Archived News

Website update

Submitted by Athanasios Velios on Wed, 07/27/2005 - 01:00

The St. Catherine project website has been updated. Although only minor changes are visible, the structure of the website now needs much less maintenance and allows for greater flexibility.

If you discover a malfunction or broken link please let us know.

AHRC Grant Awarded

Submitted by Octavia Allocco on Mon, 07/04/2005 - 01:00
The project has been awarded a major AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) grant in excess of £200,000 for work on the material generated by the conservation survey.

May 2005 Trip

Submitted by Octavia Allocco on Tue, 04/19/2005 - 01:00

The visit is proposed for the period Monday 9 May (arriving Sunday 8 May) to Friday 3 June (leaving Saturday 4 June). We are bringing a team of 6 conservators for this visit, led by Michael Gullick, with Guy de Witte (second visit), and, for the first time, Andrew Megaw (who works in the conservation studio at Trinity College, Dublin), Maria Kalligerou and Maria Argyrou, who are both regular team members, and Esra Göknil Iâ??Anson, who until recently worked at the British Library. The purpose of the visit is to continue the condition assessment of the bound manuscripts.

Symposium

Submitted by Octavia Allocco on Tue, 03/29/2005 - 01:00

SAINT CATHERINE'S MONASTERY LIBRARY PROJECT SYMPOSIUM

The Lecture Hall, Wilson Road, Thursday 21st of April, 2pm to 5pm

The speakers will be:
Professor Nicholas Pickwoad who will talk about the removal of 11th century manuscript leaves from the walls of Cell 31A in September 2004.
Dr Athanasios Velios who will talk about the progress of the project's Database.
Christopher Clarkson ARCA who will talk about his condition report of the Codex Sinaiticus.
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January/February 2005 Trip

Submitted by Octavia Allocco on Wed, 11/10/2004 - 00:00
The visit proposed for the period 17 January-12 February has now been confirmed by Father Symeon.
There will be a team of 6 conservators for this visit, led by George Boudalis, with Marco Di Bella (second visit), and, for the first time, Cédric Lelievre (who works in a conservation studio in Arles, France), Clare Prince (private conservator in London), Gillian Boal (Hans Rausing Conservator at the University of California, Berkeley) and Sara Mazzarino, (private conservator, Rome). All have confirmed that they are available at this time.

September 2004 Trip

Submitted by Octavia Allocco on Tue, 07/13/2004 - 01:00
The visit proposed for the period 30 August - 25 September has been confirmed by Father Symeon. As we are now making only three survey visits each year, there will be a team of 6 conservators for this visit, led by Andrew Honey (from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, his third visit), Nikolas Sarris (his sixth visit), Konstantinos Hatziantoniou (his second visit) and, for the first time, Nicole Gilroy (also from the Bodleian Library), Monika Gast (an independent conservator from Germany), and Caroline Scharfenberg (an independent conservator from Scotland).

Dr. Nicholas Hadgraft

Submitted by Nicholas Pickwoad on Fri, 07/09/2004 - 01:00

It is with great sadness that we have to report the sudden death at the age of 49 of Nicholas Hadgraft on Sunday the 4th of July. Nick worked on the St. Catherine's project from 1999 and he will be greatly missed not only for his work but also for the friendly enthusiasm he brought to everything he did.