Bruce Holsinger: Cow, Codex, Collagen: The Many Lives of Parchment

Tuesday, February 28th, 2023

This lecture is adapted from Professor Holsinger’s new book, On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age, just published by Yale University Press. The lecture will explore the biomolecular study of parchment objects, theological understandings of the medium in several faith traditions, and the role of parchment in modern and contemporary art.

4pm - 6pm

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (BRBL)
Yale University Library
121 Wall Street

New Haven, CT

41.311551713957, -72.9273175

Bruce Holsinger: Cow, Codex, Collagen: The Many Lives of Parchment