American classical literature reflects eternal truths of universal significance. It is a must for any educated person...
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The literary world has changed powerfully: even the last 10 years have brought significant innovations that allow...
We are all looking for practices to get richer at some point in life or another. While...
The largest libraries in the world that store 15 million or more items. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A....
Exploring seven objects that represent some of the key stages in the development of the book in...
Throughout the history of the book, scribes and artists have incorporated nature into their creations. Flowers are...
Introduction Manuscripts and printed books—like today’s museums, archives, and libraries—provide glimpses into how people have perceived the...
A wide-ranging new Getty book examines the role of text and image across cultures over the thousand-year...
Exploring this literature looked like, its subject matter, and the ways in which it was produced. Introduction...
Art history students offer a bite-sized introduction to the bestiary of the European Middle Ages. Introduction The...
The tale begins after Ra had created the world and was king of the gods and humanity....
The titles featured here (by American authors) have had a profound effect on American life. Introduction Ask...
Rasse des Noeux was a considerable bibliophile and man of letters. Why do we often sign and...
Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) collected books across a vast spectrum of topics and languages. Introduction...
What place does the paper book have in our increasingly all-digital present? What place does the paper...
Madrid Codex (replica) in the Museum of the Americas, Madrid / Photo by Simon Burchell, Wikimedia Commons...
A Roman wax tablet and stylus / Photo by Peter van der Sluijs, Wikimedia Commons Exploring the...
Music has played a central role in Greek Orthodox services for centuries. Nicolas Bell describes the manuscript...
Image of Timbuktu manuscripts / Wikimedia Commons The history of illuminated manuscripts goes back to antiquity. In this...
Use of a hand-siphon, a portable flame-thrower, from a siege tower equipped with a boarding bridge against...
Celsus Library, Ephesus / Photo by the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Wikimedia Commons How were books stored and...
Sammelband of three books, edge shown with clasps / Science History Institute, Wikimedia Commons Ann Tomalak provides...
Reading fiction can make you happier, nicer towards others and better focused in your activities. Pixabay/Pexels To counter the...
Embroidered book cover for Henshaw’s Horae Successivae (1632), white satin with a floral design edged in gold cord, featured...
By Patrick Outhwaite / 04.20.2016 Like modern-day students, medieval people used diagrams and images to reinforce learning and...
A review of David Shyovitz’s A Remembrance of His Wonders By Dr. Dana Fishkin / 03.02.2018 Assistant Professor of...
Woodcut in Divina proportione, 1509, Luca Pacioli. The Getty Research Institute, 84-B9582. See full digitized book A look at...
Photo by Flickr user Abhi Sharma, Creative Commons By Dr. Ernst Fischer / 12.03.2010 Department of Book...
By Dr. Paul Hoftijzer / 11.23.2015 Senior University Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Studies Universiteit Leiden...
By Dr. Richard Aspin / 11.03.2016 Head of Research Wellcome Library Almanacs have a long association...