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MILTON IN THE OLD LIBRARY

Our exhibition was based on the College's extraordinary collection of Milton materials, including many first editions, the manuscript record of his admission into College in 1625, illustrated editions of his works from the 17th to the 20th century, and the original copper plates used to print the frontispiece portraits of Milton in the original editions.  Curated by Christ's College doctoral student Sarah Howe, the exhibition included entertaining and informative panels plus explanatory text with each item, giving a rounded view of Milton's life and work, and of his enduring influence.

An online version of the exhibition is available.  Or see below for a downloadable catalogue.

 

Catalogue

The catalogue includes a list of the items displayed and a selection of panel texts, but does not include the full explanatory texts with each item or all of the panel texts.
Catalogue (a very large file - 8MB)

 

 

 

QUICK LINKS

 Podcasts of our all-day reading of Paradise Lost
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 Lectures by Quentin Skinner, Colin Burrow, Sharon Achinstein,  Geoffrey Hill, and Christopher Ricks
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  'Milton in the Old Library' - online version of our major exhibition
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