A photographic record of the day (photos courtesy of Gabriel Fidler and Giles Gasper).
Arrivals and openingThe magnificent setting of Durham Cathedral Chapter HouseOpening presentations: Grosseteste Life and TimesCollaborative Reading Groups, On Light, Brian in the lead.Collaborative Reading Groups, Devin O’Leary contemplating the textTom leading discussion on the Generation of SoundsCollaborative Reading and ThinkingMore concentration on Grosseteste’s texts – Jon Turnock in the foregroundRichard Bower explaining the treatise on lightMichael Brooks in the group on colourHannah leading colour discussionsGiles in one of the light discussionsLunch break and filming for the video of the day: Hannah at the helmSigbjørn and our cameraman Alan FentimanBrian starts off the session on experimentsMedieval science in actionMeasuring Grosseteste’s experimentsModern science leading the way – Brian in actionWith Tom as well!Refraction and the tea-cup (mutatis mutandis a medieval experiment)Imaging and lensMore medieval science…Final Sessions on the Medieval Cosmos, back in the Chapter HouseRichard and the making of the medieval and modern universesOur paticipantsAbout to explore the medieval cosmos visualisation, which closed the day