Homee and Phiroze Randeria Lecture
19 May 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Andrew Honey, Graham Pollard revisited: New observations on the construction of English twelfth-century bindings at the Bodleian Library
It is sixty-five years since Graham Pollard published his pioneering article, ‘The construction of English twelfth-century bindings’ in the 1962 issue of The Library. Drawing on observations made in the course of the Bodleian Library’s current project to catalogue the bindings of English manuscripts dated between 1066 to 1250, I will revisit Pollard’s subject, showing some of the wealth of new information still to be discovered in these complex and fascinating structures.