Today we say farewell to Professor John Hatcher (1942-2026), who directed successfully Parker Library's manuscripts to the web in 2002-2009 with charm and good humour - all very much evident in our 2025 interview www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pro...
Professor John Hatcher (1942-2026)
Members of the College will be greatly saddened to learn of the death on Saturday 13 June, of John Hatcher, Life Fellow, aged 84.
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The Parker Library@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social · 2y agoOf all the things we needed to consider, who would have thought that "paparazzi-cameras" were part of the answer! Professor Hatcher can now laugh at the hairy years of starting a large digitisation project as he tells us about the surprises along the way www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/amb... #PLOW
![Opening of a medieval manuscript depicting the Annunciation scene on the left and the Nativity on the right. Background of both scenes is luxurious gold.
On the left:
An angel with red halo in red and blue garments greets Virgin Mary under a colourful arch. Mary has blue halo and is dressed in red with white scraf on her head and light-blue shawl; she is holding a book. The greeting 'Ave Maria Gr[atia plena]" (Hail, Mary, full of grace) is written in an unravelled scroll between the two figures.
On the right:
Mary reclines on a bed with white and red bedclothing. She holds a baby in her hands, and gazes in the eyes of a baby who looks back at her. Joseph is sitting to the right, resting his head on one hand with eyes closed. Two animals, a donkey and an ox/cow, witness the scene over a green partition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qad76gkzttiwst2bqzwnwit/bafkreici4sb4u5mgbjnpzudgw4tpok26sb6xnt3in64zzqeoy5yvnfp4mu)
