuscripts will situate Linc. Coll. MS Lat.27 amongst manuscripts of Statius and Lincoln's special collections.

After the lecture, there will be a reception in Blackwell Hall.

Speakers

Rebecca Menmuir, Simon and June Li Fellow of English Literature, Lincoln College

Simon Whedbee, Instructor of Classical Studies, Loyola University New Orleans.

BOOK NOW via the Bodleian website