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Dr. Carlotta Barranu serves as an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL), concurrently holding the position of Curator of Books and Manuscripts at the Royal Library, Windsor Castle since July 2024. Previously, she held significant roles as Curator of Early Manuscripts at Eton College's College Library (May 2022-June 2024) and Library Assistant at Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (October 2016-October 2017).
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in Medieval manuscript books, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge (October 2017-December 2021)
Dr. Barranu's research centers on medieval manuscript culture, specializing in textual transmission mechanisms, knowledge preservation practices, and the materiality of medieval books. Her work critically examines how intellectual content was curated, concealed, and transmitted across the Latin West, with particular focus on thirteenth-century England's engagement with Greek language and classical heritage through religious institutional collections. She employs philological analysis combined with codicological and paleographical methodologies to decode manuscript evidence.
Her recent publications reveal consistent scholarly focus on medieval book history's intersection with cultural transmission. The 2023 book review analyzes early medieval knowledge management strategies, while the 2021 journal article demonstrates how religious houses served as conduits for Greek philhellenism in medieval England. These works collectively establish her expertise in manuscript studies, classical reception history, and medieval intellectual networks.
No scientific awards or major research grants are documented in available sources.
Dr. Barranu's academic mentoring activities remain unspecified in current records, with no mention of graduate students or research teams. Her dual academic-curatorial position suggests integration of theoretical research with practical manuscript conservation work at Windsor Castle's Royal Library.
