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A LESSON ABOUT TIME, WRITING, AND IDENTITY

There are encounters that are measured not in hours, but in questions. On January 14, 2026, the visit of the 11th-grade students from “George Barițiu” High School in Cluj-Napoca, accompanied by their philosophy and social sciences teacher, Ioana Ciovârnache, to the exhibition “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian Puzzle: Reconstructing Medieval Culture from Manuscript Fragments” was such […]

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GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ

There are moments when the past no longer remains a simple lesson from a textbook, but becomes an almost living breath, a whisper that can be heard if one learns how to listen. We invite you to experience such a moment during a guided tour of the exhibition FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval

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A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: STUDENTS OF “GEORGE COȘBUC” NATIONAL COLLEGE DISCOVER MEDIEVAL CLUJ THROUGH MANUSCRIPTS

A group of students from “George Coșbuc” National College in Cluj-Napoca enjoyed a remarkable cultural experience on a day when they had the privilege of exploring the fascinating world of medieval manuscripts. Within the exhibition FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments, organized at the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca

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THE SECRETS OF MANUSCRIPTS: A LIVING HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL CLUJ

We invite you to embark on a captivating journey through time, where each parchment leaf conceals an untold story of medieval Cluj. Throughout January 2025, the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch, Cluj-Napoca Branch, welcomes you on a fascinating journey into the past, offering guided tours of an exceptional exhibition of medieval manuscripts and

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DISCOVER THE LOCAL PAST THROUGH WORDS AND IMAGES: GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION OF MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS REUSED IN THE 16TH–17TH CENTURIES IN THE OLD SCHOOLS OF CLUJ

We are delighted to invite you to a unique cultural experience within our exhibition of medieval books and manuscripts! Throughout January 2024, we invite you to join our bibliophiles for a series of guided tours designed to explore our fascinating exhibition of manuscript fragments reused in the 16th–17th centuries in the old schools of Cluj.

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DEMONSTRATIVE WORKSHOP FOR BOOK BODY AND BOOK BINDING RESTORATION

Event date: Monday, January 19 this year, time slot 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Event location: Romanian Academy Library, Cluj-Napoca Branch About the event Four representatives of the Old Books National Conservation and Restoration Center within the Alba-Iulia National Unification Museum, whose activity is dedicated to the identification of the factors of damage to objects

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DEMONSTRATIVE WORKSHOP OF MEDIEVAL CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING ON PAPER AND PARCHMENT

Event date: Monday, November 14 this year, time slot 8:30 – 11:00 Event location: Romanian Academy Library, Cluj-Napoca Branch With a solid medievalist training obtained as a former foreign student of the École Normale Supérieure and a scholarship holder of The Warburg Institute-London, Maison française d’Oxford and New Europe College-Bucharest and benefiting from a doctorate

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WORKSHOP FOR THE PRESENTATION OF PARCHMENT PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

Perfect successor of a long tradition of parchment production and processing, dating back to the beginning of the 14th century, Lucreția Miu, one of the very few masters of this increasingly rare craft in an age dominated by digital technologies, will coordinate two demonstration workshops in the framework of the exhibition organized within the project

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OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION AT MAIHAUGEN MUSEUM IN LILLEHAMMER

Bjerkaker LearningLab, together with the Maihaugen Museum in Lillehammer, invites you to participate to the opening of an exhibition organized within the international project entitled “FRAGMED – A Transylvanian puzzle. Reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments” developed in partnership with the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch (Romania) and with the National Union Museum, Alba-Iulia (Romania). The

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OPENING OF THE IN SITU EXHIBITION “A TRANSYLVANIAN PUZZLE: RECONSTRUCTING MEDIEVAL CULTURE FROM MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTS”

Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 4:00 p.m Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch M. Kogălniceanu Street, no. 12-14 Thanks to the FRAGMED project – “A Transylvanian puzzle: reconstructing medieval culture from manuscript fragments of codices”, financed by SEE Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Program, implemented by the Ministry of Culture – Project Management

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