Sabine Maffre, curator of collections in the medieval department of the Manuscripts department of the National Library of France and Jean-Jacques Vandewalle, head of the Heritage department at the Lille Municipal Library.
Before Gutenberg and the invention of movable metal type, the book was entirely written by hand. Come and discover the manufacture of medieval manuscripts, from the material used - parchment - to the binding, through the types of writing and illumination.
Auditorium, entrance from 18bis rue de Valmy.
Opening of doors at 18:45.