In the past fifty years, my family Bible was not used as a means for reading or studying scripture, but to store family records and…
Month: November 2021
A woman on her sickbed. After three days of illness. Paralysis taking hold. Near-death. “Hafe died” (f.101v). A crucifix held out before her. A gory…
On my first solo trip to Hargrett Libraries reading room, I felt anxious. In the days and minutes leading up, I pored over Dr. Camp’s…
The artist’s book Sea Air by Susan Allix is an excellent example of the book as a container. Sea Air the book contains sea air the thing through its selection and combination of materials. Further, in rejecting ideals that manuscripts and typical books take for granted, Sea Air facilitates engagement with the hidden decisions in every object.
The Dorothy du Rant diary is exactly what it says in its name; a diary. Filled with the memories and words of young Dorothy du…
I have approached Caxton’s Second Edition of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales with slight cynicism in the past. Coming hot off the excitement of studying the…
This semester’s class has been a little different from courses past. Instead of doing a deep dive into a single manuscript, the Fall 2021 students…