News: October 2020

Digital version of the Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society joins its hardcopy collection at Centre for Arthurian Studies

A digital version of the Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society now joins its hardcopy collection in the Centre for Arthurian Studies

Publication date: 29 October 2020

International Postgraduate Community in Arthurian Studies launched by Bangor University

For the first time in its 16-year history, this year’s Medievalism Transformed conference exchanged its beloved ‘College on the Hill’ dwelling for an entirely virtual space in collaboration with the Centre for Arthurian Studies. Over the course of two days (18-19 September 2020), the Centre welcomed over 150 speakers and attendees from all over the world to exchange ideas about ‘Movement through Arthurian Legend’.

Publication date: 28 October 2020

Centre to host the digitised volumes of the Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society

The Centre is proud to announce that it has been entrusted with hosting the digitised volumes of the Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society (BBIAS), the annual bibliographical and research publication of the society, running continuously since 1949. Bangor PhD student Madeleine Killacky is the project assistant and the project is funded by the IAS.

Publication date: 22 October 2020

The Romance of Sir Degrevant

‘The Romance of Sir Degrevant’, Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1896. This is one of only 350 original copies made on paper with 8 copies on vellum. The Frontispiece was designed by Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by W.H. Hooper. The printing type is Chaucer Type printed on hand-made paper which holds the second version of the Primrose watermark.

Publication date: 22 October 2020