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Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:30Passed
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September 2022
Saturday 17
14:30 - 16:00
Accessible to the motor impaired
12 to 99 years old

Médiathèque Simone Veil

4 rue Ferrand 59300 Valenciennes
  • Nord
  • Hauts-de-France

LIBER PILOSUS, QUESACO? The Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie reveals (almost) all its secrets

Revelations about the famous Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie, the first poem in French that has reached us and preserved in the Simone Veil de Valenciennes media library.
Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:30Passed
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© Médiathèque Simone Veil de Valenciennes

Animal skins define the boundary between the history and prehistory of Western Europe. Transformed into parchment, they have become the main support of our knowledge of the pre-modern culture of Western Europe. It was the most used and best preserved writing material in Europe before the fragmentary adoption of paper in the late Middle Ages and early modern era. Both members of the European project Beast to craft, researchers Elodie Lévêque and Alberto Campagnolo studied and analysed the binding of the most famous manuscript preserved in the Simone Veil de Valenciennes media library, the Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie, the first poem in French. Scoop in perspective!

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Médiathèque Simone Veil
4 rue Ferrand 59300 Valenciennes
  • Nord
  • Hauts-de-France
Built from 1740 to 1743, the former Jesuit library is one of the few books in France to have undergone no change in its original assignment or installation. The visit allows to discover an exceptionally preserved decor: the paintings that decorate the library are the visual projection of the contents of the collections. A recent lighting project carried out thanks to the patronage of EDF allows us to admire all the quality.
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Monument historique, Musée, salle d'exposition
Access
Public transport Tram: Clémenceau Bus: shuttle Le Cordon, stop place Saint-Nicolas More info on the website of Transvilles Parking: Nearest parking: parking Flame Free parking on the 1st and 3rd Saturday afternoons of the month