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Christopher de Hamel

Christopher de Hamel
In the course of a long career at Sotheby’s Christopher de Hamel has probably handled and catalogued more illuminated manuscripts and over a wider range than any person alive. Since 2000, he has been Fellow and Librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The Parker Library, in his care, includes many of the earliest manuscripts in English language and history. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society.


“Is That a First Edition of The Iliad?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

On Constantine Simonides, a Mysterious Stranger in the Cotswolds...
November 30, 2023  By Christopher de Hamel
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Finding a Beautiful Escape in Illuminated Manuscripts

Christopher de Hamel on Growing Up in New Zealand, Medieval History, the Book of Hours, and More
December 16, 2019  By Christopher de Hamel
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A Pilgrimage to the World’s Most Famous Manuscript

Coming Face to Face with the Book of Kells
October 24, 2017  By Christopher de Hamel
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