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Understanding Early Modern Printed Books

Workshop and Tour

Tue 1 Dec 2026, 10am

Weston Gallery

£4.50 (free concessions)

Concession prices available.

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Running time

2 hours

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Priority booking Wed 8 Jul, 11:00am

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On general sale Wed 15 Jul, 11:00am

This event is sold out. Please contact our box office on 0115 846 7777 to be added to the waiting list.

In this session, Special Collections Librarian Dr Ursula Ackrill will use facsimiles from Early Modern books held at Manuscripts and Special Collections to guide you through decoding the mysterious language of these images.

The title pages and frontispieces of books from the 17th and 18th century contain the most intricate engravings from classical mythology and religious history.

The workshop will be preceded by a short tour of the Weston Gallery.

Frontispiece from D. Junii Juvenalis aquinatis Satyrae, scholiis veterum, & sere omnium eruditorum, 1685. University of Nottingham Special Collections PA6446 .A2

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