#  Hands-on Event: "Decoding the Dragon" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 19, 2016** 

 12:00PM - 02:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop 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](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__library.northeastern.edu_sites_default_files_public_atttachments_FIELD-5FEV-5FFILES_2016_open-5Faccess-5Fmonth-5F2016.pdf&d=CwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=8uetNdcNE7vgERapvkmEhWgCsrc5dyVnBuC9B4TrFKM&m=HYvbJM23HFfYDCy3-_Ys00vvMXNqHxvE9hgbh7sppkI&s=jdPjoZPonqx-tn0fx8LS5EtQIlCcfvkDcGB3UhyeHM8&e=)



 

 



 

 

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