Zigzag Calendars: A case study in outreach with schools at Lambeth Palace Library
Author(s): Sarah M. Griffin
Publication date: July 28, 2025
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Abstract
From February to May 2025, Lambeth Palace Library hosted Unfolding Time: The Medieval Pocket Calendar. The exhibition brought together a rare and remarkable type of medieval folded book for the first time—the concertina-fold almanac—and set them alongside treasures from Lambeth’s own collection. Folded in a zigzag pattern to form a neat, easily transportable packet of information, their playful form is emphasised by their colourful and almost entirely pictorial content, all of which relates to time.
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