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SUMMARY:The Rylands Lecture 2026 with Dr Christopher de Hamel
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DESCRIPTION:The annual Rylands Lecture is very pleased to announce this y
 ears guest lecturer as Christopher de Hamel\, who will be presenting a f
 acinating talk on the world-famous Hours of Etienne Chevalier. Commision
 ed by Chevalier from notable painter Jean Fouquet\, this beautifully ill
 uminated book of hours is held at Musée Condé\, Chantilly.\n\nThere will
  be a drinks reception from 6pm before the lecture\, which will take pla
 ce in our iconic Reading Room from 7pm.\nBook your free ticket now https
 ://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rylands-lecture-2026-tickets-2003281682439
 ?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true \n\nChristopher de Hamel is a Fellow of
  Corpus Christi College\, Cambridge University. He has doctorates from b
 oth Oxford and Cambridge\, as well as several honorary doctorates.  For 
 25 years from 1975 he was responsible for all catalogues and sales of me
 dieval manuscripts at Sotheby's worldwide\, and from 2000 to 2016 he was
  librarian of the Parker Library in Cambridge.  His book\, A History of 
 Illuminated Manuscripts\, is now the standard work on the subject. His m
 ost recent book is Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (2016)\, which w
 on the Wolfson History Prize for history written for the general public 
 and the Duff Cooper Prize for best work of history\, biography\, or poli
 tical science.\n
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LOCATION:The John Rylands Library\, 150 Deansgate \, \, Manchester \, Nor
 th West England\, M3 3EH
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