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Our Favorite Things #5: A 15th Century Book of Hours
I love books of hours in general and find them so beautiful, just knowing how much painstaking work went into creating a manuscript like the kinds we see from the 1400s-1500s–from making the parchment to doing all of the lettering and detail work and copying to binding the book to adding illustrations and gilt; it always results in a truly special and unique object.
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.
J. Douglas Brown
When Charissa Jefferson joined Princeton University Library as economics Librarian in 2020, she noticed the portrait of J. Douglas Brown on the walls of the Industrial Relations Section, housed in the Louis A. Simpson Building, and decided to find out more.
Bill Bradley’s “Performative Biography” and Its Princeton Roots
When Bradley unexpectedly opened his papers, he closed the announcement with a comedic stage whisper to the audience, “I hope they don’t find anything.” Given Bradley’s sterling reputation, I don’t think anyone ever will. However, now you can hear from the man himself, as Bradley opens up about his remarkable life.