
- Position
- Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts
- Specialism
- Classical and Biblical Manuscripts in Greek and Latin
- Department
- Collections
Peter Toth completed a PhD in Classics and Oriental Studies, and worked as Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the University Library Budapest for ten years. He was a research fellow at the Warburg Institute and King’s College London before joining the British Library in 2016, as Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts.
His main interest is in the afterlife of Classical Antiquity as absorbed, appropriated, and transmitted by Late Antiquity towards the Middle Ages. His special focus is in cultural interactions between East and West, Ancient and Medieval, Pagan and Christian through translations of literature, theology and their manuscripts.
Thousands of ancient documents written on papyrus
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