[Folkfriends] RBML Saturday Spotlight: Aged Cheese: Two Millennia of Cheese in Manuscript and Print (April 5)

[Moriarty, Megan]

Dear Colleagues,



I’m writing to invite you to the upcoming Rare Books & Manuscripts Library’s Saturday Spotlight, curated by the English department's own Leslie Lockett. Details are below. Please note that because there will be a cheese tasting component of this event, registration is required.

Thanks,



Jolie





Date: Saturday, April 5

Schedule:

10:00am - 11:30am: View cheese-themed special collections materials in the reading room (Room 105)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Enjoy a cheese tasting inspired by the materials (Room 149)



Location: Thompson Library, Special Collections reading room (Room 105) and Thompson Library room 149



Description: This Saturday Spotlight features materials pertaining to cheese, cheesemaking, and cultural attitudes toward cheese, from Greek antiquity to the present. The display includes medieval manuscripts of fables and biblical passages; Renaissance-era printed volumes, including literary works from Homer to Shakespeare, agricultural manuals, and dietary advice; manuscript and print cookbooks; cheese advertisements and ephemera; and poetry celebrating cheese.

Take a journey through the literary and cultural history of cheese as it evolves from a staple of the ancient Mediterranean diet into the food of medieval fools and laborers, and then ultimately finds a home in cuisines around the globe.

This Saturday Spotlight is curated by Leslie Lockett, Professor of English and faculty affiliate of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Alongside the history of cheese, her research interests include early medieval concepts of mind, Old English and Latin literature, and medieval manuscripts.

This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required.

https://library.osu.edu/events/rbml-saturday-spotlight-aged-cheese-two-millennia-of-cheese-in-manuscript-and-print





Jolie Braun

Curator of Modern Literature and Manuscripts

Associate Professor

The Ohio State University Libraries

Rare Books & Manuscripts Library

119B Thompson Library, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall

Columbus, OH 43210

braun.338 at osu.edu<mailto:braun.338 at osu.edu>

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