Meticulous care for the Gutenberg Bible ensures that generations of visitors can continue to view and study it.
The Gutenberg Bible has been on display in a large bronze and glass case at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library since 1963. At almost 600 years old, its typeface and illustrations are still vibrant, and the pages remain flexible, in no small part, because of the consistent care the Bible receives from Yale Library conservators.
A recently discovered #LangstonHughes #poem in #Yale's #Beinecke #RareBook #Library within "An #Anthology of Revolutionary #Poetry."
The #Black #speaker views the world as a #confined, #fenced #space and strives to #obliterate its #cruel #boundaries.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Poetry #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/magazine/poem-i-look-at-the-world.html
Serendipity strikes again!
I've found another manuscript containing the texts in my "Discommodities" cluster
The other day I was listening to an interview of @overholt on a student podcast, and part-way through he mentioned the Houghton's visting fellowships. This prompted me to go and check Harvard's catalogue. I didn't find any MSS of relevance to m, there, but started looking at other US libraries with fellowship programs, which led me back to Yale's Beinecke Library.
I had previously ordered a copy of a Guillim-related MS, but couldn't remember the spelling (turns out it was Gwyllym), so entered Funerals as the keyword instead, and came across an entry for a MS of "Ancient orders and ceremonies respecting the processions, funerals, habiliments of the several degrees of noble estate" by Sir John Harington
Turns out this is BL Add MS 27632, and it has been digitised as part of the EEBO Tracts supplement
#BookHistory #Guillim #Beinecke #Heraldry
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ZO1aW8MMLxC2z9fYGi6hA?si=5q68vXApTpuYbO05SRtukg&nd=1
Listen to this episode from Noelle Knows Nothing on Spotify. It might be -11F, but cold temperatures, stinging winds, and the risk of frostbite never stopped Noelle and her constant companion and roommate Siena from checking out a neat ol' copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle! Join them as they talk inside Harvard's Houghton Library to chat with John Overholt on what exactly his job is and what he's up to in his library abode, ft. a 500-year-old book.
From the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale. Free webinar, Dec 12, 4pm:
Exploring Islamic Maps at the Beinecke and Beyond with Travis Zadeh
Register here: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2Z8bPFyUT_aN9b0e2fvenw
#islam #map #maps #Cartography #iran #religion #persia #museum #history #beinecke #yale
Travis Zadeh, a scholar of Islamic intellectual and cultural history, is associate professor of Religious Studies at Yale and Director of the Yale Program in Iranian Studies. His talk is in conjunction with the current exhibition, The World in Maps, 1400-1600, which includes a map from the compendium of natural wonders by the Persian judge and scholar al-Qazwini (d. 1283). Zadeh’s most recent book, Wonders and Rarities, is a history of wonder and nature in Islamic thought through a study of Qazwini’s compendium and its lasting reception. Mondays at Beinecke talks focus on materials from the collections and include an opening presentation at 4pm followed by conversation and question and answer beginning about 4:30pm until 5pm.
Yale Divinity School
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈
Philip Allfrey
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