Events

MARS Speaker Series

MARS will host a series of guest speakers throughout the months of March and April.
Dates, locations & details of the presentations can be found below:

1. "Collapse or Progress? Why Norse Greenland Came to an End"
Guest Speaker: Orri Vesteinsson
Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Location: Sankey Chamber, 3-5:30 pm

2. "Dramatic Hijinks in the Middle Ages" a Dramatic Presentation from the Medieval Theatre
Guest Speaker: Virginia Reh
Professor, Dramatic Arts
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Location: ST 105, 3-5:30 pm

3. "With the North Sea at it's Doorstep: A Consideration of the Patronal and Geographic Networks in the Rebuilding of Nidaros Cathedral"
Guest Speaker: Candice Bogdanski
Former MARS Instructor
Friday, April 5th, 2013
Location: Sankey Chamber, 3-5:30 pm
 

If you require any further information, please contact Claire Umer, MARS Admin Assistant, at ext. 5325.

BROCK TALKS
a new lecture series presents
PROFESSOR VIRGINA REH
Department of Dramatic Ars
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

"Finding Direction: What does a theatre director actually do?"
Wednesday, February 29, 7:30 pm
Mills Room
St. Catharines Public Library
All are welcome

On Thursday, February 9th
The Centre for Medievel and Renaissance held
OPENING PAGES
An Evening with Medieval Manuscripts

The following are a few descriptions of the various pieces featured at the event: 
(Courtsey of David Sharron, Head of Special Collections Archives)

A leaf from a Spanish music manuscript used for singing the Passion of Our Lord during Mass on Good Friday.  This is estimated to be from the late 15^th to early 16^th century.

 Two leaves from a Latin prayer book written on vellum dating around 1350.  The text is a Mattins (morning prayer), in this case the Office of the Dead taken from the Book of Job.

The Clopton Charter records a land grant between Robert de Clopton of Stratford-Upon-Avon and his son, William.  The charter has no date but, through research, has been dated to c.1241.  It is handwritten on vellum and has a well preserved waxen seal with an image of a bird.

 A 1579 letter signed by and under the privy seal of King James VI of Scotland authorizing William Hamilton of Portmollart to come to Edinburgh.  The Hamiltons had previously not been allowed within six miles of the King or Edinburgh. 

A notarial transumpt from 1497 by the notary David Burustone recording the succession of George, son of Patrick Colquhoun of Glenn, to the clerk of the parish of Govan.

 The second edition (1617) of Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the World.  Raleigh wrote this book during his thirteen year imprisonment in the Tower of London for allegedly plotting against King James I. 

 A 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible which was one of the first mass produced Bibles written for the general public.  It contained illustrations, notes, study guides and other aids to help the people interpret the Bible outside of the church. 

 1597 and 1633 editions of John Gerard’s Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes which was very successful book on botany in English.  Gerard died in 1612 so Thomas Johnson edited and updated the second edition to correct several errors and to include newly discovered plants.