Sights for Sore Eyes: Reading the Senses in Religious and Cultural Pilgrimage

From the Alfred Jewel and Thomas Becket’s casket to an eighteenth-century carriage clock and the travel guidebook, Raphaela and Jasmine explore the significance of the senses in reading and travelling to centres of culture and spiritual salvation.

Date: 16 May 2019, 12:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Trinity 2019)
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
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Details: Floor 2, Gallery 41
Speakers: Raphaela Rohrhofer (English), Jasmine Proteau (History)
Organising department: Ashmolean Museum
Part of: Ashmolean Museum Gallery Talks - Talking Sense
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence