Hands-on Event: "Decoding the Dragon"
Date and Time
October 19, 2016
12:00PM - 02:00PM EDT
Location
Digital Scholarship Commons, 212 Snell Library (aka bibliotheca rapida), Northeastern University
Hands-on event: “Decoding the Dragon” –learn to read Northeastern University’s only medieval manuscript. Write Gothic letters with quills, tweet using medieval texting (aka abbreviationes), get a parchment souvenir and a Gothic script henna tattoo. Level up through activities to become a "scribe" and contribute original research that will integrate into the manuscript's website. Includes pizza! Part of Snell Library’s Open Access Month events: https://library.northeastern.edu/sites/default/files/public/atttachments/FIELD_EV_FILES/2016/open_access_month_2016.pdf