Category: Manuscripts Division

An Illuminated Book of Psalms

An Illuminated Book of Psalms

Princeton University hosts a wonderful site entitled “Middle Ages For Educators”, which is designed to bring experts and primary sources to those who teach the Middle Ages in schools and colleges.  It has a lot of video resources, and I was asked to make one about ten minutes long.

Wordless Wednesday #40

Wordless Wednesday #40

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #37

Wordless Wednesday #37

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

John Hancock in Baltimore

John Hancock in Baltimore

In 1776, the Continental Congress moved from Philadelphia to Baltimore under pressure from the British. And it was from Baltimore that the President of the Congress, John Hancock wrote this letter to the Honorable Assembly of the State of Delaware on January 31, 1777. 

Wordless Wednesday #32

Wordless Wednesday #32

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Two Heads Are Better Than One

By Will Noel As a child I was fascinated by a story that there were two heads of John the Baptist – one of him as a young man and one of him looking a bit older, both preserved as relics in French churches only […]

Wordless Wednesday #30

Wordless Wednesday #30

Selected by Emma Sarconi

Wordless Wednesday #29

Wordless Wednesday #29

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #26

Wordless Wednesday #26

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Special Collections Showcase October 2023

Special Collections Showcase October 2023

Once a month, five objects from across Special Collections’ vast holdings will be on display in the lobby of Firestone Library for anyone to come and see. Here are the objects featured in October 2023: Object 1: Inkwell: Self-portrait as a Sphinx by Sarah Bernhardt, […]