The Library’s ‘Canterbury Roll’ has been receiving some media attention this week as a team of researchers have been doing a scientific investigation of the five metre long manuscript:
There will be a public lecture in Poutama on Friday from 3-4pm by Professa Haida Liang from Nottingham Trent University “A Holistic Approach to the Non-invasive Scientific Examination of HistoricManuscripts”
Media coverage:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/secrets-britains-royal-rulers-hidden-in-600-year-old-canterbury-roll
https://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=201862812
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5238735/Hidden-writing-Game-Thrones-scroll-revealed.html
I love the headline of the Daily Mail’s article for this (last link above):
‘Hidden writing in ‘utterly bonkers’ 600-year-old Canterbury scroll that inspired Game of Thrones could finally be revealed’
Also worth a read through of the comments below that article, as some are from UC people.
Dave Clemens
Ah yes…from Chris J… “It goes without saying I didn’t label the roll as ‘utter bonkers’.”