Welcome to the Program in Medieval Studies

Welcome to the Medieval Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Exciting things are happening here in Medieval Studies. Our Graduate Colloquia bring graduate students and faculty together for monthly discussions; our lectures and colloquia are occasions for intellectual exchange among the larger community of medievalists; both our faculty and our graduate students registered for the concurrent degree in Medieval Studies are engaged in wide-ranging research. Please also visit our electronic resources page, and enjoy the images taken from manuscripts in the Bancroft Library.

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Binding, 15th c. Italian blind stamping; Banc MS UCB 024; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [13]
Psalter (Christ before Caiaphas); Banc MS UCB 028, fol. 33; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Cicero, Paradoxa; Banc MS UCB 142, fol. 103r; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [9]
Binding, Antiphonal; Banc MS UCB 59; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [2]
Roman de la rose; Banc MS UCB 144, fol. 2r; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [5]
Book of Hours (fantasy creature); Banc MS UCB 29, fol. 21, detail; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [8]
New Testament Apocrypha, Geometric initial; Banc MS UCB 020, fol. 1; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley [10]
Spanish state seal; manuscript with cord and pouch for seal; Banc MS UCB 032, fols. 4v-5, detail; Courtesy Bancroft Library [15]
12th c. glossed Bible; Banc MS UCB 147, fols. 6v-7r; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Notebook of Late-Medieval Scholar; Banc MS UCB 85, fol. 22r; Courtesy Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley