New resources from Records of Early English Drama project now online
The Records of Early English Drama (REED) research collaboration has pulled back the curtain on two new online resources that bring a vibrant period of historical theatre performance, including the time of Shakespeare, to life.
Treasures Old and New: Medieval Manuscripts at the University of Toronto
PJ Carefoote, the head of the University of Toronto’s Rare Books and Special Collections, traces the process by which one generous donor planted the seeds for the University’s medieval collections with a bequest of two manuscripts in 1901
Medieval Reads: The Rebel Angels, by Robertson Davies
Today, I want to talk about Robertson Davies. His academic world is permeated by the Middle Ages, but the setting is in Canada.
15th-century Christine de Pizan manuscript acquired by the University of Toronto
Christine de Pizan, one of the first women in the West to earn a living by her pen, is increasingly seen as one of the most important thinkers of her time.
Festival of Early Drama takes place in Toronto from June 5th to 7th
Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS) continues its year-long celebration of fifty years of performance research practice at the University of Toronto with the Festival of Early Drama.
2015 Toronto Old English Colloquium
The annual Toronto Old English Colloquium will be taking place at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, on Friday, May 1st, 2015.
Is the Author Really Better than his Scribes? Problems of Editing Pre-Carolingian Latin Texts
Latin texts composed after ca. 600 and before the Carolingian writing re- forms that began in the late eighth century present problems that editors rarely have to face when working on classical texts (including most writings of late antiquity), or texts written after ca. 800.
New software program allows dating of medieval manuscripts from popular words
‘These words have their own life. It’s amazing how we can decipher the date of a document based on the evolution of word usage.’