From the Dark Ages to Dark Matter in Pictures

Ordered UniverseNovember 26, 2014FestivalsBrian Tanner, de colore, de generatione sonorum, de iride, de luce, devin o'le, durham cathedral, giles gasper, grosseteste science, hannah smithson, jon turnock, Michael Brooks, Ordered Universe, Sigbjorn Sonnensyn, tom mcleish

A photographic record of the day (photos courtesy of Gabriel Fidler and Giles Gasper).

Arrivals and opening

The magnificent setting of Durham Cathedral Chapter House

Opening presentations: Grosseteste Life and Times

Collaborative Reading Groups, On Light, Brian in the lead.

Collaborative Reading Groups, Devin O'Leary contemplating the text — Collaborative Reading Groups, Devin O’Leary contemplating the text

Tom leading discussion on the Generation of Sounds

Collaborative Reading and Thinking

More concentration on Grosseteste's texts - Jon Turnock in the foreground — More concentration on Grosseteste’s texts – Jon Turnock in the foreground

Richard Bower explaining the treatise on light

Michael Brooks in the group on colour

Hannah leading colour discussions

Giles in one of the light discussions

Lunch break and filming for the video of the day: Hannah at the helm

Sigbjørn and our cameraman Alan Fentiman

Brian starts off the session on experiments

Medieval science in action

Measuring Grosseteste's experiments — Measuring Grosseteste’s experiments

Modern science leading the way - Brian in action — Modern science leading the way – Brian in action

With Tom as well!

Refraction and the tea-cup (mutatis mutandis a medieval experiment)

Imaging and lens

More medieval science... — More medieval science…

Final Sessions on the Medieval Cosmos, back in the Chapter House

Richard and the making of the medieval and modern universes

Our paticipants

About to explore the medieval cosmos visualisation, which closed the day

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