Rossell Hope Robbins Library
THE ROSSELL HOPE ROBBINS LIBRARY
& KOLLER-COLLINS CENTER FOR ENGLISH STUDIES
416 RUSH RHEES LIBRARY (585) 275-0110
Director: Anna Siebach-Larsen, PhD
Section Supervisor: Katie Papas
ABOUT THE ROSSELL HOPE ROBBINS LIBRARY
The Rossell Hope Robbins Library is a non-circulating medieval studies library at the University of Rochester. The Library contains comprehensive holdings across medieval history, literature, art, and culture, with particular strength in the British Isles. It has significant holdings in vernacular literatures, Arthurian studies, material culture, the medieval Mediterranean, medieval history, the history of science, art and stained glass, philosophy, theology, manuscript studies, the history of the book, witchcraft, critical theory, and medievalism. It also has a substantial collection of rare books and incunabula, as well as artist books. The Robbins Library is open to all users.
The core collection was donated by noted Middle English scholar Rossell Hope Robbins and his wife, Helen Ann Mins Robbins. Helen Ann, Rossell and his sister, Marjorie Hope Robbins, have endowed ongoing acquisition of material.
The Robbins Library is also home to the Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, a reference collection for literary study. This collection comprises major reference materials and handbooks for literary history, critical theory, the history of the book, and the digital humanities. You can learn more about this collection here.
ROBBINS LIBRARY DIGITAL PROJECTS
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Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information |
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Online full text of Middle English works, with glosses and notes |
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Texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information |
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The Crusades in English Literature |
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Annotated bibliography of Cinderella and Beauty & the Beast |
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Images illustrating Chaucer's works and a bibliography of illustrated editions |
USEFUL LINKS
Medieval Studies LibGuide
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
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Helen Ann Mins Robbins Fellowship
Helen Ann Robbins Lecture Series
ROBBINS LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
- Beowulfiana: Modern Adaptations of Beowulf
- Children's Literature and Medievalism
- The Crusades & Western Cultural Imagination
- Death and Dying in the Middle Ages
- Joan of Arc's Brief Life and Long Afterlife
- Malory's Morte d'Arthur
- Medieval Alexander Bibliographies
- Medieval English Literary Manuscripts
- Robin Hood: Development of a Popular Hero
- Sex, Society and Medieval Women
- Witchcraft Bibliography
- Women Writers of the Middle Ages
UPCOMING EVENTS
Weekly EventsTuesdays (5-6): Paleography Working Group
Lectures, Workshops, and Seminars
April 16: Helen Ann Mins Lecture: Dr. Maureen Miller (University of California, Berkeley)
Fall 2019
September 27 (1 - 4 pm): Primary Source Workshop, "Medieval Charters: what they are and how to use them" (Dr. Megan Welton, Utrecht University)
October 10 (5 pm): Lecture by Dr. Kara McShane (Ursinus College)
October 11 (10 am): Graduate student seminar with Dr. Kara McShane
November 8: Medieval Gaming (all-day event, iZone)
November 14 (5 pm): Lecture by Dr. Nancy Bradley Warren (sponsored by the Premodern Cluster)
November 15 (10 am - 4:30 pm): "Time Bound: A Workshop on Computus in Medieval Manuscripts" (Dr. Danielle Joyner, Lawrence University, & Dr. Megan McNamee, Warburg Institute)
December 12 - 19: CNY Humanities Corridor Codicology Workshop with Dr. Ilya Dines (Library of Congress)
Medieval Movies and Discussions
Medieval movies and discussion nights are held on Tuesdays at 5 pm, and are open to the University of Rochester community.
January 28: The Seventh Seal
February 25: TBD
March 31: TBD
April 28: TBD
Coffee Hours
Our monthly coffee hours are Thursdays, 11-12, and are open to all:
January 23
February 13
March 19
April 23
CURRENT EXHIBIT
"SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT: THE EXPERIENCE OF ADOLESCENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES"
Curated by Ada Wightman, B.A. History and International Relations (Class of 2021)
Smells like Teen Spirit explores the unique experience of lower and middle class adolescents during the late Middle Ages. The concept of adolescence as we know it today did not exist until the early modern period, and legally, adolescents were labelled adults beginning at age twelve to fourteen during the Middle Ages. This exhibit paints a picture of the parallel and divergent social structures that shaped the progression from childhood to adulthood in the western medieval world and today.
