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Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography conference, 21–23 February, register now!

January 2, 2022

Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography

Mon, 21 Feb 2022, 15:00–Wed, 23 Feb 2022, 19:00 CET

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/opening-the-sacred-text-meaning-materiality-historiography-tickets-235877404667

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for "Opening the Sacred Text: Meaning, Materiality, Historiography". Bringing together scholars from around the world, we will explore the decorative frontispieces and so-called carpet pages that are a remarkable feature of manuscripts from diverse cultures, including Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

The conference will be online, via Zoom, and we'll send out a Zoom link to registered participants nearer the time.

The conference will run over three days (Monday 21 February 2022 – Wednesday 23 February 2022), with a 2pm GMT start each day. We hope that the timing and the online format will make the conference accessible to as many people as possible.

For an up-to-date list of speakers, please visit: http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/blog/carpet-pages/

Very much looking forward to seeing you there,
Stewart J. Brookes and Julie Harris

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